AltWeeklies Wire
Forget Lieberman -- The Dems Should Boot John Dingellnew
The octogenarian Democratic Congress member from Michigan whom the netroots should really be after; he's the guy who should be ousted from his post chair of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-19-2008 |
Commentary
November 4, 2008new
We progressives should celebrate a historic day, but we shouldn't get too carried away.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-05-2008 |
Commentary
Another American Institution Fails, and We Lose Faith in Ourselvesnew
Now that Wall Street has failed -- a victim of its own greed -- you can add it to the list of institutions in which we have lost our collective trust.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
10-01-2008 |
Commentary
US Presidential Candidates Oversimplify the Georgia Crisisnew
Both Obama and McCain failed to take advantage of the crisis as an opportunity to comment on the complex nature of the territorial dispute in Georgia. Yes, we know that one of the first rules of campaigning is that messages should be kept simple, but we don’t have to like it. And when the subject matter is dicey foreign policy with potentially grave consequences, over-simplicity is dangerous business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
08-13-2008 |
Commentary
Political Parties Need to be Tossed Onto the Scrap Heap of Democracy's Failuresnew
There are already factions within the two major parties struggling for influence. We'd surely like to see more cross-pollination among them on various policy issues based not on what they think is in the long-term interest of their factions, but on what they think is in the long-term interest of the majority of the public -- or, what was once known as the middle class.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
06-26-2008 |
Commentary
The White House's Despicable Duonew
We wish George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would just shut the hell up and go away.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
03-26-2008 |
Commentary
Ending the Death Penalty in 2008new
We hope the rest of the country follows New Jersey's lead on the death penalty.
San Diego CityBeat |
Editorial |
01-02-2008 |
Commentary
