Is this a sign that something is about to happen? … [Read more...] about The Lieberman Watch

Here's what one blogger reports. NOTE: For quite a while we've had emails from people asking about Powerblogs. TMV started at Blogspot and moved to Typepad and then finally moved to Powerblogs, which we LOVE. Later this week or next we will run a three part post about our experiences at each and why TMV will remain at Powerblogs until he leaves Blogtopia or hands the site over … [Read more...] about A Blogger’s Glitches At Typepad

Here's one view of one potential candidate... … [Read more...] about Looking At The Democrats’ Potential Candidates For 2008

Op-Ed by Colbert I. King in the Washington Post Silly me! And here I've been thinking that Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Kmart and America's malls are places where people go this time of year to shop. But thanks to the Rev. Jerry Falwell and others in his wing of Christendom, I now know that those stores are there during the holiday season to serve as places of worship. What … [Read more...] about Holiday Spirit: From the Heart, Not the Mall

TMV will be gone almost all of today. He will have a few posts on the site (through the magic of the Powerblogs' timer). But his own posts will resume later tonight. In the meantime, do check back often because our always independent co bloggers will likely have a lot to say. … [Read more...] about Light Blogging By TMV Today

Yet another poll shows President George Bush is up on the upswing:President Bush’s improved standing with whites, men, Catholics and other core supporters has been a key factor in pushing his job approval rating up to 42 percent. That’s the highest level since summer. Shifting into campaign mode to reverse his slide in public opinion polls, Bush has boosted his support … [Read more...] about Another Sign From Poll That Bush Is Slowly Rebounding

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately--I've been tired and missing sleep. One of the side benefits of being sleep-deprived to the point of brain-damaged is that you make observations you wouldn't make in a mentally sound state of mind. And occasionally, those observations remain relevant even when one regains sanity. So it is with my latest insights on the judiciary, explained … [Read more...] about I Wonder If I Can Write A Student Note On “Firefly and the Law”…

Conservatives are already up in arms about some recent moves by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — who ran as an independent centrist in the recall election but moved right and has subsequently watched his poll numbers go down, culminating in a wipe-out-loss during last month's special election. Now they'll be even unhappier with the news that Schwarzenegger, … [Read more...] about Schwarzenegger Replaces Conservative With Moderate For State Supreme Court

There are two truisms when it comes to the press:If someone quite famous and quite old starts having some health problems and you see a slew of stories on them, it's part of an informal death watch. (Sometimes it even means there's more to the story that we don't know about that someone may not be reporting.) Think about the spate of stories years ago about Frank Sinatra having … [Read more...] about Speculation That Lieberman Will Replace Rumsfeld Increases

My new friend Marc Acriche alerts me to a perceptive post at his (highly recommended) blog State of the Day called "McCain's Payoff for Kissing Ass" -- click here to go right there (and then c'mon back). What is this ass-kissing, you ask? What is this payoff, you demand to know? Consider (if I may boil the arrangement down to its basics): The Bush crew, led by Dick the Veep, … [Read more...] about Bush and McCain: The quid pro quo of shame

In an uncharacteristically transparent expression of verbal communication, Donald Rumsfeld has declared that he has "no plans to retire". Damn. … [Read more...] about Who’s up for more Rummy?

This will be of much more interest to bloggers than to non-bloggers, but Atrios, one of the best and biggest of the blogosphere, has an excellent "Occasional Reminder" about links, traffic, and other blog-related matters here. Needless to say, it's a must-read. (By the way, I enjoy getting e-mails from, and getting to know, fellow bloggers out there. But of course, The … [Read more...] about Life, liberty, and the pursuit of blogging

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