PRESS RELEASE: Religion Watch North Bellmore, NY, Dec. 14, 2005- After the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., evangelical leaders--from Franklin Graham to Jerry Vines of the Southern Baptist Convention-- emerged as the strongest critics and even antagonists of Islam. Numerous surveys have likewise found evangelicals in general to have more negative views on Islam than other … [Read more...] about NEW STUDY SHOWS CHANGING EVANGELICAL VIEWS ON ISLAM SINCE 9/11

In case you missed it, Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen is quite the Bush critic. … [Read more...] about Aragorn takes on Sauron

(This is a fairly long analysis of President Bush's speech yesterday at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. I originally wrote it for The Reaction yesterday evening. Rather than offer a link in a pointer post, however, I thought it better to re-post it in full here at TMV, along with links throughout to related posts. As always, I am curious … [Read more...] about War and choice: President Bush’s deceptive admission of responsibility

A Donklephant contributor and freelance journalist, Michael Totten, attended a Hezbollah gathering in Beirut recently. It did not go well:There were two separate entrances, one for women, the other for journalists and VIPs. A gaggle of Hezbollah security agents manned the doors. Several sat behind a long table. This, apparently, was where I was supposed to check in. I showed … [Read more...] about Chillin With The Hez

Democrats, Republicans and independents: talk radio can be fun but it may be unwise to rely on it for accurate information. Here's one example. … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Read And Make Your Own Decisions

....can be found at the Carnival of the Vanities. … [Read more...] about A Medley Of Great Weblog Posts

Washington Post: Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak, who has repeatedly declined to discuss his role in disclosing the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, said in a speech this week that he is certain President Bush knows who his mystery administration source is. Novak said Tuesday that the public and press should be asking the president about the official rather than … [Read more...] about WP: Columnist Robert Novak Says Bush Knows Who Leaked Plame’s Name

Just a month ago, critics lambasted President George Bush for not making the case for the Iraq war and addressing the many criticisms of what led up to it and how it has been conducted. Since then, you could swear that Bush is following this advice on how to rebound — particularly in his latest speech yesterday:A day before Iraq's first parliamentary elections, … [Read more...] about Bush Urges Patience While Taking Blame For Iraq Bungles

I've decided that I'm going to try, as best I can, to provide all of you with a laugh everyday I post here on TMV. After all, with the political landscape as goofy as it is right now, we need a good laugh. So yesterday I presented the chain-smoking mother-to-be who was worried about her unborn baby's health because of the noisy jackhammers outside of her house. And while many … [Read more...] about The Daily Laugh: The British Eminem

Iraqis go to the polls. And in recent days, polls released about Iraqi attitudes have made big news. But what do they mean? How accurate are they? David Adesnik considers those issues here and here. … [Read more...] about The Polls On Iraqis

Glenn Reynolds, aka InstaPundit, has a big post on torture filled with some thought provoking links. Here's a quote from Reynolds:I love lawyers. I am a lawyer. But there are plenty of places where the role of lawyers should be limited, and war is certainly one of them. I think the McCain Amendment is an appropriate use of Congress's authority -- and, indeed, a case of meeting, … [Read more...] about Pondering The Issue Of Torture

...at Metafilter. We've had readers send us great links for some of our posts (especially the pointer posts) and when we ask how they find it...they say Metafilter. And, most assuredly, Metafilter is an addictive "community weblog." It's not a Johnny One Note political site (of course, TMV could never be described that way...) but its chock full of so much variety, so many … [Read more...] about Take A Peek….

It's over. Did the company dig in its heels or did the blog that launched a massive protest campaign due to Ford pulling its ads from gay publications after being pressured by a conservative group change its new policy? The answer is here. More here. And here. … [Read more...] about The Outcome Of Ford Motor Company VS Americablog

One conservative says "hooray--society is allowing for more choice." Another says "boo--government and the judiciary has gotten more intrusive." The liberal in me puts the two together and asks: So, what have learned? … [Read more...] about Two and Two

Gordon Smith and Steve Bainbridge duke it out over the respective weather patterns currently in their home states (Wisconsin and California, respectively). Being the devoted winter baby (and part-time Minnesotan) that I am, I of course side with Professor Smith. But this also reminds me of an event that happened to me last winter at Carleton. One of my close debate friends … [Read more...] about Winter Wonderland

Well, looks like the media does have a sense of humor after all. I'm counting on you to come up with some good captions here people! Don't let us down! … [Read more...] about Caption Time!

Wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Developing... … [Read more...] about Bush Takes Responsibility for “Wrong” Iraq Intelligence

We noted in a post that in one way we thought you could. But one of TMV's favorite television analysts disagrees in this Slate piece. PS: He makes his case quite well. … [Read more...] about Can You Compare George Bush To LBJ?

Last week Iran's hard-line President questioned whether the Holocaust existed and offered the friendly suggestion that Israel might move to Europe. Now he denies it happened and suggests Israel move to Alaska. This means he has taken his rhetoric to a new level, calling the holocaust — which ended in the usually horrific deaths of six million Jews plus millions of others … [Read more...] about Iran’s President Calls Holocaust A Myth

I don't know...where have you been lately? … [Read more...] about Is The Pentagon Spying On You?