In short, I'm shocked. Unfortunately, my time is scarce for blogging these days. When I came back to blog here after a recent and extended leave of absence, I quickly and easily noticed a less moderate tone. Every coblogger that posts with any regularity offers an extensively left-wing viewpoint, and (here's the real offense) often stooping to ridiculous levels to claw at the … [Read more...] about My take on mormon photos – and a hard look in the mirror for TMV

Shaun's post on the coming media circus surrounding Mitt Romney's likely run for president as the first serious Mormon (properly speaking, "LDS") candidate is generating some upset comments from the LDS faithful who appear to not like the posting of people in the temple underwear. The most extensive response is by LDSer Guy Murray, calling the underwear shot "denigrating." … [Read more...] about Mormons and offense: My two cents

Glenn Greenwald on withdrawing from Iraq and the position held by (some) centrists on this matter. … [Read more...] about Centrists and Liberals Part II

David Schraub published a very interesting post earlier today called "Am I A Moderate". Moderation... what is moderation? Does it mean that one has to truly be 'centrist' on all issues? Does it mean that one is not allowed to be passionate about certain specific subjects? Or is there something else to it. My view on this, is one mostly equal to that of Paul Silver (who truly … [Read more...] about And I?

Well... not really.... … [Read more...] about The Popular Chavez

I started blogging in June of 2004. In July of 2005, I was invited to co-blog here at The Moderate Voice, an invitation followed a short stint co-blogging at Centerfield (I still technically can post there, but I haven't in over a year). The site being called "The Moderate Voice," I've always felt a vague compunction to be a "moderate," even though I admittedly lean … [Read more...] about Am I A Moderate?

It is now longer than U.S. involvement in World War II:The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II. As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months. Only the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the … [Read more...] about The Iraq War Reaches A Milestone

In Florida’s 13th Congressional District Vern Buchanan, the G.O.P. candidate, is narrowly defeating Christine Jennings, the Democrat. The problem is that the official vote count isn’t credible. In much of the 13th District, the voting pattern looks normal. But in Sarasota County, which used touch-screen voting machines made by Election Systems and Software, almost 18,000 … [Read more...] about Elections – The Most Important Right

(The photo originally posted here has been removed at the request of readers who objected to its content.) I seldom blog on presidential politics (except to give John Kerry well deserved kicks in the slats) because it's tough to rise above the "horse race" aspect of who is running and what the competition is. But as my TMV colleague Michael van der Galien has noted, … [Read more...] about Presidential Politix & Mitt Romney’s Underwear

TMV is pleased to announce the addition of yet another coblogger, Paul Silver. Paul Silver is the quintessential centrist: he has a passion for strengthening the nation's center, encouraging centrist candidates and for focusing on issue-oriented (versus demonization) politics — and you'll note it in his posts. In fact, as is the case with more than half of the cobloggers … [Read more...] about TMV Welcomes Another New Coblogger

Glenn Greenwald, from a post titled "Why I hate, rather than dislike, the Bush movement":So, to recap: when insurgents engage in violence before the elections, that's the fault of Democrats because it's done to help them win (and credit to Republicans because it shows how tough they are on The Terrorists). When the insurgents engage in violence after the elections, that's also … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Glenn Greenwald On “The Bush Movement”

You KNEW it had to happen one day, didn't you? Humans will go on display at a zoo (and this time we don't mean lines at a Las Vegas casino's buffet): Adelaide Zoo [in Australia] is about to become home to a new species: homo sapiens. The men and women will be housed in an intriguing new exhibition known as The Human Zoo in January. In a world-first the zoo will have an … [Read more...] about Humans Will Be Displayed In A Zoo

With comedy club audience members insulted by tasteless and racist on-stage remarks seriously running out and getting lawyers (or is it lawyers running out and getting insulting comedy club audience members?), perhaps it's time to rename Thanksgiving, too. Moderate cartoonist Tom Briscoe: … [Read more...] about Rename That Holiday

There ARE those who are thankful -- and think it's FUN: … [Read more...] about To Those Who Think Thanksgiving Is Kind Of Dreary

New York Times: U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain ItselfBAGHDAD, Nov. 25 — The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified … [Read more...] about What the West Reaps from Paying Ransoms

Student accuses teacher of preaching in class. Teacher denies it. Administrators ready to believe teacher. Student caught it on tape. Oops. Oh, and as is common when religious minorities come out with such things in heavily religious communities, guess who the local student body is upset with? … [Read more...] about New Jersey No No

It is hard to read this NY Times article about appropriations and earmarks and not get at least a little agitated. The bi-partisan collusion to manipulate the allocation of public funds is deep in the DNA of any legislature. Gaining control of the treasury is essentially the point of winning office. The Blue Dogs have a tough fight ahead of them. Unless they can change the … [Read more...] about Earmarks – There’s a better way to bring home the bacon

If this is true, I as a pro-choicer am ashamed of those who would threaten a politician who disagreed with them: Allahpundit at HotAir.com: Brit MP threatened with death over bid to modify UK abortion law Allapundit quotes an anti-choice site Lifesite.net: “My staff have been told they will burn in hell, my home has been besieged by anonymous telephone calls, extremist … [Read more...] about Bad Behavior from the Left?

Vice President Dick Cheney is in town, and he's hunting...for solutions:Vice President Dick Cheney sought Saudi help on Saturday in dealing with Iraq's spiraling violence and other regional trouble spots where U.S. policy is on the line: Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Cheney's visit with King Abdullah was brief, lasting only a few hours before he flew back to … [Read more...] about Warning To Saudi Arabians: Cover Your Face

Since Election Day in the US, almost three weeks ago, most of the political campaign signs have come down. I get tired of looking at the abandoned signs and sometimes stop my car and remove them to drop in a dumpster later. I consider sign removal to be the job of those who placed the signs but, if they're not going to do it, the rest of us should be willing to do so. Please … [Read more...] about Election Signs Begone!