We'll give you a hint: "Gandelman" isn't one of them..... … [Read more...] about The Five Top Surnames In America

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Maybe he was. … [Read more...] about “Oh, Yeah, Right. And Was Pope John Paul II Jewish?”

Jews are beginning to speak out against conservative Christian efforts to appropriate everything "religious" to themselves. And "that's a good thing" … [Read more...] about Asserting Independence

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It's deja vu all over again with yet another announcement that a top Al-Qaeda terrorist — a REALLY top Al-Qaeda terrorist this time — has been reportedly killed. You have to say "reportedly" and hedge your bets, since over the past few years perhaps dozens of Al-Qaeda's top three terorrists have been reported killed or captured — if you factor in each report … [Read more...] about Was Terrorist Bigwig Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed? (UPDATED)

Cross posted at The Smoking Room If you're interested in medical ethics surrounding assisted suicide, quality of life and such, two great sources for such news and commentary are Slate's Will Saletan and bioethics writer Wesley J. Smith. The latter points out that assisted suicide has been carried out on the non-terminally ill -- with their representatives sometimes lying to … [Read more...] about Assisted suicide sometimes used on non-terminally ill – lying to get around national law

TMV NOTE: We often repost posts done the night before on the next day's blog, to make sure they get maximum readership. The post below ran mid-day yesterday — but we're reposting it today due to some of the important issues involved. Perhaps President George W. Bush has seen some new polls that we haven't seen yet about the impact of his White House suggesting that those … [Read more...] about Bush Tries To Cool Fiery Iraq Debate A Few Notches

Dennis the Peasant tells his side of the story with respect to Pajamas Media. While it should be read keeping the source in mind, much of what he describes is very consistent with events after he stopped working with those involved in creating OSM, including the erratic communication and changing business plan. --- Cross-posted to Random Fate (with slight edits). UPDATE: … [Read more...] about A bit of backstory on Pajamas Media/OSM

Two of the interesting developments in recent years has been the rise of the religious right and a generally more muted reaction from other religious groups and organizations about it then you'd expect. No more. A prominent Jewish leader has blasted the religious right in a very public way. The AP:HOUSTON - The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism blasted … [Read more...] about Jewish Leader Condemns Religious Right (UPDATED)

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The Washington Post, in an editorial, argues that there's plenty of irresponsibility to go around the controversy surrounding Jack Murtha, the Congress, the White House and Iraq policy. Highlights:It sounds like the final days of a bitter, mud-slinging political campaign. But what is at stake is not an election but a war in which American soldiers are being killed and wounded … [Read more...] about Washington Post Blasts Both Sides In Murtha/Iraq Controversy

Our occasional linkfest offering you a guidemap to good reading from DIFFERING viewpoints. Links do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TMV. What FactCheck Says About President George W. Bush And WMD via The Astute Blogger. Reaction To Murtha/House Uproar from The Boston Progressive, who was not pleased with what he saw. The Race For $$$ For The Senate and how both … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

Military blogger Citizen Smash, aka the Indepundit, is one of TMV's favorites because he just gets down to the issues with a minimum of political rhetoric and doesn't personally go after people who write things with which he disagrees. And on the controversy over calls for a withdrawal from Iraq Smash again displays why he is worth reading and his opinion worth considering. … [Read more...] about Citizen Smash On Immediate Withdrawal

...at Captain's Quarters, one of the must-read conservative weblogs on the Internet. The Captain, Ed Morrissey, has skyrocketed in popularity but it can't just be explained by his being frequently linked to by InstaPundit and other big conservative sites. The fact is, Morrissey does a couple of things that sets him far apart from many weblogs — conservative, liberal and … [Read more...] about Take A Peek…..

We wrote a lot already about the controversy surrounding Jack Murtha, the GOP and the Democrats and the fireworks in the House. But here are two more MUST-READS from Oxblog's David Adesnik on this controversy. Adesnik does balance out some of the points in this story that have gotten lost amid the media coverage, the 'vilify-him' comments from the right and the 'deify-him' … [Read more...] about More On Jack Murtha, The Democrats, The Republicans And The House

Legal history has repeated itself: actor Robert Blake, found not guilty of the murder of his wife in a criminal trial, has now lost a civil case — most likely putting on hold for a long time any hopes he had of returning to the show biz mainstream and perhaps the latest person to experience "celebrity justice." It's an interesting phenomenon: a high-profile gets … [Read more...] about Robert Blake: The New O.J.?

We feel your pain. We know we've been negligent in doing more of our highly popular Take A Peek mini-reviews of websites. So starting today, we're going to be trying to more of them each week. A reminder that we ROTATE the kinds of sites we look at. One day you'll see a liberal site, another a centrist site, another a conservative site -- or even a nonpolitical (God forbid!) … [Read more...] about We’ve Heard You…

A detailed review from Donald Sensing. … [Read more...] about Movie Review: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

A NAACP official switches political parties... … [Read more...] about A High Profile Gain For The GOP In Florida