A piece of impressive original enterprising reporting from journalist/blogger Michael Totten:KARNI TERMINAL, ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER -- The Israeli Defense Forces found and collapsed a 200 meter-long and 12 meter-deep tunnel one kilometer inside the Gaza Strip that terrorists intended to reach all the way into Israel. The tunnel was located near the Karni Terminal, a now-closed … [Read more...] about Israel Finds And Destroys Terrorists’ Tunnel

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

The Moderate Voice occasionally runs Guest Voice posts by readers who don't have a weblog or have one and have something special to say here. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its co-bloggers — but they do add to our free-wheeling debate. This is the final part of a three part essay by one of our readers and frequent commentors, … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: Plagiarism, Clichés, Influence, And Google Part III

By moderate cartoonist Tom Briscoe: … [Read more...] about The Shrinking Planet Pluto

Slate via The Plank: As the mayor answered the last of the three questions from reporters, he talked about the root causes of terrorism: "oppressive governments that demagogue and blame and project their problems other places and do nothing to solve the problems of their own people." "Sounds like the Democrats," shouted a man. The crowd roared. It was the kind of stupid … [Read more...] about Giuliani Chides The Partisans

...and replaced by my daughter!" … [Read more...] about Donald Trump: “You’re Fired!…

If this latest USA Today/Gallup Poll holds up, the Democrats are likely to gain control of the House and pick up seats — but not gain control of — the Senate. The net result, if you strip away the partisan competition, is that if this happens the era of complete one party control of government will be over — and there will be some aggressive Congressional … [Read more...] about Democrats Seem Poised To Carry House But Not Senate

...as his Netroots Coordinator. But Republican politicos aren't the only ones who are recruiting bloggers to work on their campaigns (see final paragraph of linked post). The net result of this depends on your perspective. Some will say:This is good because it shows the importance of blogs, blogging etc to the political process. Readers can trust weblogs more than ever … [Read more...] about Senator George Allen Hires A Blogger

Once again, California is out front on the environment with an impressive effort to curb global warming. From the L.A. Times: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed Wednesday on a plan to cut by 25% the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from California electric power plants, refineries and other sources by the year 2020. A 25 percent reduction wouldn't be … [Read more...] about Terminating global warming

[Note: This post got "lost" when we did some reshuffling, so I've temporarily bumped it to the top. --DS] Why is it that whenever a centrist gets angry at President Bush, it's assumed that they've gone liberal? Maybe centrists are angry at Bush not because they've radicalized, but because he has--that he's betrayed centrist values, not liberal ones. … [Read more...] about Centrist Anger

If you like TMV and would like to make a contribution to what we do, September is the month designated for it. No, our problem really isn't bandwidth expense: although TMV is personally QUITE wordy in his posts, we haven't reached that point yet and Powerblogs has been patient with us. A key problem is the way this weblog is done....on the run (mostly from readers..). Due to … [Read more...] about September Is TMV “Tip Jar” Fund-Raising Month

They have cheap labor...and we don't. Can we outsource them? I have my doubts. More here. … [Read more...] about The New Menace…India

I was on a 9 hour drive yesterday and talk radio was still buzzing about this commentary by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: Bush critics were applauding it and Bush supporters were attacking Olbermann: … [Read more...] about Keith Olbermann Versus Donald Rumsfeld

The Moderate Voice occasionally runs Guest Voice posts by readers who don't have a weblog or have one and have something special to say here. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its co-bloggers — but they do add to our free-wheeling debate. This is the second part of a three part essay by one of our readers and frequent commentors, … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: Plagiarism, Clichés, Influence, And Google Part 2

A tense situation in Tel Aviv, as a Palestinian informer requesting asylum in Europe infiltrated the embassy, then holed up with what appeared to be a gun. Israeli anti-terrorism units stormed the embassy. The gun turned out to be plastic, and nobody was hurt. The Palestinian man was an informant for Israel who was told by Palestinian terror groups that he'd be killed if he … [Read more...] about Palestinian Informer Attempts Asylum in British Embassy

(click on photo to enlarge) Water crisis in Australia? Yes, this news took me by surprise, especially as I am preparing for my Christmas vacation there. I wouldn't have taken the story seriously but for the fact that it comes from a staid British magazine, The Economist. "The world's driest inhabited continent, Australia is facing water shortages unprecedented in the two … [Read more...] about Australia is becoming thirsty

Aziz Poonawalla at City of Brass discusses Islamic identity and American identity, and notes the synthesis of the two along with how that merging is the whole point of America. When discussing Islamic identity, it is important that we recall the Christian identity that many in the United States profess to have, and to consider why we fear the concept of an Islamic identity … [Read more...] about The context of identity

No, this isn't Katie's doing. At least it doesn't appear to be. So, no, she doesn't deserve the blame (just as she didn't necessarily deserve the blame the last time she was mixed up in a Sign of the Apocalypse (SOTA), our ongoing series at The Reaction — see here). In fact, she claims, she likes the original image, the real Katie, more than the touched-up one. Fair … [Read more...] about The “new” Katie Couric and the manipulation of reality

UN chief Kofi Annan Thursday heads for talks in Syria, a key supporter of Hezbollah, whose stance will be critical to the success of the tenuous ceasefire between the Shiite Muslim movement and Israel, says the Middle East Times. "After failing Wednesday to convince Israel to quickly end its blockade of war-devastated Lebanon, Annan faces in Syria a regime that has taken a … [Read more...] about UN Chief Kofi Annan on ‘Peace Mission’

Learn Arabic for peace! A veteran Israeli military officer is giving this advise to fellow Israelis as the Jewish nation grapples with pressures to make peace with the Arab world post-Lebanon, says DNA World - India's prestigious daily from Mumbai. Avi Azrieli says in the International Herald Tribune that one problem Israel faces is very few Israelis speak Arabic even though … [Read more...] about A Veteran Israeli Military Officer’s Advice