If President Obama sticks to his way of governing incubated in his days at Harvard Law School, his top priority for a new Supreme Court Justice will not be a woman or Hispanic. It will be a person skilled in constitutional law but who by judicial demeanor understands the impact jurists have on the common man. If that person he selects is a woman or Hispanic, so much the … [Read more...] about Justice For The Common Man
Novelist and Short Story Writer Richard L. Cohen…
not to be confused with the WaPo columnist, is blogging again. Read his wonderful post on ubiquity and openness to the promise of each new day. I'm so glad to be reading Richard's honest, insightful prose again. … [Read more...] about Novelist and Short Story Writer Richard L. Cohen…
Some Thoughts on Gay Marriage and DOMA
My spouse and I are very familiar with both the straight and gay worlds as we are both flaming heterosexuals with a number of gay/lesbian/bisexual friends and acquaintances. Despite our conservative religious backgrounds, whether there are gay couples (married or just living together) in our neighborhood is of no significance whatsoever to us or for raising our family. … [Read more...] about Some Thoughts on Gay Marriage and DOMA
Obama Beyond the Sound Bites
His press conferences are dazzling performances, but to get a glimpse of Barack Obama in the round takes the oldest journalistic setting of all, an extended one-on-one interview by David Leonhardt for this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. Under questioning to show his state of mind rather than elicit sound bites, we get a picture of how the President sees the economic … [Read more...] about Obama Beyond the Sound Bites
Texas Governor Perry says “Choose Wife!”
In a ground-breaking move Thursday, the Texas Senate passed a bill approving new license plates that read "Choose Wife" -- thus allowing Texans to publicly display their concern for high divorce rates in the state. The bill now moves to the House. If it passes there, concerned Texans will be able to order the metallic bumper stickers plates as soon as this fall. Like all … [Read more...] about Texas Governor Perry says “Choose Wife!”
Condi Rice’s Return To Stanford: You Can’t “Go Home” Again?
Can a former respected academic "go home" again to a former academic nest after serving in a controversial administration, a controversial post on that administration -- and being perceived as either an implementer or enabler of controversial war and torture policies? Former Secretary of State Condolezza Rice faced that test when she visited a dorm at Stanford University. … [Read more...] about Condi Rice’s Return To Stanford: You Can’t “Go Home” Again?
Not So Frequently Asked Questions About The Swine Flu (Guest Voice)
Not So Frequently Asked Questions About The Swine Flu by Will Durst Q. What is swine flu? A. A respiratory disease caused by a type-A influenza virus that has mutated into H1N1, and is currently terrorizing the globe. Don’t you read the papers? Q. What are these papers you speak of? Poor President Obama. Everything happens on his watch. Does he have the worst job … [Read more...] about Not So Frequently Asked Questions About The Swine Flu (Guest Voice)
Wolverine and Obama
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Wolverine and Obama
A New High in Right Wing Humor
As one of the regularly appearing authors at Pajamas Media, as well as here at The Moderate Voice, I am frequently called upon to employ the humor and satire tags, covering my occasional efforts to bring a smile to your faces during tough times in he political arena. But few, if any, of my efforts at comedy have been as funny as an entry this week from John Hawkins. "The Right … [Read more...] about A New High in Right Wing Humor
Kabul’s New Elite: The Foreign Consultants
The going rate paid by the Taliban for an attack on a police checkpoint in the western part of Afghanistan: $4 (repeat FOUR Dollars). While foreign consultants working for the Western aid agencies in Kabul can command salaries of $250,000 to $500,000 a year. Such are the profound ironies one comes across in the war-torn Afghanistan. "The high degree of wastage of aid money … [Read more...] about Kabul’s New Elite: The Foreign Consultants
That Which Dare Not Be Spoken Aloud: Swine Flu
---------- CODA: To TMV Readers. I appreciate your bearing with me on the size of my editorial cartoons that are sometimes apparently cut off left or right side on some monitors. I am just learning to wrassle with Image Manager and sizing of images on WordPress. Generally, I post images big-size so people with out-of-date reading glasses like me, can actually read the font … [Read more...] about That Which Dare Not Be Spoken Aloud: Swine Flu
Media & Barack Obama’s Public Health Message
President Barack Obama's 100 days in office were marked by diverse reactions in the media. A Sri Lankan journalist, Nalaka Gunawardene was impressed by Obama's unusual step of using a prime-time televised news conference to deliver a public health message regarding swine flu on April 29, 2009. He quoted "President of the New Media World" Obama: “Wash your hands when you … [Read more...] about Media & Barack Obama’s Public Health Message
Independents Flee Obama on Gun Control, Abortion in New Pew Poll
The Pew Research Center has a very interesting new survey on attitudes toward gun control and abortion after President Barack Obama took office. Within the space of a year, views that were once firmly in the majority for both gun control and broadly-legal abortion are now nearly neck-and-neck - and it's not just the choir getting preachier: The balance of opinion among … [Read more...] about Independents Flee Obama on Gun Control, Abortion in New Pew Poll
So Who Will Obama Pick To Replace Souter On The Supreme Court?
As this intriguing CBS report shows, speculation is rife on who President Barack Obama could choose to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court: Watch CBS Videos Online Who do YOU predict he'll pick? Will it be a lawyer, judge or someone who is now in politics or associated with the government? And WHY? … [Read more...] about So Who Will Obama Pick To Replace Souter On The Supreme Court?
One Reason So Many Churchgoers May Accept Torture
I'm a Christian and I'm an American. Therefore, I oppose the use of torture. Ever. No exceptions. Because ours is an imperfect world, I accept the fact that nations must sometimes go to war, just as I accept that when lives are threatened--be it one's own life or the lives of others--defensive action that may result in an attacker's death is justified. As a Christian, … [Read more...] about One Reason So Many Churchgoers May Accept Torture
Erick Erickson’s Jaw-Dropping Tweet
I know that movement conservatives have been behaving in incredibly bizarre ways since Obama took office, but this, I think, might set some kind of record. Erick Erickson, the founder of RedState, which is supposedly the most influential political blog on the right, posted this tweet tonight: John Amato at Crooks and Liars provides details, with some help from a … [Read more...] about Erick Erickson’s Jaw-Dropping Tweet
Is Swine Flu the Latest U.S. Bioweapon Attack?: La Cronica de Hoy, Mexico
'WE'VE ALREADY INFECTED HALF THE WORLD WITH OUR SWINE FLU ...TO ADD TO OUR PROBLEMS, SOON THEY'LL CLASSIFY US AS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE AXIS OF EVIL.' Is it plausible that United States biowarfare research is intentionally or accidentally behind the latest virus to plague the world? According to Carlos Ferreyra of Mexico's La Cronica de Hoy, one of the many rumors … [Read more...] about Is Swine Flu the Latest U.S. Bioweapon Attack?: La Cronica de Hoy, Mexico
Once a Democrat, Always a Democrat (Guest Voice)
NOTE: We've run a variety of views here on TMV on Pennyslvania Sen. Arlen Specter and his switch from the Republican to the Democratic party. Some were favorable, others not so favorable. Talk show host Michael Reagan offers this unabashed thumbs down. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. Once a Democrat, Always a Democrat by … [Read more...] about Once a Democrat, Always a Democrat (Guest Voice)
Olbermann Double Standard
US News and World Report has a story worth reading. Seems that Keith Olbermann took a big pay hike while GE (owner of MSNBC) was getting a big bailout. Since Olbermann has attacked executives for taking raises during bailouts, should he not keep to the same standard? … [Read more...] about Olbermann Double Standard
Swine Flu Mask
Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. . All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Swine Flu Mask