CBS is probably going to replace Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News with an anchorperson team -- and we know just the three guys who are perfectly suited to fill Dan's shoes. Oh. They're not available. SPREAD OUT!!!! Since Rather and the 60 Minutes Wednesday crew poked their finger in the CBS eye with the Memogate fiasco, and an independent panel's report issued a blistering … [Read more...] about CBS Could Replace Dan Rather With A Team

Long haul air travel may never be the same again with the unveiling (and they needed a pretty big veil, let me tell you) of Air Bus's A380 a double decker "superjumbo" jet with a 262 foot wing-span. Just think...a huge plane...Twice the number of people to give stale snacks to...twice the number of people on one plane whose luggage can be lost or mangled. It will … [Read more...] about Now An Airplane Can Serve Twice As Many Stale Pretzles

Keep checking back but we are doing limited posting tonight. If we post the posts will be (mercifully) shorter than usual. The reason: a ton of non-blog work to do (that does exist, you know) plus the fact that The Moderate Voice has to look into options now that his trust laptop is 100 percent dead and cannot be revived. This laptop has been central to our blog and business … [Read more...] about Limited Posts Tonight

We're getting an awful lot of trackbacks again that are from sites that haven't linked to our posts. Although we love reading posts (and we love reading all sides) it's common knowledge that trackbacks are supposed to be sent to let a site you haved linked to know that you have linked to them. When we do our Around the 'Sphere we link to a lot of sites and if they have … [Read more...] about A Reminder Again On Trackbacks

Just when you think the New York Times might be attempting to rebuild its recently-shattered image as a role model for journalism you see an article like this -- reflecting biases out of the starting gate, telling assumptions that put it in the category of "advocacy journalism" and leaving you with an overall feeling that you need to take a mental and physical shower … [Read more...] about The New York Times Blows It Again

THANK YOU, RANDOM FATE Jack Grant of Random Fate is interviewing The Moderate Voice in a 20-part, on-line interactive interview. You can read the first part of the interview here. … [Read more...] about The Moderate Voice Is Being Interviewed

Are you bored by the goody-two-shoes feeling at Disneyland? Are you sick of the feeling all that happiness and joy as you watch your kids frolic at Knotts Berry Farm? Then, wait: this is good news for you (but perhaps less so for your family): Take your family to.........Stalin World. That's Right! Stalin World in Lithuania was opened on April 1 as an April Fool's joke...but … [Read more...] about A GREAT VACATION IDEA: Take Your Family To A Prison Gulag Theme Park

Our idea stew of links from all over the Blogo-you-know-what. Links are NOT SELECTED or recommended on the basis of ideology and represent differing political views. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of The Moderate Voice. THERE'S A NEW PROBLEM WITH KIDS AND THEY'RE CALLED TWIXTERS: Stephen Green explains:"Apparently, there are millions of these … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

I see we're having some technical problems on this site today. Even here at The Moderate Condo it's taking a along time for our site to download. We've removed some photos to see if that makes a difference but it doesn't so there is something apparently from the Typepad end (we have had several technical problems here the past month). Hopefully it'll pass and if it lasts too … [Read more...] about Some Technical Problems

Amid the continued controversy raging over Sy Hersch's New Yorker story, President George Bush has left the door ajar for military action against Iran, if need be. Is this sending Iran a message? Or the reflection of some actual contingency plans close to what Hersch wrote about in his story? Here's the news report:WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Monday he would … [Read more...] about Bush Won’t Rule Out Military Action On Iran

Yegads, we forgot to post the exaulted winners of the Watcher of Weasels' Council for January 7. Rather than add them to Around the 'Sphere, we'll give you this special edition. Note that even though the WofWC votes and picks a council member post, ANYONE can submit their post for consideration. Any post can be submitted, unless the post has a horse tied to it. The January 7 … [Read more...] about More Choice Posts From The Weasel Watchers

Award winning and controversial journalist Seymour Hersh is at the center of a furor again -- this time over his report in the New Yorker saying U.S. commandos are in Iran looking for taboo weapons...and that the U.S. is poised to attack Iran as the next target in the war against terrorism. The Pentagon has issued a  devastatingly sarcastic denial, but if you look at … [Read more...] about Sy Hersh: U.S. Targeting Iran…Can He Be Believed?

NOTE: This was posted this weekend on Dean's World as well. La Shawn Barber is working on a research/writing project and wants to find out from people who have weblogs whether blogging is addictive. She's posting four key questions: 1)How long have you been blogging? 2) Do you believe you're addicted to blogging? Please explain, and be honest. 3) Have you ever taken a … [Read more...] about BLOGGING: Can Blogging Become Addictive?

Our occasional medly of links from weblogs of all political persuasions. Opinions do not necessarily represent the opinion of The Moderate Voice (unless they are expressed by The Moderate Voice). THE REAL COST OF THE WAR IN IRAQ: Whether you're a liberal, conservative, Republican or Democrat, you want to read Jack Grant of  Random Fate's cautionary note on the real cost … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

Is it going to be the same 'ol same 'ol with a Palestinian leader -- or is it for real this time: RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ordered Palestinian security forces to stop attacks by Palestinian militants on Israelis. The move comes after a Palestinian attack Thursday on the Gaza-Israel border that killed six Israeli … [Read more...] about New Palestinian President: Lip Service Or A Real Change?

Last year the country was shocked and stunned by an unprecedented sight on television: Janet Jackson's breast reveal during the Supertime half-time show. The only thing worse would have been a breast reveal by American Idol's Ruben Studdard. The FCC clamped down, warning that it would pursue a draconian fine policy....Howard Stern was targeted...his stations were told they … [Read more...] about Stemming A TV Threat Worse Than Janet Jackson’s Breast Reveal

When President George Bush is inaugurated into his second term this week, the Washington Post reminds us, it's also going to mark the solidification of the fact that the Bush family is now one of the most successfully political dynasties in American history. It notes that the Bushes haven't been stylesetters and if Bush had lost in November the family's standing could have … [Read more...] about The Bushes: Now The U.S.’s Leading Political Dynasty

On April 4, 1968 I was an Amity High School senior, sitting up in my room in Woodbridge, Connecticut writing a history term paper on conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. I was then, as now, a news junkie so I had the radio tuned to WCBS News Radio in New York City. Suddenly, that awful CBS bulletin sound came on. The news: Dr. Martin Luther … [Read more...] about Dr. Martin Luther King: January 15, 1929- April 4, 1968

Our posts will resume Monday morning. We put the one on below by mistake and will leave it there. Tomorrow is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a pivotal figure to us and we want to spend a bit of time tonight reflecting -- and writing. So there will be a special post on that here tomorrow. We'll also be doing an Around The 'Sphere weblog roundup of … [Read more...] about Note To Readers:

CBS Dan Rather may face some consequences after all because the CBS bigwigs are seemingly inching towards a neat, corporate-face saving (they hope) alternative to letting him resume a high-profile career after the independent panel's blistering Memogate report: by canceling 60 Minutes Wednesday out from under him. This would be a quintessentially corporate way of ending a … [Read more...] about Is Dan Rather On The Verge Of Being Indirectly Fired?