The Inside Higher Ed headline, Can We Be Buds? The story is about a student group, SAFER (Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation), pressing the same college presidents pushing lowering the drinking age onto the national agenda to pick up pot. Figuratively, of course: SAFER, a nonprofit organization that supports the reform of marijuana laws, is calling on college … [Read more...] about SAFER: Students Push for Parity of Punishment for Pot & Booze
TMV Contributor’s Blog Among Noted State Blogs
Chris Cillizza writes "The Fix" blog for WaPo. Late afternoon yesterday, he published a list of reader-nominated "best state blogs." Checking that list for blogs in my home state, Missouri, I noted the blog of one of TMV's own, Jill Miller Zimon, which not only made the cut for her home state, Ohio, but was also recognized as one of the "best named blogs." Congrats to … [Read more...] about TMV Contributor’s Blog Among Noted State Blogs
Report: Taliban Getting Help Against U.S. And NATO From Afghani Intelligence?
Many reports in recent months have noted how the Taliban is reportedly getting help from Pakistani intelligence in their battle against the United States. But NBC now has an uncofirmed report that the Taliban is getting help from another area as well: Afghan intelligence: Afghan intelligence agents are sharing information with militants about U.S. and NATO troop … [Read more...] about Report: Taliban Getting Help Against U.S. And NATO From Afghani Intelligence?
On Gay Marriage (Guest Voice)
Editor's Note: This has been a huge week for gay rights. Vermont and Iowa gave the green-light, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut -- with more states seemingly on the way and conservative GOPers' once-potent power not quite as potent. Both sides are digging in their heels for a long -- accelerating battle. In this Guest Voice post, Dalitso Njolinjo gives his perspective … [Read more...] about On Gay Marriage (Guest Voice)
Obama’s Ambitious Agenda
The President will attack immigration reform in a big way starting next month. The last Democratic president to have so many ambitious priorities was Jimmy Carter. Through most of his term, Carter was largely thwarted by a Democratic Congress anxious to assert itself after Richard Nixon's imperial presidency. (He was finally undone by the Iran hostage crisis and a sluggish … [Read more...] about Obama’s Ambitious Agenda
No Bailout For Newspapers
I've been reluctant commenting on the demise of newspapers, a place of work I enjoyed immensely for a quarter century. But I'm a fossil, quitting the business in 1985, and lack the hands-on experience of what really happened during the past 29 years. I do know this: Federal bailout for newspapers is a really really dumb proposal. Difficult as it is to say, newspapers are … [Read more...] about No Bailout For Newspapers
The Af/Pak Strategy: Setting the Stage at Home
Guest post by Jessie Daniels Jessie Daniels is a fellow at the Truman National Security Project. She is currently a second-year masters candidate at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. From 2003 to 2007, she served as a legislative aide for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), focusing on national security issues. President Obama … [Read more...] about The Af/Pak Strategy: Setting the Stage at Home
Quote Of The Day: On An AP Executive Threatening Its Own Affiliate For Embedding A Video From The AP’s You Tube Channel
Our Quote of the Day refers to the news that an AP executive sent a cease and desist letter to an AP affiliate that embedded a video from the AP's own You Tube channel which allows people to embed its videos. The greatest take on this comes from Cory Doctorow at Boeing Boeing: The Associated Press, in its zeal to keep the news a secret, has begun to send legal threats to … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: On An AP Executive Threatening Its Own Affiliate For Embedding A Video From The AP’s You Tube Channel
AP Exec Threatens Affiliate For Embedding AP YouTube Video
Yesterday I quoted Jeff Jarvis that AP is the enemy of newspapers. The story that's making the rounds today proves his point. Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch: Here is another great moment in A.P. history. In its quest to become the RIAA of the newspaper industry, the A.P.’s executives and lawyers are beginning to match their counterparts in the music industry for cluelessness. … [Read more...] about AP Exec Threatens Affiliate For Embedding AP YouTube Video
