Around The Sphere August 11, 2007

August 11th, 2007 by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief

joe_globe.jpgOur famous linkfest offering readers interesting links to websites of varying opinions so they can explore the ’sphere. Links do NOT necessarily represent the viewpoints of The Moderate Voice or its writers.

It Has Been OBAMA VS. GATES VS. MUSHARRAF
and what could have been behind Obama’s headline-grabbing declarations? Read Oxblog’s David Adesnik.

What Are Top 20 Taboo Topics for Presidential Candidates?
THESE.

Who’s The Real Feminist? Now you can take a test and find out.

Death Of An L.A. Hospital: Martin Luther King Hospital is being abandoned by the feds and closed by the state of California.

A Conversation On Gay Marriage (a big topic for Democratic candidates last week) can be found HERE at Pam’s House Blend.

Animal Rights Activists Marking Animal Researchers for Death:
We’re all huge animal lovers (one relative actively works to protect animals) in my family but these people are truly disgusting. This is typical of people who have a cause and become their worst enemies and undermine their cause. Basically, they’re terrorists — and need to be treated as such.

The Russians Have Laid Stake To The North Pole and aside from the big question (will Santa be mysteriously poisoned after speaking out against a certain Mr. P?) the underlying question is what this means and why it happened. Read the indispensable Steve Clemons.


Impressions of Norway from the Head Heeb.

There Are Two Great New Books On Egypt: Details HERE.

On “Going Greek:”
OUR MUST READ POST OF THE DAY HERE at Booker Rising on Fraternities and Sororities (Booker Rising, by the way, is one of the classiest and most interesting and non-blogspeak sites on the Internet. IT is a daily must read).

The Newest Threat To America: Is it a threat? Or does it have a smell of politically motivated been there, done that?

Recrafting U.S. Foreign Policy: Future administrations will most certainly have to do that, given the Bush administration’s shift from option and scenario based foreign policy planning and what many respected books and articles have now documented is a government that makes some foreign policy based on positive affirmations. A serious look at recrafting foreign policy comes from the always thoughtful The Glittering Eye.

Is The Fed Cloning Government Response To FEMA On The Credit Crunch? Pundita fears it is.

Primary Dates Are Being Pushed Up Earlier but what does it mean and where will it go?

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