Just look at this. (A special thanks to you, Les, for bringing this to my attention. It's a scream!) … [Read more...] about Here’s A Republican Who’s REALLY Stealing Dean’s Voters

Links are from sites with varying viewpoints. Opinions expressed do not necessarily express the views of TMV or its co-bloggers. A New Conservative Blog Promises To Have Lots Of ORIGINAL Writing: The blog is American Cicero. It promises to get right-to-the point and vows to be stylistically different than most blogs:The American Cicero is still able to think for himself, and … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

NOTE TO READERS: Many regular readers of this site have noted that on weekends we used to shut down this site with a referring message that we were guest blogging on Dean's World. Then we got lots of complaints so a few weeks ago we tried limited weekend blogging (we'd do a two original posts here and run pointer links to our others done on Dean's World) and invited our … [Read more...] about Our Weekend Guest Posting On Dean’s World Is Over

It's hip to keep abreast of the latest medical news which suggests Haagen Daz may be good for your (female) health. The BBC reports: Curvy women are more likely to live longer than their slimmer counterparts, researchers have found. Institute of Preventative Medicine in Copenhagen researchers found those with wider hips also appeared to be protected against heart conditions. … [Read more...] about Good News But Not Necessarily For Rosie O’Donnell

Cross-posted to Random Fate. From MSNBC.com: Turned off science Students may be the real victims of the evolution wars By Sandra Lilley News planning editor NBC News Updated: 1:49 p.m. ET June 3, 2005 The battle over teaching evolution is raging in communities across the country, but the headlines rarely focus on the "quiet" impact of this controversy. Science is becoming a … [Read more...] about Sowing the seeds of our own destruction

This NYT story about Tom Cruise's bizarre behavior in recent weeks, as he promotes the Spielberg-directed "War of the Worlds" remake, is amusing enough. But what gave me a chuckle is that the Times went to two blogs to get screen shots (actually, photos) of Cruise's now-infamous jag on Oprah: Defamer.com, Gawker's LA, Hollywood-obsessed counterpart, and TVGasm.com. I'm not … [Read more...] about New York Times begs at the blog masters’ feet

Young blogger Jeremiah Lewis can't get up much excitement for the unmasking of Deep Throat, identifying himself with the apathy of the iPod generation and casting doubts on Mark Felt's hero status. But the media lovefest since the old man admitted his (hopefully) one common trait with the porn industry has gotten Lewis thinking about what we'll really take from history - and … [Read more...] about Pawing through the history chest

Deliberations are expected to begin today in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial — but as the see-saw fortunes of each side have unfolded the question arises: is this a case that's likely to end in a conviction on just a few counts? Most media and court coverage has focused on the overall question of which side has been ahead and what that will mean to a guilty … [Read more...] about Jackson Case Goes To Jury Today: Conviction On Some Charges Likely?

Peggy Noonan's latest Wall Street Journal column reads as if it's a satire piece— but, no, folks it is 100 percent for real. It's truly hard to believe it is. Before we even discuss it we MUST say a few things: This is the last column of her's we'll read. We already subscribe to Mad Magazine and although her writing is a bit funnier, we get more variety in Mad. And … [Read more...] about Peggy Noonan: Mark Felt Caused Genocide And Chuck Colson Was Watergate’s Hero

Via Crooks And Liars a VIDEO of their appearance on the Today show yesterday. (Crooks And Liars always offers high quality video so if you missed on TV). … [Read more...] about Woodward And Bernstein Talk About Deep Throat

The murder of a prominent journalist makes it pretty clear that if you're a prominent politico or journalist in Lebanon and oppose Syria you better have a nice, fat insurance policy to take care of your family when you're gone:DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 2 - An outspoken journalist known for his writings against Syria's presence in Lebanon was killed in a car bombing in … [Read more...] about Anti-Syrian Journalist Killed In Bombing In Lebanon

You SMELL trustworthy. We all know of people that simply smell, or positively reek of being untrustworthy (this blog being the exception, of course). But now scientists have discovered that nasal spray can develop trust — a fascinating development, just waiting to be abused by politicos, time-share salesmen, multi-level-marketing promoters and any person, government or … [Read more...] about Trust Is In The Nasal Spray

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward reveals how meeting an older man led to a friendship that morphed into a mentorship — and how eventually this chance encounter gave him the most important solid anonymous source in journalism history. This is a fascinating piece for several reasons: (a)it underlines the role of fate (b)it underlines the importance of keeping in touch … [Read more...] about How Mark Felt Became Deep Throat And Bob Woodward Made History

Matt (at his swank new digs) points to this Democracy Arsenal post which, in turn, references a new survey on US public support for humanitarian intervention in Darfur. It seems that the American public is, overall, supportive of an increased US role in clamping down on genocide in Sudan. The conversation that has developed from this, thanks to Matt, is whether or not public … [Read more...] about The Politics of Darfur

Links are from sites with varying viewpoints. Opinions expressed do not necessarily express the views of TMV or its co-bloggers. Watergate Wars: Revenge Of The Nixonites: Pat Buchanan and Chuck Colson hopped in a time machine and showed Today viewers the mind-set of people who were around Richard Nixon. And some people wonder why Nixon went down? And, no, it just isn't TMV who … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

The thumbs down by Dutch voters to the proposed European constitution is due to the long pursued ideal of a European Union having run into an unexpected roadblock: voters who analyze and exercise their democratic right to say no. The news has NOT been good for the leaders and political scientists who've dreamed of a United Europe. Coming on the heels of France's nixing of the … [Read more...] about Dutch Voters’ Treaty Nix Second Big Body Blow To EU

...but does it love them back? A Democratic advocacy group did some research that is likely to be ignored by the groups now controlling the party. … [Read more...] about Democrats love the middle class…

I am one of the guest-posters that Joe often refers to when he has other, more important and pressing issues to attend to than this weblog. I apologize for not being able to add any additional commentary this evening than a few brief posts linking to some recommended reading. I am currently living in France, and it is after 2:00AM here. For me it is after an evening out with … [Read more...] about My apologies…

Pennywit, who hosts a quasi-group blog at Pennywit.com (based upon a Drupal publishing system, the contributions of others frequently make the front page and RSS feed) and who is self-described as a liberal, has posted a response to the writings of one of his conservative contributors regarding the recent behaviors of the Democratic Party: The Ridiculousness of Being a … [Read more...] about More recommended reading

The Commissar at The Politburo Diktat is a self-described conservative; however he is uncomfortable with much of what he has seen written by bloggers, even those on the right-wing, as he illustrates here in this recommended reading: Questioning Patriotism Think seriously about what he has to say. … [Read more...] about Some notes (and cautions) on blogging from a voice on the right