I know, I know, it’s been a while. And this may not be the update you\’re looking for, either. I am keeping this blog, but I have been asked to join a new political blog (Towers and Trenches) written by both myself and a colleague on the left, a good friend of mine named Tom. Updates about life, college, and non-left-specific politics will still occasionally appear here, but my political writing is going to be largely given over to Towers and Trenches.

My one new bit of news is that the organization I interned for, Maplight.org, has just released a great new blog tool that tracks the funds raised by major and Presidential candidates from each party. I reccomend you customise it for your own blog here and below the break you'll find my own version embedded. This widget updates live via xml, too!