AltWeeklies Wire
The U.S. is Stuck
We haven’t had a major social or political revolution since the 1960s. It’s been too long. Like the Soviet Union, we must develop – scrapping long-held assumptions and reconsidering everything from scratch – or collapse.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-22-2013 |
Commentary
To Live and Die in L.A.
As an ex-LAPD ex-vet goes on a rampage in Los Angeles, it's worth remembering: if you're going to build your economy on the blood and crushed bones of powerless citizens, it's not the smartest idea to pair disposability of the individual with a cult of militarism that sends millions to war.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-12-2013 |
Race & Class
Terrorists Will Attack Us With Drones. Bet On It.
What's to stop a hostile nation-state from attacking the United States with drones? Nothing. What if terrorists get drones? They will.
Philanthropy is Evil
Bloomberg's billion-dollar gift to a school that doesn't need a penny illustrates the inherent absurdity of capitalism: aggregating so much wealth and power in the hands of a few individuals. It's obscene and morally reprehensible to allow a disproportional share of resources to fall under the control of the arbitrary whims of a few quirky rich dudes.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-29-2013 |
Policy Issues
These Strange Politics
Hunter S. Thompson said: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." But what do you do when politics go from weird to completely psychedelic?
Murdered by a Prosecutor
The suicide of a tech wunderkind should prompt a general reexamination of America's out-of-control prison sentences.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-14-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: hacking, Aaron Swartz
21st Century Congress Scum Meet 19th Century Ethics
People are calling the recently adjourned 112th Congress "the most dysfunctional ever" and the least productive since the infamous "do-nothing Congress" of the 1940s. There's lots of blame to go around, but one cause for congressional gridlock has gone unnoticed and unremarked upon: we no longer have a sense of honor.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-07-2013 |
Commentary
I'd Buy the (LA) Times
Asked how they'd spend the $293.7 million they won in November's record Powerball lottery, a Missouri couple told reporters they planned to buy a Camaro. I could help them spend the rest.
Tags: Tribune Co.
Liberals - Fooled Again
It didn't take long for Obama to sell out the liberal base of his party the first time. Well, here it is, December 2012: fooled again.
Tags: Barack Obama
We Don't Have the Right to Care About Newtown
Since we have made a collective national decision to be a bunch of coldhearted bastards, we have to be morally consistent. And that means not caring about our kids either.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
12-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The Self-Censoring of America
The cost of integrity and the payoff for selling out have risen. So fewer Americans are taking chances.
How Reddit is Making Us Stoopid
Thanks to the social-cultural-economic orientation of too many Redditors, it's the Malicious Advice Mallard's world. We only live in it.
Shoot First, Justify Later
Imagine that you were the president of United States. Now think what you would do if you or one of your advisers proposed an idea—a great idea, one that solved a big problem—that was radical to the point of possibly crossing the legal line into unconstitutionality. You'd want to lawyer that sucker, right?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Awaiting a Slut Moment
We need a Slut Moment—a public self-outing by a popular celebrity. Someone who stands up and tells the world: I am a slut. I enjoy sex with more than one partner.
Tags: Petraeus
The Leftist Republican Party of the Future
You can't roll out a new and improved Republican Party social-issues platform overnight without alienating the crazy Christian fundamentalists and other unattractive sorts who currently form the basis of the Republican Party at present. But you can start a transition to a viable future in a methodical, gradual way that prepares the Republican Party for the huge demographic shifts that will drive the politics of the country as it moves further and further to the left.
