On Earth Day 2022, I published a story about how certain sounds evoke memories of “my days as a young boy in the Andes mountains of Ecuador, La Sierra...[and] in Ecuador’s magnificent rainforest, “El Oriente...” In “The Sounds of Nature: Vying for UNESCO World Heritage Status,” I wrote how Ecuador’s spectacular Mashpi Reserve and the surrounding Chocó and Pastaza region are … [Read more...] about ‘Acoustic Value’ and the UNESCO World Heritage List
DEMOCRATS BIG WIN: VIRGINIA VOTERS GREEN LIGHT REDISTRICTING PLAN
Democrats are celebrating a big win: Virginia voters have given the green light to a redistricting plan that will likely give Democrats a big edge in the 2026 mid-term elections. Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections, NBC News projects. The special … [Read more...] about DEMOCRATS BIG WIN: VIRGINIA VOTERS GREEN LIGHT REDISTRICTING PLAN
RFK’S ROCKY RACOON REVELATIONS
The SAVE Act – Save Who?
Politics is dirty. All Americans know that. The question is, what lengths will politicians go to and then excuse their actions in order to advance their control of government and promote their ideology? Republicans realize they are underdogs in the coming midterm elections, with Trump’s performance being disapproved of by the majority of Americans. He promised no foreign … [Read more...] about The SAVE Act – Save Who?
Trump’s Medal of Honor: Are We now Beyond ‘Quipping’?
In a (somewhat) satirical piece a couple of months ago, we posed that Trump is just “quipping” when he periodically suggests that he should be awarded the nation’s highest military award for bravery in combat, the Medal of Honor. Less than a week after that piece was posted, during his most recent State of the Union address, Trump once again intimated that he was deserving … [Read more...] about Trump’s Medal of Honor: Are We now Beyond ‘Quipping’?
Donald Trump’s war on the Pope
Donald Trump has now started a second war – a war on the pope. Trump is launching political broadsides at Pope Leo XIV – a pope – for saying that he’s against war, bombs and death. Trump has accused him of being “weak on crime,” claims Pope Leo “wasn’t on any list” and was put there because Trump was president. Trump claimed, “The Pope made a statement. He says, Iran can … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s war on the Pope
‘Time for Half Measures Is Over’: Study Warns of Terrifying Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse
by Stephen Prager Common Dreams “We must avoid this collapse at all costs,” said a leading current researcher, who warned that “the stability of the entire planet” is at stake. The global climate crisis is causing a critical Atlantic Ocean current system to weaken much sooner than previously predicted, according to a study published on Thursday. If it stops, scientists … [Read more...] about ‘Time for Half Measures Is Over’: Study Warns of Terrifying Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse
The 25th Amendment can’t save us from Trump
On Easter Sunday, writing on Truth Social, President Trump threatened to destroy Iran if its leaders did not open the Strait of Hormuz. Two days later, he threatened to annihilate Iran and its 93 million people. Five days later, another Sunday, at 9:49 pm Eastern, he posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick ("I thought it was me as a doctor), … [Read more...] about The 25th Amendment can’t save us from Trump
POPE LEO AND MORALITY
About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance seen in postwar Germany
Irene Fogel Weiss holds a photograph of her mother and brothers, who were killed during the Holocaust, during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 14, 2026, in Washington. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Daniela R. P. Weiner, Stevens Institute of Technology In 2025, 48% of Americans ages 18-29 could not name a single concentration or death … [Read more...] about About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance seen in postwar Germany
THE MODERATE VOICE CAN USE YOUR DONATIONS
Despite many blogs vanishing, The Moderate Voice is still around. Google News is carrying its posts as is the SmartNews app headquartered in Tokyo. To keep this going The Moderate Voice needs your help. TMV has been blessed with many donations of all kinds over the years. But it has no big corporate donor, no big advertiser, and has never received a huge donation. It's … [Read more...] about THE MODERATE VOICE CAN USE YOUR DONATIONS
WAR ON THE POPE (CARTOON)
The pseudoscientific attractiveness scale that grew out of incel forums and is now making money for looksmaxxing influencers
If you have teenagers in your life, they’ll probably have heard of the PSL scale. Or at least the language associated with it. Chad. Stacy. Normie. Subhuman. The PSL scale is a pseudoscientific attractiveness rating system used by looksmaxxers, men in a part of the manosphere who sometimes use extreme methods to change their appearance. The scale purports to rank people into … [Read more...] about The pseudoscientific attractiveness scale that grew out of incel forums and is now making money for looksmaxxing influencers
BOMB THREAT AT HOME OF POPE LEO’S BROTHER
New Lenox Police have reported a bomb threat at the home of Pope Leo's brother. With Trump seemingly war with the Pope and the Pope steadfastly responding in kind the question is whether more threats of violence -- or actually violence -- occurs. The report: (NewsNation) — A bomb threat occurred at the home of the brother of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday night, police in … [Read more...] about BOMB THREAT AT HOME OF POPE LEO’S BROTHER
QUOTE OF THE DAY POPE LEO XIV
Donald Trump has been blasting Pope Leo XIV for criticizing the Iranian war. Trump administration officials and Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson have all started echoing Trumps line or trying to justify it. Vice President J.D. Vance said the Pope should be care of his theology. Our Quote of the Day is this response from the Pope: “Woe to those who … [Read more...] about QUOTE OF THE DAY POPE LEO XIV
Woke Pope (Cartoon and Column)
Before Donald Trump posted the ridiculous AI image of him as Jesus healing the sick, he attacked Pope Leo in a lengthy tirade on Truth Social. Trump wrote, “Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about ‘fear’ of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during … [Read more...] about Woke Pope (Cartoon and Column)
Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold — an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’
When it comes to machine-produced ‘literature,’ does it really matter whether the outputs can pass for original art? J Studios/Digital Vision via Getty Images Laura Beers, American University At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz … [Read more...] about Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold — an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’
Two congressional creeps bring bipartisanship back to D.C.
by Elwood Watson The recent resignations of Reps. Eric Swalwell of California and Tony Gonzales of Texas in the wake of sordid sexual-misconduct allegations have titillated the political establishment. Swalwell’s political career and California gubernatorial campaign began to implode after the San Francisco Chronicle reported on the account of a former staffer, who said … [Read more...] about Two congressional creeps bring bipartisanship back to D.C.
Trump’s clash with the pope reenacts a 1,000-year-old question: What happens when sacred and secular power collide?
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as emperor on Christmas Day, 800 A.D. Levan Ramishvili/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons Joëlle Rollo-Koster, University of Rhode Island Alarm over the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has escalated with remarkable speed, from The New York Times to the Daily Beast and local … [Read more...] about Trump’s clash with the pope reenacts a 1,000-year-old question: What happens when sacred and secular power collide?
THE MOST UNPOPULAR AMERICAN PRESIDENT TAKES ON A POPULAR AMERICAN POPE
Donald Trump has now opened a war on another front: with the Pope. Every day Trump seemingly aims a political broadside at Pope Leo in response to Leo...a Pope...saying that he's against war, bombs and death. Trump accuses him of being "weak on crime," as if the Pope is one the Democrats he rails against. He says Leo "wasn't on any list to be Pope" and was put there because … [Read more...] about THE MOST UNPOPULAR AMERICAN PRESIDENT TAKES ON A POPULAR AMERICAN POPE