Ted Rall is Kickstarting a reporting trip to Afghanistan

He’s trying to raise $25,000 to get there, report and get home to write a book about it. No media outlet will cover his expenses so he’s bootstrapping the operation himself.

Rall is nothing if not controversial and certainly willing to launch metaphorical bombs at both sides of the political divide. He knows his shit when it comes to central Asia, though, he’ll do good work there.