Threat to global security, or threat to commit genocide? Or both? Or neither? … [Read more...] about What Makes a Hitler?

There's a new controversy involving a blog and the controversy over the blog and those who've written about the controversy about the blog. Here are the links (and you can give your view in comments). Michelle Malkin wrote this. John Amato responded here. Ezra Klein commented and so did MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. But then Ed Morrissey and Flopping Aces (WARNING: adult … [Read more...] about Blogwars 2006 (FOURTH UPDATE)

NOTE: The Moderate Voice from time to time runs special Guest Voice columns written by writers or readers who do not normally contribute to this site. Guest Voice columns reflect the opinions of the writers and not necessarily those of The Moderate Voice. The following is by veteran journalist Mark Monday who, like TMV himself, worked for the San Diego Union-Tribune company for … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: Silence Of War

If you're interested in taking a role in strengthening the political center, there is something you can do about it -- and even a major meeting you can attend. Over the past few months, some centrist bloggers and other interested centrists have been emailing and doing conference calls on ways to bolster centrism as a political force in a highly polarized America. … [Read more...] about Major Centrists Meeting In New York City On May 6

The moderate Republican Ripon Society's Ripon Forum site has a piece by Republican pollster John McLaughlin, who says the GOP must develop a positive agenda for 2006. Here's how he sets the scene:There are two basic truths to mid-term elections in America – they are won on themes, and, historically speaking at least, they are usually lost by the party in power. In the … [Read more...] about Can The GOP Do Something To Salvage The 2006 Elections?

Make no mistake about it: Iran is "feverishly" working on its nuclear program — feverishly working on a program it insists is for peaceful purposes. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports:The new satellite images released yesterday only brought into sharper focus what was already known: Iran is feverishly continuing construction activity at its nuclear sites and … [Read more...] about Iran Feverishly Working On Nuclear Program

I have moved this post to the top because I've updated it several times. There was a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv this morning claimed by Islamic Jihad. So far 6 people are dead and 35 people are wounded. If Hamas really seeks peace with Israel, it can wipe out Islamic Jihad. AP via NY Times: TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near a … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Time for Hamas to Put Up or Shut Up

Reuters via Ynet News: Ex-professor pleads guilty to aiding Islamic Jihad Former university professor Sami al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and agreed to be deported, according to documents made public on Monday by a U.S. court in Florida. Al-Arian and three co-defendants were arrested in 2003 and charged with helping the group … [Read more...] about Sami Al-Arian Pled Guilty & Will Be Deported

Reuters via Ynet News: Ex-professor pleads guilty to aiding Islamic Jihad Former university professor Sami al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and agreed to be deported, according to documents made public on Monday by a U.S. court in Florida. Al-Arian and three co-defendants were arrested in 2003 and charged with helping the group … [Read more...] about Sami Al-Arian Pled Guilty & Will Be Deported

This explains everything:Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui suffered a traumatic childhood that transformed him from a child with a sense of humor who made friends easily to a man who spurned his family and embraced radical Islam, a defense witness testified Monday. Jan Vogelsang, a clinical social worker, said at Moussaoui’s death-penalty trial that the 37-year-old … [Read more...] about Awwwwwww!

A Press Release through the Religion News Service: For Immediate Release: Contact: Terry Coleman Home: 303-321-3248 Mobile: 720-273-7903 Email: [email protected] CHRISTIAN MAN SETS WORLD RECORD … [Read more...] about Uh, How Does This HELP the Homeless?

Midtopia has a detailed, thoughtful, must-read post HERE. … [Read more...] about How To Manage Illegal Immigration?

No surprise here, but new poll numbers show even more dislike and distrust for the President and his policies. This time, however, the focus is less on the man himself, and more on those who support him in the halls of government. Yes, the ABB syndrome has mutated into something much more politically deadly...ABTWSB or Anybody But Those Who Support Bush. More here. … [Read more...] about ABB Goes Mainstream

President George Bush isn't the only one facing a problem of plummeting opinion polls:Public approval of the job Congress is doing has dipped to its lowest level of 2006, and is now the worst Gallup has recorded since the closing days of the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. According to an April 10-13, 2006, Gallup Poll, 23% of Americans … [Read more...] about Poll Shows Congress Hits 12 Year Low

AP via CNN: Bush's new chief of staff invites aides to leave before shake-up WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling a possible shake-up among President Bush's senior advisers, the new White House chief of staff told top presidential aides Monday to expect changes that "refresh and re-energize the team." He invited anyone who is thinking of leaving before year's end to do so now. Joshua … [Read more...] about The White House to be Shaken, Not Stirred?

It could be... … [Read more...] about Is Iran Waiting Bush Out?

If so, then stop reading and go get yourself some ice cream. Life is good. But if not, read about some solutions here. … [Read more...] about Like The Tax Code?

It's this. And great minds think alike. … [Read more...] about What’s India’s Biggest Internal Security Threat?

A few months ago we added Rasmussen Reports to OTHER VOICES on our blogroll, because that poll proved so accurate in 2004 and its site offers a daily Presidential approval rating. Now Rasmussen has a new poll that shows President George W. Bush has broken a record for the lowest poll:Sunday April 16, 2006--Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American adults approve of the way George … [Read more...] about Bush Hits Record Low In Rasmussen Poll

Last week, six retired generals were pitchforked into the international headlines when, one by one, they blasted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and suggested he resign. Now a classic "push-back" is in full force as the GOP and Pentagon have begun circling the protective wagons around "Rummy." It's a multi-fronted defense: Rumsfeld's defenders going on the offensive … [Read more...] about GOP And Pentagon Circling The Wagons Around Rumsfeld