Sam Husseini

And the parting on the left Is now the parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight And I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the changes all around I was nearly moved to tears this week hearing WTMD […]

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, some of us tried to raise questions of U.S. foreign policy. I got my mic cut on O’Reilly’s show. Others got far worse — a friend basically felt he had to move out of his neighborhood he was so reviled for criticizing the U.S.’s militarism. Oh, yeah, and […]

It’s often noted that the Greeks invented Democracy — that it’s in fact a word of Greek origin, from dēmos “the people” and -kratia “power, rule.” Too often, as anyone who has lived in a modern “democracy” for any length of time can attest, it becomes apparent that the people don’t rule. They are ruled […]

In the aftermath of the Canadian election, The Real News brought on Dimitri Lascaris as part of their panel to discuss the election. I know Dimitri as a expert on Greece, but he’s a partner at a Canadian corporate law firm and ran for a seat in the Canadian election with the Green Party. He […]

Many of the individuals who gave a blanket endorsement to Nader in the 2000 election have signed a petition urging “support for Kerry/Edwards in all swing states, even while we strongly disagree with Kerry’s policies on Iraq and other issues.” Many warned at the time that some sort of “strategic voting” would be needed in 2000. (See […]

In perhaps the best mainstream report during the election season, the typically firmly D.C.-based Steve Inskeep went knocking on doors in Colorado and came across a woman, Ili Bennett, who told him she’s felt some excitement from both Elizabeth Warren — and in the past, the Tea Party. Said Inskeep: “I think you’ve hit on something insightful […]

The AP reports: “The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency’s secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans’ phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate … The vote was 217-205 on an issue that created unusual political coalitions in Washington, with libertarian-leaning conservatives and liberal Democrats pressing for the change against the Obama […]

The idea of VotePact.org is a simple one: principled progressives and conscientious conservatives — instead of cancelling out each other’s votes, one for Obama, the other for Romney — should make a pact in pairs and both vote for the third party(s) that better reflect their beliefs. But the implications of it can be far […]

Earlier this year President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. It allows for the indefinite detention without trial for any U.S. citizen deemed to be a terrorist or an accessory to terrorism. Some might have thought that there would be wide-spread revolt among people who voted for Obama against legalized indefinite detention. […]

From last night (Oct. 23) — Sam Husseeini talking about VotePact after the first third-party debate moderated by Larry King and organized by Free and Equal Elections.