It was a year ago that I wrote that once upon a time a mid-term election was an opportunity for the minority party to take control of Congress and leverage its newfound clout into forcing a president to change direction. I wrote that: "The Democrats got themselves some clout yesterday in a most impressive showing, seizing the House and coming within a hair's breath of … [Read more...] about Dems: That Was The Year That Was
It’s Election Day – VOTE!
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U.S. Torture Policy
RJ Matson, Roll Call … [Read more...] about U.S. Torture Policy
Pakistan and Musharraf: What is India’s Response?
"Muted"... "India's official reaction to the imposition of emergency rule in neighbor Pakistan, which it has fought three wars with, has been muted and cautious". VOA correspondent Steve Herman in New Delhi explains why. "The director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, retired Indian army major general Dipankar Banerjee, says India will continue to be … [Read more...] about Pakistan and Musharraf: What is India’s Response?
Abortion: What It Takes To Make It To Earth
I had a night dream long ago about how hard it was to get to earth. For those of us who get pregnant when just passing through a room where a man is reading a newspaper and no more, it has sometimes seemed as though women becoming pregnant, carrying to term, and laboring to bring a living baby into this world is easy, common, like falling out of a ground floor window. But, … [Read more...] about Abortion: What It Takes To Make It To Earth
Fred Thompson Adviser With Criminal Record Resigns
Pundits continue to be split on actor and former Senator Fred Thompson's bid for the 2008 Republican nomination. Some think Thompson is using a folksy style that will make him the come-from-behind favorite for conservatives unhappy with their buffet of Presidential wannabes this year. Others think that when it comes to running a high-powered Presidential campaign, … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson Adviser With Criminal Record Resigns
Protecting Small Town Businesses is for Chumps
To really prove your conservative, anti-immigration bona fides, you can't just drive out restaurants that cater to Latino immigrants -- you got to brag about the ensuing downturn in business. … [Read more...] about Protecting Small Town Businesses is for Chumps
Campaign Finance Reform Update
Fair Elections Action Week, is on November 12-16, when activists all over the country will be organizing events to demand Fair Elections. Renowned author Frances Moore Lappé "Diet for a Small Planet" examines campaign finance reform through the eyes of Deborah Simpson, a smart, civic-minded former waitress and single mother who ran for a seat in Maine’s legislature under … [Read more...] about Campaign Finance Reform Update
Pakistan Lawyers Protest and Are Beaten By Soldiers: Something Odd About This Photo
Norman Rockwell, American painter, was known for gathering archetypal representations of people and creatures together in one scene, all of them wearing expressions or carrying hopes or fears that each of us have felt somewhere in time. What we see: This amazing archetypal photograph sent me by a correspondent this morning, ran in the NYT, with the title: "Police officers … [Read more...] about Pakistan Lawyers Protest and Are Beaten By Soldiers: Something Odd About This Photo
Tales of Mutual Dysfunction
I guess I overlooked it on the calendar, but today is apparently "What Went Wrong Day." In the NYT, it's "what went wrong with S-CHIP." In the WaPo, it's "what went wrong with No Child Left Behind." Taken together, these stories illustrate -- clearly and painfully -- what happens when political debate crosses the line between healthy and toxic. Check-and-balance … [Read more...] about Tales of Mutual Dysfunction
It’s a Great Day For the Taliban
Swaraaj and other co-bloggers here are way ahead of me on the ability to decipher and interpret events in Pakistan since Pervez Musharraf declared martial law. I can only note that this nuclear power has been under military rule for more than half of its 60 years as an independent nation -- so whuddya expect? -- and say how awesome it is to see lawyers in suits sitting down in … [Read more...] about It’s a Great Day For the Taliban
Giuliani: “I will torture.”
That, more or less, is what Rudy Giuliani said he would do as president in an interview with Bloomberg over the weekend. Think Progress has the clip. He used "intensive questioning" on "mafia guys" in New York, he said, reiterating what he has acknowledged elsewhere, notably that "aggressive techniques" are acceptable. Let me make two points: 1) Giuliani is not … [Read more...] about Giuliani: “I will torture.”
Guest Voice: The Torture Of Ali Al-Marri, The Last U.S. Mainland “Enemy Combatantâ€
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 do 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. This Guest Voice post is by author Andy Worthington. The … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: The Torture Of Ali Al-Marri, The Last U.S. Mainland “Enemy Combatantâ€
Boy King Tutankhamun, Bush and Musharraf
We get so engrossed in the Bushs and Musharrafs of the 'present' times that the thrilling 'past' concerning thr rulers of a bygone era, as presented to us by the archaeologists, practically goes unnoticed. But the media this time has gone to town to celebrate the first-ever public display of the Egyptian King Tutankhamun in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings more than 3,000 … [Read more...] about Boy King Tutankhamun, Bush and Musharraf
It Has Been A Tough Week For Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton
But one prominent blogger today has come out and endorsed her early on -- in THIS INTRIGUING POST that goes into great detail as to why he feels she makes sense -- and why he feels the arguments used against her just don't hold up. And how is the week beginning for Ms. Clinton? With a slew of stories that suggest she'll remain pitchforked into the news and could be … [Read more...] about It Has Been A Tough Week For Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton
Is Musharraf Under House Arrest?
If you silence the media the rumours do the round. Pakistan's government on Monday denied rumours sweeping the country that the deputy army chief had placed military ruler President Pervez Musharraf under house arrest, reports Forbes magazine. "Musharraf had tipped vice chief of army staff Ashfaq Kiyani to take over his military role after pledging to hang up his uniform … [Read more...] about Is Musharraf Under House Arrest?
Pakistan’s Human Rights Woman Activist in Jail
Among the hundreds of opponents now being jailed by the military regime of General Musharraf, an outstanding woman human rights activist Asma Jahangir has been put behind bars for 90 days. In a mesage smuggled out to The Independent of London just before she was taken to prison, Jahangir wrote: "Yesterday, I was put under house arrest for 90 days and I was given a copy of … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Human Rights Woman Activist in Jail
This Just In!!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush Gives Musharraf Tips on Eliminating Democracy ‘Benefit From My Experience,’ President Tells Pakistani In what he described as “an emergency mission to help a key ally in the war on terror,†President George W. Bush flew to Islamabad today to give General Pervez Musharraf tips on how to eliminate … [Read more...] about This Just In!!!
Emergency in Pakistan
Paresh Nath, National Herald, India … [Read more...] about Emergency in Pakistan
The Legacy of Paul Tibbets, Enola Gay & Separating the Warrior From the War
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr., the man who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II, did not want a funeral or a gravestone when he died. To the end of his days, Tibbets acknowledged that the bomb that hurtled from the bowels of his Enola Gay -- killing 80,000 people outright and almost as many from radiation poisoning … [Read more...] about The Legacy of Paul Tibbets, Enola Gay & Separating the Warrior From the War