Guest Post by John Cole While I, like others, was initally confused why Nancy Pelosi chose to support Murtha, I have to admit that I am more than a little amused at the overblown reaction to the Democratic leadership race in the blogosphere and the ‘liberal media’: Years ago I spent Election Day in San […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings There’s some promising news coming out of Khartoum, according to the BBC: Sudan has agreed in principle to allow a joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force into Darfur, UN chief Kofi Annan has said. Khartoum has previously refused a UN presence in Darfur. The plan envisages strengthening […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Grover Norquist on Don Sherwood, the Pennsylvania Republican who lost his House seat to Chris Carney and whose mistress accused him of choking her: “Bob [sic] Sherwood’s seat would have been overwhelmingly ours, if his mistress hadn’t whined about being throttled.” (via Pandagon) Glenn Beck to Keith Ellison (D-MN), […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal According to The Hill, there may be a move underway to try to undo some of the damage caused by the Military Commissions Act which the President signed into law in October: Gearing up for a major clash with the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress, several key Senate Democrats […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Jessica Valenti at Feministing is reporting today that the White House has appointed Dr. Eric Keroack Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs (DASPA) at the Department of Health and Human Services. Which could mean one of two things: more hackocracy or more theocracy. Well, it’s the latter. Keroack, “currently […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal Someone has probably already made this point today, but the battle between John Murtha and Steny Hoyer for Majority Leader, though interesting, is not likely to be that big a deal in the long run. It will soon be forgotten. In 1994, in the wake of the Republicans’ landslide midterm […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings The deniers will continue to deny, not just at their own peril but at the peril of us all, but global warming, and climate change more broadly, continues to wreak havoc with our daily lives. Researchers have already connected global warming to stronger hurricanes like Katrina and Rita and […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings As Democrats settle into majority status in the House — and I do hope the contentious battle between Murtha and Hoyer is soon settled amicably and put behind us — Republicans are strategizing on how best to bring them down over the next two years. And that strategizing is […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Yes, it’s Hoyer. And it wasn’t close. 149 to 86. Questions: — Are you okay with this? (I am.) — What does it say about Pelosi? Has it weakened her? — Will the Dems be able to move on peacefully? Will there be any negative fallout? Otherwise, let’s move […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings What horror: Increasing numbers of Afghan women are committing suicide by setting fire to themselves to escape difficult lives, according to NGOs based in the country. They say women forced into marriage or suffering chronic abuse are killing themselves out of desperation. Although estimates are difficult to make, one […]