Have you seen this? What a great idea. Jonathan Alter explains...To begin busting up the dumb system we have for selecting presidents, a bipartisan group will open shop this week at Unity08.com. This Internet-based third party is spearheaded by three veterans of the antique 1976 campaign: Democrats Hamilton Jordan and Gerald Rafshoon helped get Jimmy Carter elected; Republican … [Read more...] about Unity08.com

NOTE TO READERS: This was run over the holiday weekend. Some emails suggested we should run this today as well, when readership is higher. Keep scrolling since newer posts are under this. The Talking Dog has another one of his truly unique original blog interviews in his series of Q&As with lawyers of people accused of being involved in terrorism. And this interview has … [Read more...] about Original Blog Interview: Talk Of “Jewish Lawyers” In Interrogating Terror Detainees?

If you like original blog reporting you need to regularly visit Michael Totten's Middle East Journal. He covers many aspects of the countries he visits. Check out this photoessay on Lebanon. … [Read more...] about Photo Essay From Lebanon

CNN: Treasury Secretary John Snow is resigning and President Bush will nominate Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson to replace him, administration sources tell CNN. … [Read more...] about A Change at Treasury

Marriage equality for gays will not lead to Churches being forced to perform them. … [Read more...] about Not Gonna Happen

Those are the current talking points from the right wing, and according to Amba, they're falling on deaf ears in centrist circles. More here. … [Read more...] about Gore Is Weird And Global Warming Doesn’t Exist

Like it or not, pornography is more widespread now and easily accessible than any other time in human history. There are pluses and minuses, but do your teenagers know what "normal" is? More here. … [Read more...] about The Internet Has Created A New Baseline For Sexuality

There's a controversy raging because some climbers got a peek at a crack. … [Read more...] about Outrage On Mount Everest

From the looks of it the answer could be yes. Amba has the details. … [Read more...] about Do Democrats Finally Have A Coherent Game Plan?

Is she really unelectable as some say? … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s Electability

A fascinating MUST-READ in the German edition of the Financial Times, translated here on the indispensable site Watching America. Here's a key part:It's not just the tone and type of debate that distinguishes how America and Europe deal with immigration. The self-confidence shown by millions of illegal immigrants at recent mass rallies in the U.S. in, for example, demanding the … [Read more...] about German Newspaper Praises America’s Assimilation Of Immigrants

If you read this site yesterday, you probably noticed a new name — Michael van der Galien, who has the weblog Liberty and Justice. He is the latest co-blogger to join The Moderate Voice. He is a law student based in the Netherlands and on his site describes his views this way:LIBERAL CONSERVATISM - THE ESSENCE OF LIBERALISM The World Of Politics, From A European's Point … [Read more...] about TMV Gets A New Co-Blogger

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andrew Borowitz:GORE COULD CAUSE GLOBAL BORING Hillary Produces Cautionary Documentary About Former Veep The election of former vice president Al Gore to the White House could result in a disastrous phenomenon called “global boringâ€? in which millions of people around the world would fall asleep in an unprecedented narcoleptic … [Read more...] about This Just In! Hillary Clinton’s New Documentary

Yet, this time it's good news. … [Read more...] about More Crappy News About Gas

A MUST READ special post from Citizen Smash. FOOTNOTE: TMV has met Smash and he is for real — just as his words are for real. … [Read more...] about Memorial Day: A Mother Remembers

CBS News: Deadly Attack On CBS News Crew, Two Team Members Killed, Correspondent Seriously Injured By Roadside Bomb In Baghdad (CBS/AP) Two members of a CBS News team, veteran cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39, was seriously injured Monday when the Baghdad military unit in which they were embedded was … [Read more...] about More Shredded Journalists in Iraq

I heard him speak at my synagogue a few months back - he's pretty good! Israel21c: Harvard classrooms are standing-room only for popular Israeli professor In a high-powered, competitive place like Harvard University, you might assume that achievement takes priority over pursuing personal happiness. But surprisingly, IDF air force veteran and Israeli national squash champion … [Read more...] about The Professor of Happiness

It's always fun to watch Majority Leader Bill Frist who has a political pattern: on a controversial issue he'll break with the White House but eventually discard his original position and quickly change it to the official line. It has happened again:Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, on Sunday defended the raid by federal agents on a Democratic lawmaker's Capitol Hill … [Read more...] about Frist Now Supports FBI Raid On Lawmaker’s Office

...in Iraq. … [Read more...] about Wearing Shorts Can Be Fatal To Your Health

So, I've decided the time is far past ripe for some feedback from the many denizens of TMV-land. Inquiring minds want to know: How am I doing? What do you like about my blogging? What do you dislike? What can improved upon, what is perfect already, and what is hopeless? Do you feel like I fairly consider views from all sides? Or do I come off like a conservative or liberal … [Read more...] about Building a Better Blog