An all-star cast of liberal academics and scholars releases a call to greatly expand the types of relationships that should get societal assistance. Who would have guessed that the Washington Times would totally misinterpret it? … [Read more...] about Paranoia From The Right

While the jury is out on whether Israel or Hezbollah attained their war objectives, a quick anecdotal poll of Russian, Chinese and Indian analysts suggests that in the eyes of the wider world the real loser is the United States. Together with the bloody mess in Iraq, the mess in Lebanon is a set back for American prestige and influence. In India, where President George Bush … [Read more...] about For some, Bush has been outwitted

There are a few columnists out in the MSM I tend to read on a regular basis. Jonathan Chait of the L.A. Times is one of them (not least because he's also an editor of, and frequent contributor to, The New Republic, one of my daily reads and in my view an outstanding publication). Chait argued yesterday that Joe Lieberman "should drop out of the race" for Senate in Connecticut. … [Read more...] about Turning on Lieberman

Democrats went after Joe Lieberman in Connecticut and now Republicans are targeting Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, as the AP reports here. The effort is being led by the 36,000-strong Club for Growth, which "spent around $1 million to help challenger Tim Walberg unseat first-term Rep. Joe Schwarz in Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday". In 2004, the Club actively went … [Read more...] about Chafee is the new Lieberman

One of the main criticisms levelled at Democrats these days is that, no matter how badly Bush and the Republicans have screwed up (and continue to screw up) Iraq, they have no plan to deal with Iraq, that is, to fix the problem that Iraq has become. (From a Republican perspective, what this means is that a bad plan, or a plan proven to have failed, is better than no plan at all … [Read more...] about Democrats and Iraq

Here are some surprising things about his new blog. … [Read more...] about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s New Blog

An interview with the legendary Ron Popeil. … [Read more...] about King Of The Infomercial

I have not had the time to write much lately, and unfortunately my latest ruminations are inadequate in my eyes, hence my lack of posting both here at at my own weblog, Random Fate, but despite the deficiencies of my writing, I must link to a post explaining where I feel we are far too fearful to question any more and am compelled to wonder why. … [Read more...] about Too many answers, not enough questions

The king is being stripped in full public view. The Security Council, which Mark Malloch Brown the deputy to Kofi Annan calls the king of world governance, is naked beneath apparently useless clothes of laws regulating wars and civilian suffering. For long, we thought the international system led by the Security Council would help us to build a better world. We learn now, … [Read more...] about The naked king

At first we thought this was a story about a serious proposal to protected the United States — a policy story. But then we learned we were wrong. Here is a story that could generate some debate — seemingly just about policy:The nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday that the U.S. should consider reviewing its laws to allow for more electronic surveillance … [Read more...] about Republicans Plan To Push For Tougher Terrorism Laws

And some superb artists don't even need a big instrument (take THAT those people who keep sending me emails about my need to buy their product for an "enlargement"): He's so good (his You Tube video mentions that he's selling a course on how to play harmonica) that in this case we'll give you his My Space.com site. … [Read more...] about Music Is An ART

Guess who has started to blog? We'll give you a hint: this person needs a shave, makes inflammatory statements, gets lots of press and has been the subject of thousands of hours of commentary on talk shows and a zillion posts on blogs. No, it's not Ann Coulter. It's this guy:Iran's president has launched a Web log, using his first entry to recount his poor upbringing and … [Read more...] about Guess Who’s Starting To Blog?

A new Wall Street Journal poll shows growing support for Democratic Congressional candidates:A new poll shows an uptick in support for a Democratic candidate in the next Congressional elections. When asked whom they would vote for "if elections for Congress were held today," 45% of U.S. adults said they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the … [Read more...] about New Poll Shows Most Americans Want Democrat For Congress

It looks like he has the making of a coalition. Can he keep it and expand on it until election day, or will he lose it? Rasmussen reports:Senator Joe Lieberman’s decision to run as an Independent sets up a lively campaign season for Connecticut voters. In the first General Election poll since Ned Lamont defeated Lieberman in Tuesday’s primary, the incumbent is hanging on to … [Read more...] about Lieberman Now Ahead In Connecticut Poll

Sometimes I hate myself for laughing at The Onion. … [Read more...] about “Ailing Buck O’Neil Fails To Gain Admission To Hospital”

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior consultant for the Gerard Group International, has a piece titled "The Next Big One?" in The Weekly Standard that asks whether it's time to rethink some of the assumptions still out there about terrorism. His piece needs to be read in full but here are some key points:THE SHEER MAGNITUDE of the foiled plot that British authorities announced … [Read more...] about Is It Time To Rethink Some Terrorism Assumptions?

Firstly, we were WRONG: Joe Lieberman didn't win his hometown of New Haven. Read the linked column because it also details the obstacles and challenges Ned Lamont is going to face if he's going to repeat his Tuesday victory in November. Among other things, The Hartford Courant's Stan Simpson writes:Everything that worked for the Lamontistas could backfire in November. While … [Read more...] about Lamont’s Obstacles In November

The Moderate Voice applauds weblogs that do original interviews — and one blog that has done an ongoing series of highly specific, precise interviews on terrorism related legal issues is The Talking Dog. Here's the intro to the latest:As a sergeant in the United States Army, Erik Saar served as an Arabic linguist at the American detention facility located at the naval … [Read more...] about Original Blog Interview:

Betty Boop MD: … [Read more...] about A Truly Weird (And Cool) Cartoon

And here's proof: … [Read more...] about A Singer Can Stink In Any Language