The Moderate Voice runs Guest Voice columns as well as Guest Review columns. One of the most popular guest contributors to TMV is Dan Schneider who has this site and also writes and edits for Monsters and Critics. DVD Review Of Grand Illusion Copyright 2007 © by Dan Schneider Jean Renoir’s 1937 black and white film, Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion), is often … [Read more...] about Guest DVD Review: Grand Illusion
The Little President
RJ Matson, Roll Call … [Read more...] about The Little President
Immigration Reform Key Vote Failure May Signal Bill Is Dead (UPDATED)
The highly touted -- and highly controversial -- immigration reform bill failed in a key vote and now the question is: is the bill dead or on life support? As of this writing, it isn't formally, totally dead. Yet. Press reports certainly don't sound optimistic. The Washington Post: A tenuous compromise to overhaul the nation's immigration laws collapsed tonight … [Read more...] about Immigration Reform Key Vote Failure May Signal Bill Is Dead (UPDATED)
Sabato’s Crystal Ball: THE FRESHMAN FIFTEEN
THE FRESHMAN FIFTEEN Which House Members Will Carry their Weight in '08?This month, the Crystal Ball has compiled an endangered species list of sorts: members of the House of Representatives who have their work cut out for them if they seek political survival beyond 2008. At this point, we can sort the vulnerable into two stacks: the "Freshman Fifteen" and the "Scandalous … [Read more...] about Sabato’s Crystal Ball: THE FRESHMAN FIFTEEN
Putin’s Eyes Second Look
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post … [Read more...] about Putin’s Eyes Second Look
The Receding Horizon
Dealing a crushing blow to efforts to find its right-flank, the Family Research Council today characterized efforts against the confirmation of judicial nominee Leslie "'good ole nigger' is not a racial slur" Southwich as a "witch hunt". … [Read more...] about The Receding Horizon
Top Ten Greatest American Political Thinkers
Because lists are fun! And debating them, more so. "Political thinker" is defined broadly. List is created without much serious thought--I'm sure there are obvious omissions which you are perfectly free to debate about in comments. Obviously, it reflects personal political biases of mine as well. To the list! Honorable Mentions (no order): Angela Davis, … [Read more...] about Top Ten Greatest American Political Thinkers
Giuliani: Using Your Police in Iraq
Something to consider: I find it a bit odd that a man like Mayor Giuliani who used to be in such lockstep with law enforcement has taken an international approach when America’s crimes rates have been rising drastically in the last several years. Guess what kind of jobs our troops have? A good number of them proportionally are in law enforcement. So when we take more troops … [Read more...] about Giuliani: Using Your Police in Iraq
Troops Let Lieberman Down
For all this time that he has been beseeching Congress not to let down the troops, Joe Lieberman goes to Iraq to visit our fighting men and they let him down. One of his own constituents, in fact, admits “not speaking from the heart†by failing to tell Joe what he told a reporter, “It just seems like we drive around and wait to get shot at.†Now the Senator told CNN … [Read more...] about Troops Let Lieberman Down
Surgeon General Bigot
If all goes as planned, the nation's top doctor will be an anti-gay bigot. ABC News is reporting this: President Bush's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., wrote a paper in 1991 that purported to make the medical argument that homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. Doctors who reviewed the paper derided it as prioritizing political ideology over … [Read more...] about Surgeon General Bigot
The Muslim Brotherhood: Islamic Extremists or Moderate Democrats?
In the past few months, two Congressional delegations have met with members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. American policy towards the Muslim Brotherhood (a popular, Egyptian-based Islamic organization that has been officially banned since 1954) has traditionally been one of non-engagement. But with democracy now being talked about as a remedy to many of the problems … [Read more...] about The Muslim Brotherhood: Islamic Extremists or Moderate Democrats?
Democracy, Accountability, and the Inevitability of Failure in Iraq
Bob Geiger is reporting on yet more proof -- this time in a Senate Intelligence Committee report released before Memorial Day -- that General Eric Shinseki was right in his pre-war assessment of how many troops would be needed in Iraq for the occupation. He suggested about "several hundred thousand soldiers" and was promptly ridiculed and worse by the war's architects, notably … [Read more...] about Democracy, Accountability, and the Inevitability of Failure in Iraq
A Surprisingly Reasonable Unreasonable Man
An Unreasonable Man is a documentary about one of the most criticized, and hated, men in America today: warrior for justice Ralph Nader. It brings us the highlights and lowlights of one of the most remarkable men - whether you agree with his views or not - of the last 40 years. The directors, Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, did a wonderful job telling Nader's story: … [Read more...] about A Surprisingly Reasonable Unreasonable Man
Are Bloggers Merely Bullies With Computers?
Time's Joe Klein has been clashing with bloggers, mostly progressive ones, and at times the exchanges have not been pretty. In a post called "Beware The Bloggers Bile," he recounts a recent case where he was actually given bad information by a source, then lambasted for it by some progressive bloggers, called names, etc. His main point is this: First, let me say that I … [Read more...] about Are Bloggers Merely Bullies With Computers?
Work On Server Today And Friday
There may be some work done on TMV's server today and tomorrow, so there could be some slowness. If you have problems, just keep checking back. Thanks! … [Read more...] about Work On Server Today And Friday
(Updated) Paris Hilton Bawls Her Way Out of An L.A. Celebrity Slammer
Paris Hilton has finally done it to me. She has so outraged my sensibilities that here I am blogging on this sack of celebrity excrement instead of analyzing every jot and tittle of the presidential race. As everyone but those hundreds of tortured souls rotting in Gitmo surely know by now, the hotel heiress was streeted only five days into her 23-day sentence (already … [Read more...] about (Updated) Paris Hilton Bawls Her Way Out of An L.A. Celebrity Slammer
UPDATED: The Humility of a Gullible Mind
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this inquiry, with a special nod to Dave Schuler for his links to the NTI summaries. After reading through the basics, I offer my conclusion to the matter, here. ORIGINAL POST Four years ago, as the U.S. invaded Iraq, I was caught up in my own turmoil, allowing a change-of-jobs milestone to distract me from larger events of far … [Read more...] about UPDATED: The Humility of a Gullible Mind
Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty
WITH DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTES American Ballet Theatre has presented six different productions of The Sleeping Beauty over the years. While the version that premiered last weekend on the Metropolitan Opera stage at Lincoln Center in New York City is recognizable to anyone familiar with the oft-told fairy tale, it is a radical departure in some respects, which begs the … [Read more...] about Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty
The Dick Cheney
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about The Dick Cheney
19 Wheeler: Only In The Hometown News
I think this belongs under Humor, but also under No Way. Is your hometown newspaper filled with an overabundance of stranger than fiction stories, like mine? I mean, who's going to believe a movie that opens with this... Man in wheelchair pushed 4 miles by semi-truck, police say.... PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old west Michigan man got the ride of a lifetime after … [Read more...] about 19 Wheeler: Only In The Hometown News