Over at The Reaction, I've been doing an ongoing series on "The unbearable arrogance of Bob Woodward" — tracking the celebrity-reporter's fall-from-grace and looking at reaction from around the blogosphere. The lengthy first installment is here. Part 2 is here — including 15 questions for Bobby W. from Arianna Huffington and one big one of my own. Part 3 is here … [Read more...] about The unbearable arrogance of Bob Woodward (continued)

Over at The Washington Note, Steve Clemons asks the all-important question: "Who is Patrick Fitzgerald's 'Deep Throat' source?" Stephen Hadley? John Bellinger? Richard Armitage? Someone else entirely? (I've previously written about Hadley and Armitage.) The mystery continues... … [Read more...] about Another Deep Throat?

So America's moral responsibility may not matter much anymore. The Iraqis are looking for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal: For the first time, Iraq's political factions on Monday collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces, in a moment of consensus that comes as the Bush administration battles pressure at home to commit itself to a pullout … [Read more...] about Iraqis want timetable for U.S. withdrawal

A deft bit of satire starts out with this gem...1. Some sources suggest the earth is approximately 4.55 billion years old. Others estimate the earth is 6,012 years old. Without favoring one estimate over the other, calculate the likely age of God. Show your work.Read the rest. So funny! … [Read more...] about Take The Kansas Science Exam

Danny Bubp was the guy Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt talked about when she said, "A few minutes ago I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp, Ohio Representative from the 88th district in the House of Representatives. [...] He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message, that cowards cut and run, Marines never do." Now Bubp is saying the comment was incorrect. He's also … [Read more...] about Jean Schmidt’s Marine Refutes Coward Comment

Since we have posted on the OSM/Pajamas Media story here at The Moderate Voice before, we now note that the name is being changed back from OSM to Pajamas Media, with the two principles involved admitting they were "caught with our pajamas down". (NOTE: Open Source Media was claimed to never be the name of the venture but instead merely a slogan in one vanished post at the OSM … [Read more...] about From Pajamas Media to OSM and back again

(Which is better than listening to bloggers DEAD...) This just in from one of our all-time favorite talk shows:SUBJECT2DISCUSSION now on Tuesdays at 7pm PT to 9pm PT LIVE on www.LVROCKS.com This Tuesday November 22, the program completes its evolution into a magazine type program. Featuring a semi regular bench of guests. This week Dan Riehl of the RiehlWorldView blog will … [Read more...] about Listen To Bloggers LIVE

The un-representative Representative, Jean Schmidt, may have put her foot in her mouth in more ways than one! Where is that graphic Joe uses? Hey Jean! Is that foot tasty? … [Read more...] about Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio 2 May Be “Ethics-Challenged”

For one night, congressmen frequently at each other's throats slapped each other's butts instead for a charity game of flag football, in the rain and mud, against the Capitol Police to raise money for the cop's Memorial Fund. And they fought their bigger, younger, more athletic underlings to a tie! I'd rather hear this banter than the mindless paeans to "my friend" followed … [Read more...] about Congressmen take on Capitol Police in flag football for charity

Much has been written about the ills of torture over at Donklephant, so I figure my first REAL post here should take it up. Personally, I don't think those who condone torture as a means to an end, actually realize what that "end" really is. They think it's actionable intelligence that will keep us safe. However, I think many are now beginning to understand that it could … [Read more...] about Why Torture Doesn’t Work

A new complicating factor has been thrown into TMV's posts beween now and the second week in December. This is written as he gets ready to go to the airport. It turns out that someone has stolen TMV's laptop. He'll still be doing his posts but he will be limited on certain days and for a three day stretch at the end of next week. This is NOT a good financial time for this to … [Read more...] about Note To Readers:

On November 9 and 17 of this year, I addressed the use of white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, by U.S. forces in Iraq. Reaction from readers was, well, intense. You can find those posts here and here. No one thinks that WP is a humane weapon, and no one denies that it was used in Iraq, specifically in Fallujah, but one of the central questions of the discussion, both here … [Read more...] about Pentagon admits white phosphorus is a chemical weapon

Here's an overlooked but rather serious story from recent days: A French diplomat has admitted to accepting "oil allocations" from Saddam -- that is, for participating in the oil-for-food scandal -- that is, for feeding Saddam's tyranny. Wonderful, eh? … [Read more...] about Feeding Saddam: French corruption and the oil-for-food scandal

I wrote mostly about U.S. politics and culture, as many of you know, but here are a couple of stories from The Canada Desk: 1) Shania Twain has been awarded the Order of Canada, this country's highest civilian honour -- see here. In all, 43 Canadians received the honour... Governor General Michaelle Jean, Queen Elizabeth's representative and our de facto head of state, … [Read more...] about Shania Twain and softwood lumber

Two articles leave me significantly less inclined to support either of these two Democratic frontrunners in 2008. Sure it's early to be Presi-blogging. But it sure is fun. … [Read more...] about Strikes Against Warner, Feingold

Since the White House went on its big offensive, suggesting those who oppose the war in Iraq or have serious questions about how the administration has handled it are undercutting the troops and fellow travelers of terrorists, the operative questions have been: What will HILLARY say? Will she come out for immediate withdrawal? Will she insist that will have bad consequences? … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Cautions Against Immediate Iraq Pullout

Watch it yourself HERE and decide if it was insidious or not. What's the big deal? During his presidency, a TRIPLE X appeared over Bill Clinton's face... … [Read more...] about Dick Cheney And The Mysterious “X”

The Moderate Voice is heading to the East Coast today to visit his parents, The Moderate Parents. His posts will continue...but today is a 100 percent travel day. However, our always independent co-bloggers will have some things to say, so stay tuned. TMV will be posting himself over the next few days. But the only posts you'll see by him today appear by way of the magical … [Read more...] about TMV On The Road

As nearly everyone knows, blogging is basically voluntary. People put in a LOT of spare time doing it and it doesn't pay the bills (except in a few cases). And there may be family crises, critical education requirements, new jobs that can interfere with doing it on a regular basis. Some of our always independent guest bloggers now have some of other things going on that … [Read more...] about Welcome Our Newest Co-Bloggers

Hi all, I'm Justin Gardner, editor of the centrist blog Donklephant. Joe has been kind enough to invite me to post on TMV and I'm more than happy to oblige. A little background on me...I'm a marketing guy by day and am currently working at a new internet search technology startup. I used to write a left-wing screed/e-newsletter called StayInformed, but I realized that, instead … [Read more...] about To Begin…