I oppose impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney not as a matter of principle but of practicality. Both have more than made the case that they should be thrown out of office, but it is my belief that such proceedings would be enormously distracting and time consuming. History's judgment will be harsh enough. I opposed approving Michael Mukasey for attorney … [Read more...] about My Dogma Ate Your Principles
Return to the Schilderwald — A Jew Comes Home After Sixty-Eight Years
Site of Block 17 at Sachsenhausen Death Camp The Jewish side of my family lost a number of people in Hitler's death camps, but for many years there were unconfirmed rumors that a distant cousin -- a young boy -- had gotten out of the country and was living somewhere. We just didn't know who he was or where he lived. Then a few years ago, Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 … [Read more...] about Return to the Schilderwald — A Jew Comes Home After Sixty-Eight Years
Around The Sphere Blogging Roundup Nov. 12, 2007
Our link-fest offering readers links to blog posts from websites of many different viewpoints. Linked posts do NOT necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. IS 2008 THE YEAR FOR A POST-BOOMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE or is it too early? "I'M LOYAL...I'M LOYAL MASTER! I'M LOYAL!!!" Californians who showed up at a meeting to help with an oil spill were asked by … [Read more...] about Around The Sphere Blogging Roundup Nov. 12, 2007
Georgia Now! Will There Be An ‘Emergency’ in the USA Next?
Well...the manner in which the Bush administration is turning a blind eye towards countries declaring 'emergency' (in the present case Georgia), can we really rule out the possibility of the Americans themselves getting a taste of 'emergency' on their home turf soon? This 'emergency' in the US is just waiting to happen...as soon as something that can pass as 'dramatic' were to … [Read more...] about Georgia Now! Will There Be An ‘Emergency’ in the USA Next?
Bob Schieffer’s Commentary On Pat Robertson, God And Rudy Giuliani
We've often said that in tone, style, content, delivery and just the way he seems to epitomize the journalistic center, CBS's Bob Schieffer is the person who should have been the successor to Walter Cronkite as CBS's anchorman. When Cronkite was shoved out (and he was) and politely agreed to retire before he normally would have preferred to leave as the network's symbol (he … [Read more...] about Bob Schieffer’s Commentary On Pat Robertson, God And Rudy Giuliani
McCain’s Mom Swipes At Romney’s Mormon Background
Senator John McCain's mother is 95 and quickly apologized so she'll probably be spared a media and blogosphere pile-on -- but this would create huge trouble for a candidate and their relative otherwise: John McCain's 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son's rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City … [Read more...] about McCain’s Mom Swipes At Romney’s Mormon Background
Kids In The Digital Age
I bet they do talk like this. … [Read more...] about Kids In The Digital Age
Guest Voice: The Grand Delusion
NOTE: The Moderate Voice from time to time runs Guest Voice posts by readers who don't have their own website or some people who who want to present their viewpoint or just another perspective to TMV's highly diverse readership. Guest Voice columns do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. Here is another Guest Voice by Joel S. Hirschhorn who is highly … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: The Grand Delusion
Why Do Bush & Musharraf Act So Strangely? Please Understand Them!
With all the strange revelations surfacing about Pakistan president General Musharraf's wheeling-dealing with Taliban leadership, I am getting apprehensive that the US administration may act, if it does at all, in a ham-handed manner in Pakistan, creating further confusion and mayhem. I wonder what the trained/experienced veterans in the US State Department … [Read more...] about Why Do Bush & Musharraf Act So Strangely? Please Understand Them!
