leftfield's blog

After spending the past couple weeks on a road trip helping deliver a friend to his new assignment in a military base in the deep South of these United States, I received a quick education about race relations in the South and the military's version of racial harmony. I'm sorry to say that for me, the stereotypes of the South were confirmed.  Read More »

Living and working in a city where the weather is comfortable and sunny year-round has its problems, the most glaring of which are the homeless squatting in every street corner. Every morning by 5, the Starbucks next door opens for business. There's nothing like the smell of morning coffee filtering through the pungent odor of a urine soaked front door.  Read More »

So a few months ago, I decided, since I was in my last year at school, to attend a few functions at our campus' College Republicans meetings and rallies. I did not want to join, but attended to show support. What I see saddens me.  Read More »

Recently, as my friends and I sat around taking in our weekday dose of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, we got into a discussion about the non-influence of independents. As the couple dozen candidates winnow down to just three, many of the candidates we'd have wanted to elect were no longer options. And it really isn't democratic because this winnowing down subverts true democracy.  Read More »