AltWeeklies Wire
2008: The Year of the Nerdnew
Barack Obama collects Spider-Man comics and knows how to communicate with Vulcans. But in a year when many a dashing high-school quarterback and perfect prom queen got wedgies from the freaks and geeks, its really no surprise he was elected.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
12-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Angry Grammarian: Forgetting Sarah Palinnew
Perhaps the most prized spoil of the election is the richest word to enter the lexicon in a long time. Like all the best neologisms, it's descriptive, it's self-explanatory and it just makes you feel so good: "Palinfreude."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
11-17-2008 |
Commentary
Palin Drone
John McCain's odd choice proves the scary power of the Republican religious right.
Syracuse New Times |
Ed Griffin-Nolan |
09-17-2008 |
Commentary
Hillary, Barack, and John Replacing Britney and Lindsay in Your Checkout Linenew
The National Enquirer, Globe and the National Examiner are running almost as many stories about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as The National Review and The Nation are. Even John McCain has graced a couple of covers. Naturally, the tabs are less interested in the candidates' political positions than their sexual ones.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
Vote Obama Because He's Just Like an Apple Computer?new
I'm weirded out by the idea that it's meaningful to compare the Democratic primary to the release of a new technological gizmo.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-28-2007 |
Commentary
Shame on Ann Coulternew
The woman who called Arabs "ragheads" after 9/11 and who said Muslims should be converted to Jesus at gunpoint is in hot water after calling presidential candidate John Edwards a "faggot" during a speech on Friday.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
03-09-2007 |
Commentary
