Attytood does. … [Read more...] about Do You Get A Sense Of Deja Vu?

Having a stroke. … [Read more...] about It Happens In An Instant

....you're now starting to see it on blogs as well. … [Read more...] about If You Think There’s Turbulence Within Newspapers

Via Shakespeare's Sister, 13 new episodes, slated to run on Comedy Central starting in 2008. In my humble opinion, Futurama is even better than Family Guy. Count me as extremely excited. … [Read more...] about Futurama Is Back

From Minute By Minute (which offers some interesting links so click on the link as well): … [Read more...] about Minimum Wage: One Cartoonist’s View

My latest column on the Unity08 website deals with a deadly Ricin attack on the body politic. … [Read more...] about The Toxic Politics Of Left And Right

Daniel DiRito thinks so. More here. … [Read more...] about Will There Be An October Surprise?

From Alabama. In 1931. A very pleasant surprise. Roy Moore could learn from his ancestors. … [Read more...] about Stirring Defense of Atheist Rights

WTVJ NBC6.net reports:LIBERTY CITY, Fla. — Federal agents are conducting a terrorism-related investigation in Liberty City. Agents were at the Scott housing projects in the area of 15th Avenue and Northwest 62nd Street. Several streets were cordoned off during the search. A Miami Police Department SWAT team assisted federal agents in the search. Armed agents could be … [Read more...] about MSNBC: FBI conducting terrorism-related search in Miami area RIGHT NOW

A lot of things were left out. … [Read more...] about “Things They Didn’t Teach Me in Civics Class”

The outspoken comedian is at the center of a new controversy. … [Read more...] about The Saga Of Bill Cosby Continues

This is not a Nostradamus prophecy, but my intuitive belief...and the happenings on the ground in India and Pakistan have confirmed my hunch further during the past two/three years. Whatever the sceptics, or think-tanks, have to say is being challenged practically every day by the realities on the ground. Not many people listen to the good old Voice of America anymore, but … [Read more...] about India and Pakistan Will Have Open Borders In Five Years…Who Says?

Why are different countries, including the US, India and Pakistan, taking so much interest in Afghanistan? So much has been written on the subject. But today's article in Al-Jazeerah by an American woman is indeed fascinating. This writer's story is datelined Kabul. Jane Stillwater writes under the heading "Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran: Sibling rivalry rears its ugly … [Read more...] about A different view from Afghanistan

According to the BBC: Winemakers will be paid to dig up struggling vineyards as part of radical EU proposals to tackle over-production across Europe. Brussels' initiative is the most far-reaching attempt to date to soak up Europe's so-called "wine lake". Winemakers face economic problems, with falling domestic consumption, excess production and popularity of New World … [Read more...] about Did You Know There is a “Wine Crisis” in Europe?

Andrew Sullivan sees the Democrats as blowing it on the war issue:The Democrats, alas, seem hopeless to me. Their ambivalence about the war before and during it makes them seem unreliable stewards of a fight we have no choice but to join. Their flirtation with withdrawal only reinforces this impression. But they do have an opening, if they only had the conviction. If a … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Why Karl Rove Is Winning On The War Issue

Who would have EVER thought that it would be under attack and its renewal stalled? We are in a new era. … [Read more...] about The 1965 Voting Rights Act

Not a day passes without the horrible news of death, violence and suffering from Iraq making headlines in the media. So I was quite surprised when I read a newspaper report today that the Kurdish region of Iraq is reported to be largely peaceful. "Violence and suffering disfigure Iraq on a daily basis. But not everywhere is blighted. The Kurdish region is largely peaceful, and … [Read more...] about “An Oasis of Peace in Iraq”

It's 1:35 a.m. PST and TMV has just gotten in from a day of driving and performing. He will be up at 5:30 am for another day that entails long drives and shows in two southern California counties. Today may be one of the ONLY days since he started this site when TMV cannot post AT ALL. But please keep checking back because our always independent co-bloggers may have some … [Read more...] about TMV Himself May Be Unable To Post Today

If TMV counts any judicial originalists among its number, I have a question for y'all: Originalists seem to hate it when American courts cite to foreign sources of law (aside from English common law). But there is a long history of such citation, dating back to the founding era. Isn't this a paradox? How to originalists justify this seeming break with their own philosophy? … [Read more...] about Original Sin

You all know by now the sad, horrific story of Privates Kristian Menchaca and Thomas L. Tucker. How they were captured by Iraqi insurgents (Zarqawi's successor, to be precise), brutally tortured, and beheaded. Who is not filled with rage? Liberals and conservatives, moderates and independents, Democrats and Republicans. Surely all good and decent people find this abhorrent. … [Read more...] about Us and them: How the Iraqi insurgents treat American soldiers