Tune in today at 1 p.m. EST for a Moderate Voice co-bloggers’ scrum.

Michael Stickings and Shaun Mullen will be the guests of co-blogger Jazz Shaw and Ron Beasley on their Mid Stream Radio program. The topic will be the major political stories of the week.

Click here to listen and call in.

Conservative blogger Rick Moore has asked me to appear on his Internet radio show, Holy Coast on the Air this coming Monday night.

I’ll be discussing the upcoming Ohio primary with him, as well as my 2007 blog series on how Christians might think about the 2008 presidential election. (Note: I don’t believe that God is a Democrat or a Republican, a liberal or a conservative.)

The whole thing happens at 10:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Pacific. If you go to the link, here, you’ll be able to listen. There’s also a number there for you to call in and participate.

For a bit about Ohio and presidential politics, see here.

I come from a long line of old country storytellers; the Magyarok and the meztisos call us, taltos or cantadoras…

In our ethnic family, there’s an old, old story told by our grandmothers about the old bullfrog who tries to fool others into thinking he is naive instead of cunning and deliberate…

“Once there was a large old bullfrog, all spotted with bald forehead and bags under his eyes. This bullfrog really liked to eat mice most of all. But, most mice were too smart to come near him, with his big mouth and long tongue, and all.

“Thus, the old bullfrog had to be discontent to spend his days snapping bugs out of the air, and casting his mouth-net for minnows.

“But, one day, a furry fat mouse with little black eyes and thin white paws found its way to the water’s edge. As soon as the old bullfrog spied him, he said in a voice of innocence and whine…

“”Ah dear mouse, I have heard there is across this deep water, a feast of honor and endless treats awaiting both mice and bullfrogs, if only I can bring a mouse across with me. Consider the waiting feast, dear mouse, for surely if we remain as we are, we must both languish in poverty, eating whatever small dry things we can find.”

“The mouse was wary, but the bullfrog assured he would give the mouse a ride across the deep water ’so the mouse would be safe.’ “I am a strong and tested swimmer,” bragged the old bullfrog…

“”Just to make sure you are safe dear mouse,” the bullfrog continued, “I will tie one of your legs to my legs ’so you wont ‘go astray, or ‘get lost.’”

“And thus, the naive mouse assented to be taken across the water. And the old bullfrog bound one of the mouse’s slender legs to his fatter green leg.

“However, once in the water, the old bullfrog in all his cunning, dove down deep, dragging the mouse with him. The mouse struggled, then drowned.

“The old bullfrog was content to have bagged his prey.

“Thus, he surfaced with the now dead mouse still attached to his leg.

“But for all the bullfrog’s years in the swamp, he still did not realize that there is always a greater consciousness, a greater eye watching… from overhead… one who is wiser, one who sees every small motive and movement.

“So now, from the sky, a black shadow dove and raced across the green water, and suddenly Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been waiting for a chance to bust my chops . . . er, talk back to me, tune in at 2 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday afternoon when I do a star turn on Heading Right Radio.

The host of this Internet talk show is the estimable Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters.

Captain Ed will first interview Maureen Faulkner, the widow of murdered Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner about her new book regarding the crime and arrest, trial and conviction of left-wing darling Mumia Abu-Jamal.

I’ll be up next to discuss my knowledge of the case and belief that even through the criminal justice system may have failed Abu-Jamal in key respects, that does not absolve him of the murder.

You can access the stream for Ed’s show here.

If you’d like to call in live, the number is 646-652-4889. If you want to listen on your TiVo, click here to find out how simple that is.

Now YOU can hear a voice from The Moderate Voice at 1 p.m. EST, a few minutes from now.

The program will be hosted by Jazz Shaw. The link.

PS: I will be on this program, even though I am way behind on events and my blogging due to some personal matters and family crises. My blogging on TMV should resume today and be back to normal by the weekend.

If you’ve been waiting for a chance to bust my chops . . . er, talk back to me, I’ll be making two radio appearances off of my posts at TMV.

At 8:45 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday night, I’ll be on The World Tonight on CHQR in Calgary, Alberta Canada, with host Rob Breakenridge. The topic: My post today n “O.J.: ‘Race Neutral & All Too Human. You can listen in here.

At 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday afternoon, I’ll do a star turn on The Rick Moran Show on Blog Talk Radio. Rick, who blogs at the most excellent Rightwing Nuthouse, and I will be talking about the Iraq war and the 2008 presidential campaign, among other hot topics. You can access the stream for Rick’s show here, and if you’d like to call in live, the number is 718-664-9764.

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Captain Ed interviewed Mitt Romney today in Des Moines, Iowa. Read about it now HERE or listen to it tomorrow HERE. Meanwhile, you can hear Romney’s Town Hall Forum on CQ Radio HERE.

Check out this blog: Heading Right. From the about: “Welcome to HeadingRight - the central hub for Conservatives on BlogTalk Radio. This is where the best conservative thinkers, writers, pundits and characters from the online community gather to discuss current events and politics through the miracle of BlogTalkRadio.”

Some of the co-bloggers: bRight and Early, Ed Morrissey David Odeen, Rick Moran of Rightwing Nut House and others.

So, ch-ch-ch-check it out!

One note on Blog Talk Radio: I believe that blog talk radio will get big. I hope that some Centrist bloggers will become hosts as well. I have encouraged Joe to start a show - he would make a great host, of that I am 100% sure. Joe: enrich Blog Talk Radio - start your own show!

At Shaun OMac radio. The guest: Michael J.W. Stickings.

It’s a very interesting show (12 April).