There are, believe it or not, only 28 shopping months before the Iowa presidential caucuses for the 2008 presidential election. It seems like an eternity, but the fight for positioning has already begun. This week, I’m wondering: who do you suppose the Republicans will nominate? Will it be one of the many senators eyeing the […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Most of post-WWII politics in this country has operated on the assumption that the United States is committed to the well-being of its solid middle-class with its not-too-surprisingly middle-of-the-road politics. Americans don’t like to talk in the class-structural terms familiar to most Europeans and much of the rest of the […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Bush’s approval ratings have been dropping fairly steadily ever since 9/11. They were in the mid-50s during his first half year in office, then shot up to the high 80s with 9/11 (in spite of his “My Pet Goat” performance). They returned to the 50s by March 2003, then spiked […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Many of us here have said that the “uniter not a divider” split our families into hostile, hardly-speak-to-each-other pro-Bush and anti-Bush factions. I grew up in a New Deal household; my twin sister and I are still there in spirit, but my younger brother and sister are as rabid a […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Last Thursday we here at TCR began some discussion of possible (probable?) future pandemics. In one comment I mentioned that the U.S. long-term mortality rates are represented by a gradually declining straight line, reflecting slight improvements in mortality throughout the 20th century. I couldn’t add the graph to that comment, […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan When 3,030 of our people were killed in attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, we retaliated with war against Afghanistan and a peculiar “War on Terror” which, somehow, morphed into an invasion and attempted neo-con conquest of Iraq, at a still-rising cost to us of $300 billion, nearly […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Doug Thompson, over at Capitol Hill Blue, has a wonderful piece on some of Bush’s reactions to recent anti-war demonstrators. It’s very funny to read. Here are a few paragraphs: “I’m not meeting again with that goddamned bitch,” Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet again with Cindy Sheehan, […]
Yes, this has been a wonderful opportunity, and I’ve greatly enjoyed being able to write alongside Zoe and Thomas these past two days. Thanks to everyone for reading my posts. I’ve certainly enjoyed reading all your comments. And thanks to Steve for his encouragement and generosity and for inviting me here to help fill in […]
It’s been a pleasure guest blogging with Michael and Thomas and attempting to fill the 2-day void left by Steve. I hope to see ya’ around the blogosphere, -zoe kentucky of demagogue (a political polyblog)
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Okay, I’d like to get provocative. And I’d like to do so by referring favourably, more or less, to a certain bow-tied conservative commentator. No, not Tucker Carlson, but George Will — to me, one of the more palatable right-wing pundits, an old-fashioned tory who often breaks from the […]