Center of Attention

A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers.

At Eclectics Anonymous, B Cline offers a detailed round up of reports and thoughts on everyone’s favorite USAG.

Megan Donovan wades through the weeds on the likely-to-be vetoed spending bill that is slowly making its way to the President’s desk.

At Black Shards, marc features a rather testy exchange with a Kos adherent. (Warning: We linked to this post to illustrate how a complete lack of moderation can destroy dialogue. The overly sensitive should view it with extreme caution. Curmudgeons and cynics, on the other hand, will probably get a kick out of it.)

The Angry Independent spotlights a sign of progress in the Imus aftermath.

Daniel DiRito examines a certain group’s claim about the implications of the Va. Tech tragedy. Money quote: “Yes, society used to be perfect and everyone had a conscience and there was no violence, no infidelity, and no sin…ah the good old days! If we would simply put God back into the schools, nothing bad would ever happen…because we know that children cannot be influenced by the behavior of their parents…just teachers and peers.”

5 Responses to “Center of Attention”

1. kritter says:

   April 24, 2007 at 6:41 am

   Gotta agree with Dahlia Lithwick’s take in Slate on Bush’s full confidence vote regarding Gonzo’s performance at last weeks hearings. This excerpt nails it:

   It strains credulity to believe that Gonzales still has Bush’s “full confidence.�

   Until you stop to consider that the president wasn’t watching the same movie as the rest of us and that Gonzales wasn’t reading from the same script. Perhaps what we witnessed yesterday was in fact a tour de force, a home run for the president’s overarching theory of the unitary executive.
2. domajot says:

   April 24, 2007 at 8:09 am

   Daniel DeRito managed to put a rational perspective on the anguished reactions to the university shootings. Finally, somebody did what was needed to stop the flood of instant message cure prescriptions.
3. The Gun Toting Liberalâ„¢ says:

   April 24, 2007 at 8:10 am

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4. The Seeker Blog » More about Kos says:

   April 24, 2007 at 11:06 am

   [...] I found a post over at Black Shards, though Center of Attention that demonstrates exactly that. [...]
5. blackshards says:

   April 24, 2007 at 3:25 pm

   What’s unfortunate about my experience with the Kos-ites is that what was thrown back at me isn’t even close to being the worst of what they’ll dish out.