A round up of recent posts by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers.
McQ summarizes an interview with MG Douglas Stone, Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations.
In a post on the WSJ’s James Taranto vs. John Kerry, Michael Dunaway writes: “I have long held that, while unthinking noisy gongs on both sides are obnoxious … the thinking conservatives tend to be much more reasonable and accommodating than their liberal counterparts … ”
Dyre42 is resigned to the potential necessity of the new wiretapping law, with caveats.
Guest-posting for Andrew Sullivan, Eric shares some back-home-Wisconsin perspective on GOP Presidential candidate Tommy Thompson.
Reviewing the controversy surrounding Obama’s foreign policy remarks, the Angry Independent suggests, among other things, that “[w]hen there are no Puppeteers pulling his strings, and he is allowed to speak from his own heart and brain, the man can be brilliant. But when he is being directed, as he was for this foreign policy speech, he seems to stumble.”
Jim Satterfield thinks journalists need to tighten up their standards when selecting and screening contrary voices, especially on the subject of global warming.