Obama Abroad: Success or Foreign Relations Challenge?

President Barack Obama has been abroad on a foreign relations blitz for the better part of a two-week period. There has been intense coverage and criticism of everything from the substance of his comments to the depth of his bow before a foreign sovereign. What is your take on all the hullabaloo? Hype? BS? Is there any substance to any of the rantings to date?

Is high-speed rail ever going to get off the ground?

What is your opinion on this topic? I recently attended the annual convention of the American Public Transit Association in Orlando, Florida. I was surprised at just how many communities have ambitious plans to build their own high-speed rail networks, from the Chicago - St. Louis to the Orlando - Tampa corridors. But will they ever be built?

Un antes y un despues en Miami

?Un antes y un después? en Miami

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Rosa Clemente on the Van Jones resignation

Rosa Clemente, former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, raises some important points in her recent article on the resignation of Van Jones from the Obama administration and what it means for the vitality of political life in the U.S.

While I was a supporter and canvasser for the Obama/Biden campaign, my ongoing support for Democratic candidates has been largely fueled by a feeling that a third party candidate was an impossible dream. Maybe I'll start steering my campaign contributions to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, an elected official much more in keeping with my political philosophy than most of the DNC.

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Threats against President Obama on the rise

This is troubling.

http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-death-threats-sick-and-irrational.html

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