AltWeeklies Wire
Why We Fight: To Defend Rapists
The next time you watch a flag-draped coffin return from Afghanistan, remember why that young man died: to defend Afghan rapists.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-04-2009 |
The War on Women
Every Dogi Has His Day
The country is falling apart. When the going gets tough, Americans turn to doga.
Barack Obama, Torture Enabler
Why does it take a Spanish prosecutor to enforce American laws against torture?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-08-2009 |
Crime & Justice
What Obama and Hitler Have in Common
Billions to kill Muslims in Afghanistan; not one red cent to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that killing Muslims is Barack Obama's top priority.
Why We Hate Banks
For years, banks and insurance companies have insulted, exploited and gouged their customers. Now they want us to bail them out?
TARP: Because It's Payback Timenew
Bankers are complaining that the federal government is changing borrowing terms under TARP. Sounds familiar to their credit card customers...
Tags: banking
From Torture to Bailouts, Change You Can Parse
From torture to bailout to presidential assassinations of U.S. citizens, Barack Obama is fighting to keep Bush-era policies in place.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-17-2009 |
Commentary
Reasons To Be Cheerful, 1-9
Everything's going to hell. But there's a lot of reasons for optimism in an age of suckitude.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-10-2009 |
Commentary
How Top Dailies Are Killing Cartooning
This is the golden age of editorial cartooning — but you'd never know it to read the daily newspaper.
CEO-Bashing for Fun and Profit
Bashing CEOs is fun, but misses the point.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-25-2009 |
Commentary
Obama Gets it Wrong on Afghanistan
The president's recent interview with Canada's CBC television network demonstrates that he doesn't know much about Afghanistan. But that isn't stopping him from talking about it -- even while he escalates America's war there.
Vive la Crise: The Left Rises in France
A two-part look at the rise of France's radical new left--and the possibility that economic crisis could lead to communism in western Europe.
Hopelessness You Can Count On
Americans think politics is something that happens on Election Day. They vote, wash their hands, hope the guy who won does a good job and go back to watching TV. Unless Obama's supporters lean on him to do the right thing, however, there's little reason to think he'll make things better.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-26-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Barack Obama
Obama Plans on Letting Bush Administration War Criminals Off Easy
After committing crimes so numerous and monstrous that bookshelves are already groaning under their weight, the cabal of illegitimate coup leaders who destroyed the U.S. get to tiptoe out of the rubble and go home to a comfortable retirement?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-20-2009 |
Commentary
Oprah's Book Club is Dumbing Down Readers and Rewarding Mediocrity
Readers who rely on popular hype to choose books often come away disappointed. A few may decide to deep deeper, but most won't. Burned readers become non-readers.
