Perhaps you saw how as the attendants moved Michael Jackson, his body lay nearly flat on the stretcher, as though there were an ironing board underneath the sheet, rather than the body of a full person. My guess from just a glance, is that he weighed around 100 pounds or less. Not slender, not thin, rather... entirely skeletal. Most people are familiar with anorexia … [Read more...] about Demerol+Anorexia+Dehydration=Death
Hey Iraq, How’s That Withdrawal Going?
HEY IRAQ, HOW'S THAT WITHDRAWAL GOING? Peter Feaver, formerly of the NSC, has some sharp analysis over at Shadow Government, including an improbable comparison of Hillary Clinton to Dick Cheney: These [recent] attacks may simply be what Secretary Clinton has called "a signal that the rejectionists fear Iraq is going in the right direction." This sounds eerily like the … [Read more...] about Hey Iraq, How’s That Withdrawal Going?
Global Warming For Amateurs
Amateurs like me. If you're not a scientist, how much can really you know? Even if you are a scientist, how much can you really know? This week, the New Yorker has a profile of James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, written by Elizabeth Kolbert. When I saw, something rang a bell. Two weeks ago, the Weekly Standard ran a piece on Hansen … [Read more...] about Global Warming For Amateurs
Obama the Moderate President
It has been very interesting watching American political discourse after Obama’s inauguration from the comforts of the United Kingdom. I think that its just beginning to sink in to most people in America that Obama is not the mythical superhero that he portrayed himself to be during the Decision 2008 election assault course, but he is in fact (shock horror) a politician. … [Read more...] about Obama the Moderate President
Justice Thomas, The Rest of the Story: What He Really Said re Safford Unified School District #1 v. April Redding
After reading on blog-sites and in some media hugely inaccurate portrayals of Justice Clarence Thomas's opinion about fourth ammendment rights re underage children being searched for drugs at school, including having the chid disrobe... for what some call a strip search... take a look for yourself. Firstly, what is left out of most reports I've read, is Justice Thomas's … [Read more...] about Justice Thomas, The Rest of the Story: What He Really Said re Safford Unified School District #1 v. April Redding
Home Schooled, Home Grown Football Team
Today's NYTimes has a piece on The Glory for Christ Football League, which came into being because Georgia is not one of the twenty-four states that allow homeshcoolers to join public- or private-school teams: By 2002, the sports-loving sons of Roger and Diana McDaniel had aged out of recreation league football. A school team was not an option. They had no school. The boys … [Read more...] about Home Schooled, Home Grown Football Team
World Cartoonists On The Death Of Michael Jackson
Editorial cartoonists around the world are offering their good byes to singer Michael Jackson. Here are a few: Michael Goes To Heaven John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri The Moon Walker Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines Michael Jackson In Paradise Patrick Chappatte, NZZ am Sonntag Bye Bye Michael Monte Wolverton, Cagle … [Read more...] about World Cartoonists On The Death Of Michael Jackson
Climate Chicken Littles
I'm not a big fan of the cap and trade approach to limiting climate change just passed by the House of Representatives. I much prefer the old tried and true cap and enforce approach, employed in every successful environmental effort since the 1960s. While there's disagreement today about whether cap and trade or cap and enforce is the best way to go when it comes to … [Read more...] about Climate Chicken Littles
Mommy-Knows-Best’s No No
As a parent, I would think Caroline Maria McNeal of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, wanted to do the very best for her daughter Brittany. Unfortunately, as school secretary at Huntingdon Area High School, she took it a step too far. The state attorney general Thursday filed 29 criminal complaints of unlawful use of a computer and 29 counts of unlawful altering of public records … [Read more...] about Mommy-Knows-Best’s No No
Michael Jackson’s Mumbai Feast: Tandoori Chicken & Butter Naan
If The Beatles managed to convey the increasing dominance of machine over man --- with their voice and script struggling to rise over the clamour and force of musical instruments, Michael Jackson's songs, accompanied with his unbeatable mechanical body movements, went a step further to deliver a similar message --- the human beings gradually turning into robots. Thus, The … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson’s Mumbai Feast: Tandoori Chicken & Butter Naan
Keeping The Climate Change A-Changing
Kimberley A. Strassel at the Wall Street Journal writes about the growing number of skeptics on "human caused global warming": Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority are so intent on quickly jamming a cap-and-trade system through Congress is because the global warming tide is again shifting. It turns out Al Gore and the United Nations (with … [Read more...] about Keeping The Climate Change A-Changing
The Sadness of Michael Jackson
Well, what more is there to say? One of the genuine icons of our time, which says a lot about our time (more for bad than for good, I would argue), has died at the age of 50. Like him or not, there is no denying Michael Jackson's significance in global popular culture. He was a star above stars, as outsized a celebrity as we have ever seen. He was an artist, I'll give him … [Read more...] about The Sadness of Michael Jackson
Iran’s Youth and Women’s Movement Analyzed (Guest Voice)
Iran's Youth and Women's Movement Analyzed by: Herndon L. Davis For nearly two weeks the ground shifting protests in Iran's capital city of Tehran has seen an unprecedented number of young people and women who have risked their lives to speak back to the regime in opposition of the suspect re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Their faces, voices and deaths … [Read more...] about Iran’s Youth and Women’s Movement Analyzed (Guest Voice)
An Ordinary Citizen Speaks out on Republican Party’s “Values”
As I have written before, unbelievably good common sense and wisdom can be found in many of the letters written daily by regular Americans to the editors of their newspapers. In a book about and dedicated to Letters to the Editor*, the authors make this comment: Again and again, we found citizens speaking freely and from their hearts, recording a personal yet public … [Read more...] about An Ordinary Citizen Speaks out on Republican Party’s “Values”
Republicans And Adultery
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Republicans And Adultery
The Political Legacy of Michael Jackson
Barack Obama's presidency was partially built by the moonwalk of Michael Jackson. The Political Pop Star owes a debt of gratitude to The King of Pop. How so? Take a few minutes and let's rewind the clock 25 years before President Obama announced his candidacy. 1982 - Ronald Reagan was entering his first full year in office, "Hill Street Blues" was a top rated TV hit, and … [Read more...] about The Political Legacy of Michael Jackson
More On Jackson Death Impact on the Internet
GMA reported this morning that Google was "down for 40 minutes" on news of Jackson's death. An overstatement, I suspected. Cnet clarifies in a comment from Google: Some Google users complained that the search engine's News area was inaccessible for a time. A Google representative confirmed that "between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News … [Read more...] about More On Jackson Death Impact on the Internet
Michael Jackson, 50, R.I.P.
I'll let others proclaim the significance of Michael Jackson's contributions to music and entertainment as the legendary "King of Pop." I considered him weird. It was best described by Johnny Carson in an opening monologue of The Tonight Show years ago when the hometown Dodgers led the league in fielding errors. "What does the Dodger infield and Michael Jackson have in … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson, 50, R.I.P.
Count Your Blessings
Except for the weather, I'm glad this morning I live in Missouri rather than California. … [Read more...] about Count Your Blessings
Michael Jackson
Deng Coy Miel, Singapore This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson