But is this one peppered with risks? … [Read more...] about The U.S. Tries A New Approach In Iraq
Want Some Interesting Perspectives On Iraq And Afghanistan?
Read posts by Iraqi and Afghan bloggers at The Carnival of the Liberated. … [Read more...] about Want Some Interesting Perspectives On Iraq And Afghanistan?
“I Got A Crush On Obama”
A new video has popped up on You Tube -- again showing its how potent it is as a communications and political tool..this song "I Got A Crush On Obama." According to ABC News, the video took Democratic Senator and Presidential candidate wannabe Barack Obama's campaign by surprise: TMV thanks Political Wire for the tip. … [Read more...] about “I Got A Crush On Obama”
The Great National Blame Game
There is a not unfamiliar refrain in modern American political and historic discourse: Did Truman lose Korea? Did Kennedy lose Cuba? Did Johnson lose Vietnam? To which can now be added: Did Bush lose Iraq? The question is hardly worth asking because the answer is so obvious. So let’s move on to what really matters: What repercussions will there be from … [Read more...] about The Great National Blame Game
Guest Voice: Why Choose “Cultural Relativity”?
NOTE: The Moderate Voice runs Guest Voice posts from time to time by readers who don't have their own websites, or people who have websites but would like to post something for TMV's diverse and thoughtful readership. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Moderate Voice or its writers. NOTE: Broken link has been FIXED on this post. Today's Guest … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: Why Choose “Cultural Relativity”?
Bada Boom
John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri … [Read more...] about Bada Boom
This Just In!!!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Congress Hires Illegal Immigrants to Write Immigration Bill Lawmakers Cite Cost Savings In an attempt to break the nagging logjam over immigration, congressional leaders announced today that they were hiring illegal immigrants to write the nation’s new immigration bill. While some observers criticized the decision … [Read more...] about This Just In!!!!
The Coalition Of The Willing In Iraq
Is it disintegrating? A detailed view is HERE. … [Read more...] about The Coalition Of The Willing In Iraq
International Write Articles Like a Pirate Day
I wish I had the moxie to title one of my articles "An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization." The Pirate Code: More like a set of democratic institutions with checks and balances predating their American and British emergence by a good 70 years than a system of actual rules.... … [Read more...] about International Write Articles Like a Pirate Day
Times, They Are a’Changing
Al Gore supported the first Gulf War. He opposed the second Gulf War. He was right both times. Why is this considered a negative in some circles? … [Read more...] about Times, They Are a’Changing
Is Dennis Miller an Idiot?
There has been much written about Dennis Miller since his verbal assault on Harry Reid -- the right loves him, the left, well, not so much -- and I won't reproduce my thoughts here. But should you want to know why I think Miller is a pointless, irrelevant non-comedian who hasn't been funny in years, as if this isn't obvious to anyone who's paid even the slightest attention … [Read more...] about Is Dennis Miller an Idiot?
Late to the Party
It's all fine and dandy that the American Freedom Agenda, "a growing group of disaffected conservatives who are demanding that the Republican Party return to its traditional mistrust of concentrated government power" -- co-founded by ideologists of the hardcore right Richard Viguerie, Bruce Fein, and David Keene, along with born-again libertarian Bob Barr -- is pushing "all … [Read more...] about Late to the Party
Center of Attention
Michael Stickings accuses conservatives who now break with Bush of adhering to a new kind ideology: convenient conservatism. Competition or Monopoly, that is the question at Booker Rising Justin Gardner introduces a new moderate blog. I agree with Justin, Kevin Sullivan is a fine blogger. Also read this post by MW at Donklephant. David Adesnik: smart women support … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
The Silly Season Is Early This Year
In my prehistoric newspaper days, the “silly season†was late summer when the real world was on vacation, and editors filled space with offbeat stuff that would otherwise never qualify as news. This week’s Washington Post has one that would be a classic in any era--about a D.C. judge who is suing his neighborhood dry cleaner for $65 million over a pair of disputed … [Read more...] about The Silly Season Is Early This Year
Joe Lieberman
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about Joe Lieberman
How Not To Fight Terrorism
Stuart Taylor Jr. wrote a fascinating article for The Atlantic (over a week ago). For it, he talked to Philip Zelikow. Zelikow is, of course, a former State Department official. As Stuart points out, Zelikow has opened "a window into how the Bush administration's antiterrorism policy-making process went wrong." The years of revelations about White House pressure on the … [Read more...] about How Not To Fight Terrorism
Fred Thompson’s Rivals Prepare To Pounce
Adivsory to former Senator and TV actor Fred Thompson: get out your wallet NOW. Your "free ride" is going to be over. According to a report in The Politico, the GOP's Night Of Long Political Knives is about to soon begin on the yes-he's-running but no-he-hasn't-announced yet and he-doesn't-have-to-debate candidacy/non candidacy of Fred Thompson. Thompson has had … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson’s Rivals Prepare To Pounce
(Updated) At Last, a Task Completed
It is symptomatic of the chaos in Iraq that tasks large and small are seldom completed. But in a pungently symbolic exception to that rule, the two minarets at the revered Golden Dome in Samarra were blown up today in a repeat of the bombing there that ushered in the still-raging civil war. Initial reports stated that insurgents, possibly Al Qaeda elements that had recently … [Read more...] about (Updated) At Last, a Task Completed
Column: In Praise of Incivility
A couple of days ago I announced that I am trying to do something completely new with my blog: instead of asking people to become co-bloggers, I am trying to surround myself with great columnists. Rich Horton agreed and published his first column today: "In Praise of Incivility." The idea of having 'columnists' is that I - and I am sure some of you as well - get tired of … [Read more...] about Column: In Praise of Incivility
Diavlogging
Watch The Atlantic's Matthew Yglesias and conservative author Ramesh Ponuru diavlogging about a wide range of issues: from immigration to Barack Obama, from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton and from Hillary Clinton to John McCain; from John McCain to Rudy Giuliani, and from Rudy Giuliani to Iraq. Oh, and they also talk about Gore and "how the right's lost its … [Read more...] about Diavlogging