Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Sometimes it’s hard to know what to say. This horrific story out of Kenya is from the BBC: Kenyan villagers have been shocked by the death of girl who bled to death after trying to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) on herself. Pamela Kathambi did the procedure on her […]
Guest Post by Tom Schaller I’m writing a book in which I argue that Democrats need to end, not begin, their path back to a national majority in the South. The metaphor I use is that of filling a fruit basket: The Northeast and Pacific Coast states are the windfallen fruit at our feet which […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings About a week and a half ago, as some of you may remember, the Carpetbagger wrote about “the new media narrative,” the one where “Bush and the GOP have momentum and are on the upswing”. He argued that, in truth, there is no such “comeback” or “resurgence” for the […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings According to the U.N. (via Guardian Unlimited), “[d]amage to the once pristine habitats of the deep oceans by pollution, litter and overfishing is running out of control”. Consider: Last year some 85 million tonnes of wild fish were pulled from the global oceans, 100 million sharks and related species […]
Guest Post by Tom Schaller What can I say? I’m honored to have been asked by Steve to blog* for him in his absence. Such is the nature of today’s media world (and world more generally) that we are “friends” virtually–that is, we’ve never met in person. I must also plead guilty to being the […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings In today’s WaPo, former Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, both under Clinton, argue that “if North Korea persists in its launch preparations” — which I recently discussed at The Reaction — “the United States should immediately make clear its intention to […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings As Steve noted yesterday, Rick Santorum, arguably the Senate’s most offensive member, still lags well behind his Democratic rival in Pennsylvania, Bob Casey. A recent poll puts the margin at 18 points. And Santorum’s job approval rating stands at an anemic 38 percent. Santorum must be desperate. Desperate to […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings I know Steve posted on the minimum wage issue yesterday (see here), but my anger is such that I thought I’d weigh in, too, albeit from the rather detached perspective of a Canadian observing the unfortunate goings-on south of the border. Our minimum wage varies by province and territory, […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings (It’s great to be back here guest blogging at The Carpetbagger Report, and I’d like to thank Steve for giving me the opportunity once again. I look forward to posting here over the next several days. And now, on with the show…) ********** At AMERICAblog, John Aravosis asks if […]
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is I’m going to be away from my desk today and tomorrow, and probably won’t be able to post anything. (It’s possible I’ll pop in now and then, but don’t hold me to it.) The good news is I’ve recruited a couple of […]