Lawyers say that if someone is on trial and if — as under California law — cases of past molestations or molestation allegations are allowed in to show a pattern, there's a good chance that defendent is toast. Get out the marmalade for King of Pops Michael Jackson. In a truly devastating development, a now 24-year-old young man who did not want to testify in … [Read more...] about The Legal Toaster Goes POP For The King Of Pops

Bull Moose, one of the Internet's most interesting weblogs (it is closely associated with the DLC Democratic centrists), has a post that should be read in full about the plight of GOP Moderates...and what may be in store for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. A few excerpts: The Moose urges the Environmental Protection Agency to grant endangered species protection to Republican … [Read more...] about Is Tom DeLay Going To Be Undermined By Karl Rove?

I thought we did. Will somebody kindly tell Senator John Cornyn? Sen. Cornyn has now seemingly given a perfect mental fig leaf for every nut on the right OR ON THE LEFT who wants to physically take out a judge (or the judge's family) with whom he or she disagrees. All Cornyn needed to add in his execrable remarks was the "Twinkie defense." In a Senate floor speech in which … [Read more...] about Haven’t We Heard That There Are NO EXCUSES For Terrorism Or Terrorist Threats?

Take this quiz. P.S.: I flunked. … [Read more...] about Can You Pass This?

Really, it does: Teens believe oral sex is less risky to their health and emotions than regular sex, and they think it is more acceptable among their peers. Not surprisingly, they also are more likely to try oral sex. This view comes from a new survey of 580 ethnically diverse Northern California ninth-graders reported in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics. The … [Read more...] about This Study Sucks

The Pulitzer Prizes — the prizes that represent the highest honor in journalism — are in: NEW YORK - The Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the public service award for exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at an inner-city hospital. The Wall Street Journal also won two, including one for stories about the plight of … [Read more...] about Pulitzer Prizes Are In

Now here's a new reason why it'll be easier than ever to have TV put you to sleep: Al Gore is starting a TV network. This is not a belated April Fool's post. A film titled Bedtime For Bonzo would be a good fit for what it may well do to viewers, if its founder's personality influences it. But we've heard somewhere that that film has a Republican connnection... Here are some … [Read more...] about If TV Put You To Sleep Before….

Vice President Dick Cheney has basically dissed House Majority Leader Tom Delay comments on court judges — and also thrown ice-cold water on a hot boomlet promoted by commentators and some GOPers for him to run for the top office in 1008. If I was Tom DeLay today I might accurately conclude I had a bit less suppport on one of my key issues: Vice President Cheney says he … [Read more...] about Dick Cheney Says “WHOA!”…Bigtime

According to The Christian Science Monitor, the new draconian bankruptcy reform bill passed by Congress is likely to hit one segment of the population especially hard: women. "Make no mistake, the new bankruptcy bill will fall hardest on women," says Elizabeth Warren, a professor at Harvard Law School and coauthor of "All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan." Even … [Read more...] about Bankruptcy Reform’s Hardest Hit: Women?

Syria now promises to get all of its forces out of Lebanon by April 30th — and even let a United Nations verification team come in and see for itself that the troops are gone: Syria has promised to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon by April 30 and will let a United Nations team verify the pullout, a U.N. envoy said Sunday. Damascus ordered the withdrawal, demanded by … [Read more...] about Promises Promises…..

Every few months we offer our readers a link so they can explore psychic predictions. Here's a good one. … [Read more...] about Psychic Predictions Galore

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is apparently forgetting the late Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill's oft-quoted warning that "all politics is local" — and a poll shows he's taking a hit in his home district. So he'll have to step up his campaign to equate questions raised about his ethics or the wisdom of shoving Congress into the Terri Schiavo case with an assault on … [Read more...] about Tom DeLay’s Local Poll Shows Political Nosedive

Our occasional linkfest featuring interesting items from various weblogs. Links are NOT restricted to just one political viewpoint. Opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of The Moderate Voice or its Guest Bloggers. ARE IRAQI TERRORISTS LOOKING FOR AN EXIT STRATEGY? The always-thoughtful Donald Sensing thinks they are: I posted late last month of the report that native … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

We've gotten emails asking about our reaction to the death of Pope John Paul II. This is our personal story and reaction — posted earlier this weekend on Dean's World. Pope John Paul II formally began his stint as Pope on October 16, 1978. And I remember full well the day he was named. I was living in Spain where I was writing for The Christian Science Monitor as their … [Read more...] about PERSONAL NOTE: On Pope John Paul II

The Moderate Voice will be moderating a blog-related panel discussion at The Bay Area Law School Technology Conference at Stanford University on April 9. The topic of his panel will be this: eDemocracy: The Role of Blogs and Online Activitists in 2004 What was the effect of blogs/online activists in the last election? Dean ran an internet campaign and the mainstream press … [Read more...] about The Moderate Voice Goes To Stanford

Click HERE for a MAJOR ROUNDUP I just posted on Dean's World containing excerpts from a cross-section of weblogs of many different viewpoints. Original posts resume on this site Monday morning. … [Read more...] about Pondering The Passing And Life Of Pope John Paul II

To read our posts on the Pope and his passing go to Dean's World. … [Read more...] about Pope John Paul II: May 18, 1920-April 2, 2005

....one life/death issue will continue to rage here. … [Read more...] about While All Eyes Are On Rome Where A Life/Death Struggle Played Out There

....Google News could delist you. … [Read more...] about Be Careful What You Write….

We're Guest Blogging on Dean's World this weekend. If you're new to this site, that means all of my posts are done on that site until Monday morning, although since Powerblogs is on EST I sometimes resume original material on this site starting 12 pm EST Sunday night ( which is 9 pm out here in San Diego, CA). We're watching the drama surrounding Pope John Paul II today. TMV … [Read more...] about We’re GUEST BLOGGING — And Doing A Bit Of Prayer — Today