Our linkfest taking you to some interesting posts from all over the blogo-you-know-what. Links refect various viewpoints that may not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice. The President Made A Major Assertion About FISA and The Gun Toting Liberal takes a look at it and argues you should file it under "duh." Is There Hope For The White House? The … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere April 22, 2006

Well, now you can see it... … [Read more...] about Did You Ever Hear Of A Politician Playing “Footsie” With A Reporter?

Eugene Volokh reports on the 9th Circuit's just released decision in Harper v. Poway Unified School District. Short story of the ruling: A student wore a t-shirt which said on the front "Be Ashamed, Our School Embraced What God Has Condemned," and on the back "Homosexuality is Shameful," at school during the national "Day of Silence" (where gay and pro-gay students refuse to … [Read more...] about Hate Speech Case in California

At times diplomacy at local level does work. King Gyanendra of Nepal seems to be finally bowing to international/domestic pressure to restore democracy in his picturesque mountain country, home to the legendary Mt Everest, and trekkers' paradise, now stricken with Maoist rebellion and pro-democracy bloody agitations. Indeed, prior to the king's television appearance, US … [Read more...] about Nepal, Democracy and the King

Upon reading the following story late last night, I had just one question. However, I feared people would think I was being insensitive to the victims. Well, I've gotten over it, so here's the question: "Who in their right mind would let a random stranger into their house to do a free breast exam?" From the Miami Herald:On Wednesday, Broward sheriff's deputies arrested … [Read more...] about Door-To-Door Breast Exams Out Of Business

The White House knows that timing is everything. The McClellan/Rove announcement was no exception. And Reaction contributor Creature sees it all as yet another example of Survivor White House. … [Read more...] about Transparent trickery

Was he sleeping or reading his notes (if he was in California, he could argue he was meditating)? … [Read more...] about Vice President Dick Cheney At Work

From the world of Beatles memorabilia, another clue for you all: A John Lennon schoolbook containing an illustration of a walrus has been sold at auction for £126,500. [That's about US$225,075.] Featuring the 12-year-old Lennon's drawing of Lewis Carroll's poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, the book had been expected to reach up to £150,000. The poem inspired Lennon to … [Read more...] about The walrus was Paul

With all the talk about how influential bloggers are, what if you took a poll? What if you chose a small group of people at random — NOT people necessarily wedded to their computers and NOT people who are necessarily screeching partisans of the right or left — and asked them a few questions? What would you find? Here's one interesting answer... PS: Joe Gandelman … [Read more...] about Do Most People Know Or Care About Blogs Or Bloggers?

David H. Koch, the executive vice president of Koch Industries, is the 33rd richest person in the world, according to Forbes. His estimated net worth stands at roughly $12 billion. In 1994, Mr. Koch bought Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, the entire 15th floor of the building, for $9.5 million. He and his wife, Julia, renovated it at an estimated … [Read more...] about The sweet life of New York’s super-rich

That's the question I think most Americans are asking themselves these days. My answer is here. … [Read more...] about Can We Still Talk To Iran?

The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller and Jim Rutenberg suggest today that new White House Chief of State Josh Bolten may be planning to replace current WH Counsel and failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. Citing an unnamed "influential Republican with close ties to Mr. Bolten," the dynamic Times duo report "Mr. Bolten had floated the idea among confidants, but that it … [Read more...] about Is Harriet Next?

A great new article in New York magazine shouts from the rooftops what we've been talking about for a while now. "We're moderate as hell, and we're not gonna be silent anymore!"Republicans used to brag that theirs was the party of fresh thinking, but who’s brain-dead now? All the big new ideas they have trotted out lately—privatizing Social Security, occupying a big country … [Read more...] about The Purple Party

"I'm the decider." … [Read more...] about Who Cares What Both Parties Want On Those Social Security Appointments?

You know, the third party candidate who said there was no difference between the two political parties? The Demoprotestant takes a look at Nader and his impact. … [Read more...] about Re-evaluating Ralph Nader

Once again it's time for another gem from TMV's favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet: Iran's Nuclear Ambitions It really isn't that surprising When Bush says you're on evil's axis To try A-bombs to manufacture As invasion prophylaxis. Berlusconi's Consolation Prize Silvio, Silvio, don't feel bad That Prodi has defeated ya He took away your PM job But you … [Read more...] about Guest Poet: The Week In Verse

So was it a success or a wash? President George W. Bush huddled with China's visiting President Hu Jintao hu who was heckled.President Bush pressed China's visiting President Hu Jintao yesterday to open up markets, expand freedom and do more to curb nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea but came away with no specific agreements in a summit emphasizing symbolism over … [Read more...] about Bush And China’s President Meet But Hu Heckled

Jefferson Morley's World Opinion Roundup: Death Penalty for Danish Cartoons? The Danish cartoon story may have subsided in the West, but the controversy still reverberates around the world. [snip] For Yemeni journalist Mohammed Asaadi, the debate is a life and death issue. The 31-year-old editor of the Yemen Observer, an English-language weekly, returns to a courtroom today to … [Read more...] about Still Roiling…

Progress is a never-ending quest. We aren't in a utopian society now, weren't in 1950, and won't be in 2050. The nostalgia we find for a non-existent, idyllic past is, I think, due to exhaustion of never having a philosophical resting point. That's understandable. But the past was not perfect. And when we erase the terrors innate in our history, we inevitably distort the quest … [Read more...] about The Never-ending Journey

I hadn't. Maybe it's a product of being part of the post-Vietnam generation. An Army helicopter pilot, Thompson intervened in the My Lai massacre, placing his chopper in the line of American fire and pointing his guns at the butchering US troops in order to protect terrified Vietnamese civilians, eventually stopping the killing. In 1998, he was awarded the Soldier's Medal for … [Read more...] about Who’s Heard of Hugh Thompson?