Obama: A Humble Leader Worthy of His Great Nation: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Was it a bow or just good manners? The blogosphere is bursting with debate over whether President Obama diminished his stature by appearing to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia at the G20 summit. As for the Saudis, the act was just another reflection of President Obama's well-earned respect. According to this op-ed article from Saudi Arabia's Al-Riyadh newspaper, Obama's act … [Read more...] about Obama: A Humble Leader Worthy of His Great Nation: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Great Performers: The Musical Stylings Of Mrs. Miller
From a brief period in the 1960s, American was blessed with the musical stylings of one Mrs. Miller -- a real grandmother, who sang rock songs SERIOUSLY in her own, unmistakable...er...style. Younger TMV readers will now be in for a TREAT. Click on the video below and you will hear music as you've never heard it before: … [Read more...] about The Great Performers: The Musical Stylings Of Mrs. Miller
Seven Days of Obama: ‘Saviors Do Not Exist’ – NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
TITLE SAYS: 'A CHECK OF $1.1 TRILLION FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY' OBAMA SAYS: 'SHALL I SIGN HERE?' … MERKEL SAYS: … 'ON THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN' The postmortems on President Obama's trip through Europe continue to stream in, and true to their usual style, the Dutch are cold-eyed and practical about their conclusions. This editorial by the NRC Handelsblad, the nation's … [Read more...] about Seven Days of Obama: ‘Saviors Do Not Exist’ – NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
North Korean Moon
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about North Korean Moon
Say Goodnight, Norm
I have to agree with Ramesh Ponnuru; it's time for Norm Coleman to give up his fight for the Senate seat here in Minnesota. Now, I'm not a fan of Coleman, but I did vote for him because he was and is a better candidate than Al Franken. Franken comes accross as mean-spirited and while Coleman has been faulted with doing what the political winds told him to do, he was at … [Read more...] about Say Goodnight, Norm
‘Tis Creative Time For Tax Exemptions
Next Wednesday, April 15, is the deadline to file our income tax returns. 'Tis the season for creative lawyers and taxpayers to take advantage of weird deductions in the more than 20,000 pages of rules and regulations established by the Internal Revenue Service. Yes, 20,000 pages. That's equivalent of reading a 400-page book by Ernest Hemingway 50 times. And, nowhere near as … [Read more...] about ‘Tis Creative Time For Tax Exemptions
A Turkish News Anchor “Welcomes” Barack Obama
But something REALLY got lost in translation.... … [Read more...] about A Turkish News Anchor “Welcomes” Barack Obama
TMV at the International Auto Show
This week, your faithful TMV reporter is in Manhattan to check out the 2009 New York International Auto Show and we'll be talking to some folks involved in the auto industry about the future of Detroit, environmental concerns and progress on the fuel efficiency front and related topics so it can be reported back to you here first hand. (Aren't we nice?) Shown to the left if one … [Read more...] about TMV at the International Auto Show
Israel must stop building settlements
That is certainly the conventional wisdom. Elliott Abrams dissents. For him, anti-settlement advocacy is a distraction. Abrams writes that the expansion of the Israeli settler population basically entails population growth in existing settlements, which will become part of Israel under the expected terms of any two-state deal. What Abrams is against is taking new land for … [Read more...] about Israel must stop building settlements
Medicare-for-All Goes Mainstream
The health care reform that dares not speak its name edged out of the shadows yesterday with a New York Times editorial suggesting: "A new public plan--to offer consumers greater choice, keep the private plans honest and, one can hope, restrain the relentless growth in health care premiums and underlying medical costs--seems worth trying. "Any new public plan would … [Read more...] about Medicare-for-All Goes Mainstream
Bill O’Reilly Demonizes Yet Another Newspaper But Gets Answered Back
It's truly a pity what has happened to Fox News' Bill O'Reilly. Of course, the "pity" has made him incredibly rich, with huge ratings and the head of a empire. Once upon a time O'Reilly was a highly talented and skilled newsman, both on network news and later when he went on to host the highly popular syndicated show Inside Edition. He conducted excellent interviews and … [Read more...] about Bill O’Reilly Demonizes Yet Another Newspaper But Gets Answered Back