Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings A new Rasmussen poll puts Democrat Mike Beebe ahead of Republican Asa Hutchinson by 11 points in the Arkansas gubernatorial race, 49% to 38%, the first time the lead has been in double digits since May. Both candidates have the support of party loyalists, but this could be the […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings It may not seem like much, but Canada is sending more troops and equipment to Afghanistan. Prime Minister Harper used yesterday’s five-year anniversary of 9/11 to promote Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, one of the most controversial policies of his premiership, not least with all the bodybags returning home, but […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings I’m not sure I can put it any better than Steve Soto: Listen to all that happy talk from Bush and Cheney as the fifth anniversary arrives, about how things are getting better in Iraq, and how they wouldn’t do anything differently. Then why is the Marine chief intelligence […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Earlier today, commenter NeilS asked about conservative reaction to Bush’s 9/11 address. He wondered if Bush’s “guaranteeing freedom and democracy for the Mideast” doesn’t “frighten them”. I may do a thorough round-up of conservative reaction to the address later today (to post either here or at The Reaction), but […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Google caved, but Wikipedia is standing up to the forces of totalitarianism, “[defying] the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive entries”. Of course, Google and Wikipedia aren’t the same thing. The one has shareholders, a share price, and market competitiveness to keep in mind. […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings If you’re not quite aware of the extent of the damage the Bush Administration and its legal underpinners intend to inflict on the United States before they’re done, you ought to check out Glenn Greenwald‘s post from yesterday on former Justice Dept. official and current Berkeley law professor John […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Vice President Cheney claims that his job “is to think about the unthinkable, to focus upon what in fact the terrorists may have in store for us”. And what a good job he claims to have done. Five years after 9/11 and there hasn’t been another 9/11. Cheney credits […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings I had intended last night to write some stirring response to the president’s 9/11 speech. But it was all so predictable, so divisive, so self-serving that, upon reflection, I just couldn’t see the point. What did he say that we hadn’t heard before, the eternal recurrence of the same […]
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is I’m taking an exceedingly rare day off and will be away from my desk. The good news is I’ve recruited The Reaction‘s Michael J.W. Stickings to, once again, help out in my absence. Stickings did a terrific job filling in for me in April […]
As much as it’s appropriate to use today to reflect on the last five years, it’s equally worthwhile to imagine what the last five years could have been like had our leadership had more noble, and less partisan, goals in mind. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter devoted his Newsweek column to an “alternate” history for the today. […]