Having lived in Argentina over the last six years, I'm struck by the power of the "Left/Right" binary of American Politics; more specifically the connotations that accompany the word "left" in English that are virtually non-existent in Spanish.

In English, left is not just the opposite of right. It...

Yesterday, the Argentine Senate voted to extend marriage to same sex partners, thus becoming the 10th nation on four different continents to do so. As a writer, I've been struggling with how to frame my response.

As a gay man living in Argentina who recently obtained permanent residency with...

Still no retraction from J.D. Hayworth, the Republican Senate candidate from Arizona who asserted in a radio interview fifteen days ago that the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in its ruling extending the civil contract of marriage to gay people, defined marriage as the "establishment of intimacy." He...

Well, here we are on Day 4 with no retraction from J.D. Hayworth, the Republican Senate candidate from Arizona who asserted in a radio interview four days ago that the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in its ruling extending the civil contract of marriage to gay people, defined...

To bring you up to speed, on now the third day without retraction of Arizona Republican Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth's assertion that a man can marry his horse in Massachusetts, it was noted by this reporter two days ago that Mr. Hayworth flew his prize winning filly, Whinny,...

In an effort to triple down on his claim that a man could marry his horse in Massachusetts, Arizona senate candidate, J.D. Hayworth flew to Martha's Vineyard yesterday with his prize winning thoroughbred filly, Whinny.

He chose Martha's Vineyard both for Whinny's comfort -- lots of wide...

From The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.'s website:

"We offer help and hope to children and parents in need, including expectant mothers looking for a good adoptive home for their unborn child. Our foster care program offers abused and neglected children a haven of rest, while...

In 1976, I was a junior in high school and Saturday Night Live (SNL) was in its second season. One of the more popular segments was the Weekend Update. It was there where Chevy Chase took stage as the first "anchor," a position from which others would go on to...

This last Friday, Democrats Abroad Argentina ("DAA") sponsored a "Debate-Watch" event at the Sacramento Resto Bar in the Palermo Hollywood barrio of Buenos Aires. (Palermo "Hollywood" for the concentration of television and recording studios that pepper the neighborhood.) When I saw the "Hollywood" location, I couldn't help but...

In her interview with Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin, when asked if it would be necessary for NATO to invade Russia to protect Georgia, plainly said "perhaps so."

I've been living in Buenos Aires for four years now and when I read that quote to a room full of...