As a rule, I tend to dismiss those who rave about the Dangerous Muslims Among Us as... well... a bit unhinged. According to this Reuters article, though, it isn't a fringe attitude at all: A Gallup poll this summer of more than 1,000 Americans showed that 39 percent were in favor of requiring Muslims in the United States, including American citizens, to carry special … [Read more...] about Tattoos and Armbands

Something Webb does not seem to realize. … [Read more...] about Webb the Divider?

At least the CBC has the "courage to report stories that the mainline American media won't touch," in particular to report on efforts by industry, such as the American Petroleum Institute, to deny the reality of climate change and to spin their own lies as truth. See here. … [Read more...] about Spinning climate change: How industry is distorting the truth

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks now, but it's not too late to direct you to an interesting post by Reaction co-blogger Vivek Krishnamurthy on the rise of Canada's social conservatives, a key constituency of the new Conservative Party that finds itself with a minority government in Ottawa. The question is, does social conservatism — on issues like … [Read more...] about The rise of Canada’s social conservatives

Some thoughts about this at Hot Air, with poll. UPDATE More on Obama and Hillary Clinton.Select members of Sen. Hillary Clinton's political team have started to interview Democrats who might one day fill senior and mid-level positions in Clinton's yet-to-be-announced presidential campaign. Those interviewed have been asked not to tell their friends or members of the press that … [Read more...] about The First African-American President?

Reyes to chair Intelligence panel House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi has chosen a Border-Patrol-agent-turned-congressman to lead the House Intelligence Committee. I think this is a great resolution to a delicate issue. Do you? … [Read more...] about Reyes to chair Intelligence panel

From the Economist An interesting, no fascinating article over at the Economist. The key question: 'Is the Republican Party in danger of shrinking to its southern base?'The Republicans are now engaged in a fierce debate about the meaning of last month's mid-term defeat. Was there anything more to their loss of both chambers of Congress than the six-year itch and an unpopular … [Read more...] about The Party of the South

">U.S. Prison Population Sets Record Who knows the exact percent of people in jail for personal use, but whatever it is is far too large. I think prison should be focused on predators. It seems like a better use of our resources to legalize pot and tax the hell out of it. Then the taxes can subsidize the enforcement. … [Read more...] about Half in Prison for Nonviolent Drug Possession

As all of you will have noticed by now, changes are coming (and have already come) to The Moderate Voice. Three new co-bloggers joined us during the last week or so: Shaun, Paul and now Polimom. Joe already mentioned that he is working on other major changes the coming 14 months if I remember correctly. Anyway, I wanted to publish a special post myself (since I do not any … [Read more...] about Changes

How one can be partially right... while at the same portraying an unbelievable refusal to take responsibility for failure. I agree with Krauthammer that the political climate Iraq and the weak Maliki play an important role in today's situation in the country, but there are more causes. The Bush administration handled the 'aftermath' of the actual war in a terrible manner. In … [Read more...] about The Realists, The Bush Doctrine and Failure

Good news brought to us by the British Broadcast Corporation:A Dutch court has sentenced four militant Islamists to prison for planning terror attacks on politicians and the Dutch intelligence service. Samir Azzouz, 20, was sentenced to eight years while three others received terms of between three and four years. Some of the group were alleged to have links to the … [Read more...] about ByeBye

I received this unsolicited email today, and got so inspired I sent Planned Parenthood a donation. "The purpose of No Room for Contraception is to expose the harms of contraception on marriage, society and women's health. Both pro-choice and pro-life forces know that the end to legal abortion is coming soon, and many think that we should turn to contraception to decrease the … [Read more...] about The Role of Contraception in Increasing Abortion

TMV happily and smilingly welcomes our newest co-blogger Polimom. TMV is smiling because Polimom is perhaps one of the best moderate writers on the Internet — and, in fact, TMV would say one of the best in any medium. She has her own blog and describes herself as "conservatively liberal, moderately well-educated, and highly opinionated." For a while she wrote a great … [Read more...] about We Happily Welcome Our Latest Co-Blogger

The Ragsly Reader:I'm not feelin' football anymore. I'm not feelin' it. There are no more consistent powerhouses like the The Cowboys of Aikmen, Irvin, and Smith. There are no longer teams like the old Giants of LT, Banks, Bavaro and Simms — a team that brought me to my knees in happy tears when, in the NFC championship of '91, they beat the mighty 49ers of Montana, … [Read more...] about “Fumbling Football”?

A majority of Americans think so, but what does that really mean? I have more here. … [Read more...] about A Civil War In Iraq?

Editor's Note: This was run late yesterday afternoon. Since the writer was a reporter in Vietnam, we're re-running this today out of its normal order. There ARE newer posts below this, so please keep scrolling. Parallels between the wars in Iraq and Vietnam are back in vogue these days. People who believe that there is no light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq already are … [Read more...] about Is Iraq Vietnam? Yes, No & Maybe So

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush: US Committed to Finding New Synonyms for Civil War Launches Operation Noble Euphemism President George W. Bush said today that he would not allow a civil war in Iraq to erupt on his watch, and said that in order to prevent that from happening the United States would aggressively search for new synonyms for the phrase … [Read more...] about This Just In!

It's curiouser and curiouser....or is it?British intelligence sources increasingly suspect that Alexander Litvinenko, the former spy killed with a radioactive poison, was the victim of a plot involving "rogue elements" within the Russian state, the Guardian has learned. While ruling out any official involvement by Vladimir Putin's government, investigators believe that only … [Read more...] about British Believe Litvinenko Was Murdered By “Russian Rogue Agents”

From Cox & Forkum: … [Read more...] about Backsliding

In his new book, Barack Obama offers some advice on how contemporary advocates for racial justice should make their case. … [Read more...] about Rhetorical Reverse