The polls were right: the margin in popular votes was narrow, but Barack Obama won with a substantial majority of…
This has been a maddeningly long campaign. My five days on the hustings in Virginia haven't made it feel any…
Suffolk, VA. If you are interested in how Virginia might go in the presidential contest, I'm afraid I can't enlighten. …
It’s a relatively light week for foreign policy events with all eyes focused on the US elections. 1. Political Shiism…
Suffolk, Virginia. Yesterday I saw the Obama ground game at full throttle for the first time. Lots of volunteers knocking…
Suffolk, Virginia: Yesterday I canvassed mostly in outlying districts of Suffolk where the houses are large and the plots of…
Suffolk, Virginia. I ran this morning in the beautiful Cedar Hills Cemetery and environs, which are mostly Black neighborhoods close…
Peacefare.net is completing its second year today. The Googlestats read as follows: Visits: 37,254 Unique Visitors: 20,224 Pageviews: 63,310 Pages…
Salma Berrada, who has recently joined me as a Middle East Institute intern, makes her debut on peacefare with this…
Most peacefare readers know me as a foreign policy person. I've worked for the United Nations, the State Department and…