One of the perks of living overseas is that we vote by absentee ballot a month or so in advance of a presidential election and can then tune out of the news for most of October and get on with our lives. Not that we tune out completely, of course. Partisan chatter is for better or worse—mostly for worse—right at our fingertips. But in voting 30-45 days prior to the election, as Americans abroad are advised to do, we have taken ourselves off of the rolls of the undecided and don’t have… Read more

Welcome to the United States of America, as viewed and experienced by Americans abroad. USA Revisited™, USArevisited.com is a spanking new a web magazine presenting articles, commentary, stories, experiences and humor about the United States written by Americans who live abroad or have spent significant time abroad. It was founded on the premise that the American discourse is enriched, informed and entertained through the voicing of the experiences and points of view of Americans who… Read more

Sept. 16, 2010 – Maureen Dowd’s op-ed denunciation of Newt Gingrich in the Sept. 14 issue of The New York Times contains the following line: “Gingrich, who ditched two wives (the first when she was battling cancer; the second after an affair with the third — a House staffer — while he was impeaching Bill Clinton), now professes to be a good Catholic. Evidently the first two wives don’t count because he hadn’t converted to Catholicism.” That Gingrich’s personal bio contains… Read more