....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

Why not "sex" the Bible up...literally...by keeping abreast of trends as a German Protestant youth group did with a revealing Bibical calender?Nuremberg pastor Bernd Grasser said: "It's just wonderful when teenagers commit themselves with their hair and their skin to the bible." "There's a whole range of biblical scriptures simply bursting with eroticism," said Stefan Wiest, … [Read more...] about Bringing Religion To A New Generation

Can you guess what's first? Don't peek... HINT: Think about our co-blogger Greg Piper and his blog The Smoking Room. The answer is here. … [Read more...] about America’s Most Literate Cities

Nope. We don't like this, even though we are not fans of Ann Coulter:Conservative columnist Ann Coulter gave up trying to finish a speech at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday night when boos and jeers from the audience became overwhelming. Coulter cut off the talk after 15 minutes and instead held a half-hour question-and-answer session. "I love to engage in repartee … [Read more...] about Boos Cause Ann Coulter To Cut Short Speech

The voting continues for Wizbang's Best Blog Awards. TMV has been nominated in the category Best Group Blog. You can vote once every 24 hours until December 15 by clicking here. NOTE: We're not expecting to win this award. People often vote according to their ideology (one site that clearly doesn't agree with us has specifically urged its readers not to vote for this … [Read more...] about Voting Continues For Blog Awards

This Divided State (website link is HERE) is a remarkable documentary: one that gives you all of the information on a topic, communicates the almost fetid emotions swirling around the issue — yet lays it out clinically and objectively. And here's the bottom line: liberals will love it (and feel vindicated), conservatives will love it (and feel vindicated) and centrists … [Read more...] about DVD REVIEW: This Divided State

The Moderate Voice occasionally runs Guest Voice columns to provide a better buffet of ideas to our readers. This MUST READ column is by Robin Koerner, publisher of one of the most indispensable websites for anyone interested in how America is viewed abroad, Watching America. The Rightness of America By Robin Koerner On Dec 6, a very British event offered an interesting … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: The Rightness Of America

This just in from TMV's favorite poet Wallstreet Poet Michael Silverstein:In the old Soviet Union, the secret police had dossiers that chronicled everyone's political lives so dissidents could be quickly identified and punished. In today's America, credit bureaus have very detailed records of everyone's economic lives, and one false spending move brings out the dunners. Barbed … [Read more...] about The Credit Card Holiday Song

Someone needs to set George Bush straight: he should have called called this a Christmas ceremony. UPDATE: Read (and watch) more about this issue HERE. … [Read more...] about The White House Gets It Wrong On Christmas AGAIN