Obaidullah Released: Musharraf’s Strange Love For Taliban
Mullah Obaidullah Akhund (shown above) --- the highest-ranking Taliban official ever captured by the Pakistanis --- is among two dozen militants Islamists released from jail by General Musharraf. Taliban sources tell NEWSWEEK that Obaidullah Akhund was one of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s closest confidants and his defense minister until the post 9-11 invasion of … [Read more...] about Obaidullah Released: Musharraf’s Strange Love For Taliban
Junta Allows UN Human Rights Envoy in Myanmar
An outspoken critic of the Burmese junta, the United Nations human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro arrived in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, his first visit in four years. He would investigate alleged abuses during September's bloody crackdown on democracy protests, says Reuters. "One aide said the Myanmar authorities, who responded to international outrage at their … [Read more...] about Junta Allows UN Human Rights Envoy in Myanmar
A Veterans Day Unlike Any Other
"I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy; we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us." -- CHRIS TAYLOR IN "PLATOON" The U.S. is locked in an intractable war in Iraq that never should have been fought. It is led by a government that embraces torture, spits on the very freedoms that its armed forces are fighting to protect, and uses these men and women as political … [Read more...] about A Veterans Day Unlike Any Other
Hugo Chavez: What King Juan Carlos Really Said
Just the point of view of a Latina mestiza: In Spanish, as in other languages, words and phrases often carry subtext. And as we joke amongst ourselves, in Spanish, we have 'five versions of yes that mean no,' and 'three versions of no, that mean yes.' So, when a person with the diplomatic skills of a man like King Juan Carlos unleashes an epithet; it carries far more … [Read more...] about Hugo Chavez: What King Juan Carlos Really Said
Guest Book Review: Young Stalin
This is a Guest Book Review by fiction writer Jessica Schneider who also writes for the highly visited site Cosmoetica, is Book Editor for Monsters and Critics and is the only contributor to her own blog. Book Review: Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore By Jessica Schneider Because I was interested in learning some history behind Josef Stalin, I wanted to read … [Read more...] about Guest Book Review: Young Stalin
Milk is the ‘New Oil’…Now World Faces Milk Shortage!
Believe it or not, but in parts of the United States, milk is more expensive than gasoline. There are reports of cows being stolen on Wisconsin dairy farms. Driven by a combination of climate change, trade policies and competition for cattle feed from biofuel producers, global milk prices have doubled over the past two years, says the International Herald Tribune. "There's … [Read more...] about Milk is the ‘New Oil’…Now World Faces Milk Shortage!
Pakistan-Iran Go Ahead with the Gas Deal
Despite US objections, Iran and Pakistan have reached a deal to build a multi-billion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas between the two countries. This was reported by Iranian state television Saturday. The contract will be formally signed next month, the TV station said. More here... The pipeline is expected to run 2,600 kilometers (1,625 miles) from Iran to Pakistan … [Read more...] about Pakistan-Iran Go Ahead with the Gas Deal
Spanish King Juan Carlos Tells Hugo Chavez To “Shut Up” (UPDATED)
When I lived in and wrote from Spain between May 1975 and December 1978, I had the supreme pleasure of a lifetime, to live in a wonderful country that, before my astounded journalistic eyes, made a peaceful "evolution without revolution" transition to democracy from the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. And most Spaniards agreed there was one seemingly-quiet and … [Read more...] about Spanish King Juan Carlos Tells Hugo Chavez To “Shut Up” (UPDATED)
Front Runners Hear Footsteps
Weeks before primary voting in The Election That Looked Like It Would Never Come, front runners in both parties are losing some of their luster. Yesterday's indictment of Bernard Kerik may finally slow down Giuliani's broken-field running toward the Republican nomination. He won't swivel-hip away as effortlessly from the corruption of his post-9/11 business partner as he has … [Read more...] about Front Runners Hear Footsteps
“Tuesday’s Vote Tells The Nation A Lot About Ohio ‘08”
Brian Rothenberg's SHADOWS ON HIGH: APPALACHIA: Southeast Ohio and south-central Ohio will once again determine our nation’s and the free-world’s future. How will two New Yorker’s fit in to Appalachia – and will Ted Strickland and Bill Clinton’s popularity in the area have coat-tails. Think about it! … [Read more...] about “Tuesday’s Vote Tells The Nation A Lot About Ohio ‘08”
Veterans Day
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about Veterans Day