With the US Presidential Election now complete, I suspect that I will turn my attention to the issues that remain near and dear to my heart that over the past two months were suddenly shunted for lack of time. I am not quite sure how many polls I covered but it was well over 200. My only regret really is that I didn’t create BTF until April 15th and so failed to cover the first part of the primaries.
I am going to leave the categories intact for a little while but by early next year I suspect that I will cull them back to better reflect coverage on the blog. I am not particularly well-suited to covering domestic politics such as health care reform. Frankly, it’s just not my thing. My interests and strengths are more in the international realm and in history and economics but I also have a keen interest in energy issues though here I am more in avid learner category. I suspect that these will largely be my interests and topics going forward. And I will continue to put forward posts on income inequality, the rights of women and environmental issues as warranted.
I did cull the blogroll removing most of the PUMA sites. To be honest, most had been removed long ago when I became uncomfortable with the level of discourse on those sites. I’ll think about adding the Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo and Talk Left should they regain their former sanity. Correntewire I will not add, due to their fondness of expletives. Otherwise, it is a fine site. I am open to suggestions on the US blogroll.
And I do welcome contributions keeping within the spirit and approach of BTF. Currently, there are two other contributors.
It is also possible and somewhat likely that I will explore a life outside the United States come 2009. I have been in San Francisco since 1997 and it’s time to consider a short jaunt abroad again. Since first coming to the Bay Area in 1981, I have left and come back four times. A fifth departure might be good for my soul. I was not thrilled to see Proposition 8 pass in California. It has weighed heavily on my smile these past few days.


