Jack Abramoff is making deals. Who will go down? (NOTE: Donklephant has been nominated for a Weblog Award. If you're so inclined, vote for us here.) … [Read more...] about Corruption 2.0

So who's dumber? … [Read more...] about Schwarzenegger, Tookie And The NAACP

Administration officials talk about democracy flowering in the Middle East but it apparently has a long way to go in Egypt, according to The Christian Science Monitor:CAIRO – After the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition group, tripled its presence in parliament over the first five rounds of Egypt's six-round election, the government appeared to decide it … [Read more...] about Egyptian Democracy So Far Ain’t

This New York Times article about the man killed at the Miami airport indicates that his wife had been robbed while they were in Peru and they were quite upset about it. I wonder if she were perhaps carrying his medication and if it was taken along with her laptop, cellphone, wallet and passport. … [Read more...] about Were His Meds Stolen?

The right-wing is trying to create a war on Christmas. Oh my... In short, this is hard-to-believe stuff, but they keep on writing and talking about it. Well, so be it. But let's look at it for a moment... Christmas has always been a time for giving. And whether that be for your family, the less forunate or both, I believe that these columns and potshots are distracting from … [Read more...] about The Grinch Who Didn’t Steal Christmas

Readers of both parties react to posts they've read on TMV, which is why we're pleased to have such a good insurance policy... It has now come to our attention that ANOTHER one of our always-independent thinking co-bloggers has his blog up for a best blog award in the Wizbang Weblogs contest. Jack Grant's centrist weblog Random Fate has been nominated in the Top 501-1000 … [Read more...] about And The List Of TMV-Related Award Nominees Grows….

The political transformation in Israel may be much greater than reported in the Western press, Oxblog's Israel correspondent reports. … [Read more...] about A Major Political Realignment In Israel?

In a BRUTALLY blunt piece, a Hungarian publication blasts the U.S. and says Washington should no longer lecture others on human rights. … [Read more...] about Sooner Or Later It Was Bound To Be Said About Torture Allegations

....at Greg Prince's Blog. One of our favorite blogs is Uncorrelated, a blog by a left and a right blogger....a great up-and-coming-blog that is now ailing due to some database "corruption" problems. See? Writing a lot about members of Congress can be contagious... So now Greg Prince has started his own GREAT blog until these problems are ironed out (and it could take a … [Read more...] about Take A Peek…..

Due to a very heavy day on the road and in traffic in L.A. yesterday, most of TMV's own posts will appear after 7 a.m. San Diego time this morning. Stay tuned (although co-bloggers may post theirs sooner). … [Read more...] about Most Of TMV’s Posts Start Later Today

....at just part of the political rage picture. … [Read more...] about Bill O’Reilly Is Angry…..

There are few things easier than questioning the intelligent design folks. To suggest that such an idea is "the way" to truly teach science is certainly odd. Also, given Kansas' recent test scores in science, or the lack thereof, you can imagine that many in the blogosphere and beyond are having a good laugh at Kansas' expense... Balloon Juice has more about incompetent … [Read more...] about Intelligent Design Or Incompetent Design?

A mentally ill man did a bad thing in Miami, but what really went down? More here. … [Read more...] about R.I.P. Rigoberto Alpizar

At my weblog, Random Fate, I have been writing a series called "The perils of our current path" in an attempt to point out some of the dangers that arise from the decisions that we as a nation have endorsed through those we have chosen to serve as our elected officials. The third in the series was inspired by a simple, small plaque on the side of a building in Grenoble, … [Read more...] about The perils of our current path

I haven't posted much here at The Moderate Voice in the past two weeks because I have been in the process of moving from France to the United States, cutting short my expatriate assignment due to family reasons. During one of my final days in Grenoble, I had dinner with colleagues who had become friends, and afterwards I walked around town at midnight taking a large number of … [Read more...] about Photos of a snowy midnight in Grenoble, France

Iran's President took his anti-Israel, antisemitic rhetoric to a new level — not only questioning whether the Holocaust exists, but suggesting that Israel move to Europe. Shall we use the word "extremist" and put it in italics ("extremist"):TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday expressed doubt that the Holocaust occurred and suggested Israel … [Read more...] about Iran’s President: Holocaust Questionable And Israel Should Move To Europe

If you've watched the news reports (and read our posts that you can re-read in the chain linked post page below) you just knew this was coming:White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said yesterday. Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England, is the inside … [Read more...] about Lieberman For Defense Secretary Rumors Increase

JTA Breaking News: The Conservative movement passed a resolution Tuesday affirming a woman's right to a halachically-permitted abortion. But the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, meeting at its biennial convention in Boston, did not accept an amendment dealing with judicial nominees. The resolution on reproductive choice calls on the USCJ to 'register its opinion on … [Read more...] about Religiously-Permitted Abortion

MSNBC indicates that Iraqi terrorists claim that they have killed an American hostage. CNN profiles the hostage. Meanwhile, according to the New York Times, other terrorists have blown up a bus in Baghdad. UPDATE: AP via Fox News also covers the hostage claim. … [Read more...] about US Hostage Killed?

It was 25 years ago today. At night to be exact. I was working the night shift at the Wichita Eagle, one of three reporters and a tiny staff of editors unlucky enough to have to work the late hours that night. It was a supremely dull evening until an editor rushed over to my colleague and talked to her. She turned to me, face ashen, and said: "They shot John Lennon." My … [Read more...] about Remembering John Lennon’s Untimely Departure