AltWeeklies Wire
What Republicans really wantnew
I think Republicans are motivated by a larger, overriding vision: They want all of America to be just like Indiana.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
10-08-2013 |
Commentary
Indiana versus itselfnew
America may be divided, but that division has less to do with opposing ideas about how to solve the country's problems than it does with one side's trying to resist the momentum of history.
Women in jeopardynew
If you vote Republican, you will be voting against women. It's as simple as that.
Tags: Mike Pence, women's rights
Republican Idealismnew
Republicans are idealists. They're not interested in politics. What they want is a whole new world.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
09-04-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: RNC 2012
Tea Party Dreams Onnew
Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
05-14-2012 |
Commentary
Pity Dick Lugar, His Party's in Shamblesnew
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock has decided the time has come to unseat St. Richard. Once, not so long ago, a challenge like this would have been unthinkable.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
02-27-2012 |
Commentary
The Unmaking of Obama, the Unbossnew
What would Chicago have been like if instead of command decisions, building projects would've been subject to many meetings and a process aimed at consensus?
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
01-09-2012 |
Commentary
The Iraq War, We Are Told, is Overnew
It wasn't that Americans forgave the lie at the heart of the war in Iraq. It was actually worse than that. We simply gave in to it.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
12-20-2011 |
Commentary
On Obama's Story of Bitternessnew
When he talked about campaigning in the Midwest, Barack Obama told a story about what he's seen here. It was not a story people are used to hearing, though there was nothing in it most of us couldn't recognize. That's turned out to be a problem for Obama, but it could also be a definition of leadership.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
04-24-2008 |
Commentary
Dark Horse Dem Running Strongnew
A year ago, no one thought Barry Welsh could win in Indiana's 6th Congressional district -- but that was before public opinion soured on the war in Iraq and before the Foley scandal heightened public frustration.
Immigration Bluesnew
Nothing illustrates this country's failure to define its values like the ongoing struggle over what to do about the estimated 12 million people who are currently living and working here illegally.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
04-20-2006 |
Commentary
