You won't hear me praise Senator John Kerry too often, but he wrote a must-read editorial a few days back. … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Flip Flopping

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Iraq's appeals court wants to speed up the process of closure on the regime of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein and says he must be executed within 30 days:Iraq's highest appeals court on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence and said he must be hanged within 30 days for the killing of 148 Shiites in the central city of Dujail. The sentence "must be implemented within … [Read more...] about Court Wants Saddam Executed Within 30 Days

I'm well aware that quite some people have had enough of Jimmy Carter and his new book, but for those who are still interested in this, here is quite a good read about the role religion plays in historical American support for Israel, perhaps on the one hand, and Jimmy Carter's views on the other. The question I pose to you today is: do you believe that the U.S. should be more … [Read more...] about America-Israel

Today's literary quote of the day is from Emily Dickinson (poem 312 and 536).312' Her - "last Poems" - Poets-ended- Silver-perished-with her Tongue- Not on Record-bubbled other, Flure-orWoman- So divine- Not unto its Summer-Morning Robin-uttered Half the Tune- Gushed too free for the Adoring- From the Anglo-Florentine- Late-the Praise- 'This Dull-conferring On the Head too … [Read more...] about Literary Quote of the Day

Universal health care became a bad joke during Clinton's first term. It's now back on the radar screen, the joke forgotten, the deadly seriousness of this issue locked at the top of many minds, and new support arriving from unexpected places. According to an opinion piece by Ezra Klein in today's LA Times: In California, the heads of Kaiser Permanente — a historical "good … [Read more...] about Healthcare Reform: A New Year’s Resolution

Visit the diverse and link filled Carnival of the Liberated. … [Read more...] about Read What Bloggers In Iraq And Afghanistan Have To Say

Taegan Goddard published a (very) short summary of the political year 2006 at the Political Wire. It was a year of great power shifts. Democrats reversed 12 years of Republican dominance on Capitol Hill as they took control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Sen. George Allen was the insider's front runner for 2008 and then became the first political victim of … [Read more...] about 2006

The brave and strong Islamist forces who took over in Somalia are, a few days after Ethiopia joined the fight, on the run. Islamic fighters were in a tactical retreat Tuesday, a senior Islamic leader said, as government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn around in the battle for control of Somalia. Somalia's internationally backed government … [Read more...] about Brave Islamists Withdrawing

Surprising news!Iran on Sunday reacted defiantly to the United Nations Security Council resolution imposing sanctions because of the country’s nuclear program. Iranian officials vowed to continue efforts to enrich uranium and warned that the Security Council action would change Iran’s relationship with the United Nations’ nuclear monitoring agency... “The nuclear … [Read more...] about Iran Gives U.N. the Middle one

We'll be moving this site to WordPress this coming weekend. The basic address will still be www.themoderatevoice.com but if you have any kind of news feeds or readers you may have to reset them. This site will remain in place and be paid for at least through the end of 2007 but the main address will no longer point to it. … [Read more...] about A Reminder That TMV Is Moving Soon

The rational basis for cooperation--and why social integration is critical to make it work. … [Read more...] about Together We Can Do Anything!

When people ask me about what weblog writers I've met or talked to in person several names of people who became dear friends on the right and left immediately come to mind. And one of the first is "Vodkapundit," aka Stephen Green. His was one of the first sites I discovered and loved. Green's site is a highly popular, libertarian perspective blog not always seeing eye to eye … [Read more...] about We Offer A Cheer To Vodkapundit’s Stephen Green

Our famous linkfest offering you links to sites with MANY different viewpoints. Links to not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its cobloggers. If You Like To Give Charitable Deductions Be Warned that IRS rules have changed for 2007. The Mathematics Of Troop Strength is put under the microscope by James Joyner. Read his entire calculation but here's a fraction of it 4 … [Read more...] about Around The Sphere December 26, 2006

As we go through life, our passions may be rechanneled and we discover new talents and put most our creative energies and time into the new ones. It's part of personal growth. Jazz Shaw started out doing creating this blog but basically stopped blogging and now occasionally writes on this blog. One reason: his new passion is filmmaking. And his latest short is "The Making of … [Read more...] about “The Making Of A Very Zombie Christmas”

...at The Digital Diplmat for two reasons: (1) It's a great centrist site that focuses on foreign policy. (2) It's the newest incarnation of a site done by our coblogger Justin Delabar. He has been busy the past few months and we ONLY just learned that our email address to him was outmoded and there were some problems with his codes. But he may be contributing more to TMV now … [Read more...] about Take A Peek….

Report: Iran's Oil Exports May DisappearIran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to an analysis published Monday in a journal of the National Academy of Sciences. ...If the United States can ''hold its breath'' for a few years it may find Iran a much more conciliatory … [Read more...] about Maybe this is why Iran is acting so cranky

More friction between the U.S., the Iraqi government...and Iran:Iraqi and Iranian authorities slammed the United States on Monday for having arrested several Iranians who were visiting Iraq. A U.S. official said the Iranians were suspected of involvement in attacks against Iraqi security forces. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini warned that "this … [Read more...] about Arrest By U.S. Of Iranians Irks Iraq’s President

Today's literary quote of the day is, once again, an entire poem. This time from one of my all-time favorite poets, Wislawa Szymborska. She won the Nobel Prize (literature) in 1996. On death without exaggeration.On Death, without Exaggeration It can't take a joke, find a star, make a bridge. It knows nothing about weaving, mining, farming, building ships, or baking cakes. In … [Read more...] about Literary Quote of the Day: Wislawa Szymborska

A reader sent me these humorous quotes attributed to the late (traditional) conservative icon Senator Barry Goldwater: Humorous Quotes attributed to Barry Goldwater 1909-1998, American Statesman, Senator, Republican Presidential Candidate "A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away." "I have long said that there are more leaks … [Read more...] about Humorous Quotes From Goldwater