To the TMV community of cobloggers

Thank you for your warm welcome, kind words and comments on my first post. I hope to make honest contributions to our collective TMV ideals.

I have traveled to many countries and covered numerous United Nations Conferences, G7/G8 Summits, European Union and NATO meetings. My goal in requesting entry into TMV was to present views I cannot openly state as a reporter or analyst elsewhere. As all of you know, each media entity has limitations according to the market segment and geographical space it serves as a business. TMV offers an opportunity to cut across geographical spaces and markets in line with our individual perceptions about what being moderate might mean.

As a professional, I am left of center on issues of economic and social equality within countries and across nations. I am right of center on issues of open markets, macro economic management and international security.

In my personal life, I strive to serve the Veda’s path of unity of all life with it corollaries of social responsibility, tolerance and open-mind. The Buddha best summarized these in his advice about moderation in all things.