Our occasional linkfest of posts of ALL viewpoints. Links do not necessarily reflect the views of TMV or its co-bloggers.
Was the Iraq Intervention A Success? An op-ed piece in the German newspaper Die Welt argues it is. Read a translation here via the great site Watching America.
And Is It A ‘Noble Cause?’ Oxblogs David Adesnik, writing in his role as contributor for Democracy Arsenal (an interseting foreign policy-oriented blog that we just added under Other Voices)has a must read post here that addresses the issue in a unique and moving way.
If You Feel We’ve Gotten A Song And Dance On Iraq then JUST READ THIS.
Did Cindy Sheehan Make Remarks On Israel That Have Been Called Anti-Semetic? Crooks and Liars has details — and you’ll note that this always enteprising site (which does original phone calls to check on stories and great original audio interviews) has been doing its own checks and follow up on the allegations.
The Outbreak Of Foot In Mouth Disease has claimed a new victim: Joe Scarborough.
What Should Be Done About Pork Barrel Legislating? Lots of people talk and write about it, mentioning that it’s a problem and not really seriously offering any ideas on how to stop it. But Charging Rhino’s Jeremey Dibbel offers some specific, highly thoughtful ideas here. (And he’s asking you for some suggestions as well.)
The Stepford City is just a pepperoni pizza or two away in Florida. Read The Mighty Middle.
Democrats Are Moving Closer To Independents In All 50 States writes Chris Bowers. He also gives you a great map and writes:”There isn’t a single corner of this nation where Democrats are not more in line with Independents than Republicans. That’s a fact. That’s fifty-state potential. That’s a tidal wave.”
When Animals Get Treated Better Than People it warms TMV’s heart. And sometimes they eat better than people, too..
Do You Want To Blog From Battlezones? The Army has some rules.
Another View On Cindy Sheehan from comedian Will Durst (who sounds much more angry than funny on this one!)
Yet Another View on Cindy Sheehan: Chase McInerney believes the war was a tragic mistake but offers this independent-thinking take on High Noon In Crawford.
A Great New Blog Design can be seen at one of our favorite sites, The Political Teen.
More Schools Are Turning To Dress Codes For Kids and the ACLU has expressed its opposition.
If You’re Frustrated Over Gas Prices, Etc. just remember: half of Mexico wants to live in the United States.
The Israeli Pullout From Gaza? Does it make you feel confident or pessmistic?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.