AltWeeklies Wire
The Children of the President Should Go to Public Schoolsnew
Is anyone else appalled that the Obamas are not even considering sending their kids to public schools? Seriously. This may not seem like the most important issue on the president's agenda, but I think it's a big deal.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
11-19-2008 |
Commentary
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
Though it May Be Tempting, There's No Time for Dems to Gloatnew
The task ahead for the Democratic Congress and President-elect Barack Obama is too monumental. Though Obama has yet to be inaugurated, the honeymoon is already over. How does one clean up after a national disaster on the scale of George W. Bush? Where do you even begin?
New Haven Advocate |
Alan Bisbort |
11-18-2008 |
Commentary
Barack the Machine-Slayernew
The man they call No Drama Obama just dusted two of the most formidable machines in modern political history.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
11-18-2008 |
Commentary
The Republicans Are In Trouble ... Conservatives, Not So Much
Conservative commentators are questioning basic tenets of their philosophy in light of the Obama sweep. But it's the Republicans who ought to be questioning their distance from conservatism.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-17-2008 |
Commentary
Obama's Victory Revives the American Dream ... For Nownew
After the hype blows over, it's hard to say whether the President-elect can deliver on his sweeping promises. Like Carter with Nixon, Obama is in the awkward position of being an apologist for his warmonger predecessors. And while the comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq wars have become almost cliche, Obama's biggest test will be in ending the Iraq war.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
11-17-2008 |
Commentary
The Word Police May Do More Harm Than Goodnew
Whining and complaining every time somebody says something that might possibly hurt somebody's feelings, well, that's just so ... oh, I don't know, fascist, I guess.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
American Memoriesnew
The political divide of red states versus blue -- a division coinciding with the separation of North and South with the exceptions of Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia -- has me thinking.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
The After-Bush Afterlifenew
To be effective, Obama's going to have to enlist some of these same centrist characters as his personal political henchmen. Appointing a bunch of progressives, as they are called, would only mean his task would be harder -- not easier. This is about getting stuff done. Not about providing feel-good therapy for a fleet of nervous-Nellie Prius pilots.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Nov. 4, 3:38 a.m.: Three hours after this incident, people were going to start voting for the next president of the United States, which means that you were still up tossing and turning and hoping that rednecks in Pennsylvania wouldn't screw this up for the rest of us.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
Happytown: Craigslist, Foreclosures, and Animal Servicesnew
Thank God the MBI has cleaned up this town.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: Point: All Is Won. Counterpoint: No It Isn'tnew
Four years ago in this space, Weekly editor Bob Whitby and I penned columns on the meaning of the 2004 election, in which progressives and Democrats took a drubbing from George W. Bush and his minions. I foresaw a dystopian future of Republican rule. Whitby prognosticated a different vision, one in which the chickens of GOP excess and incompetence would come home to roost.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Bob Whitby |
11-14-2008 |
Commentary
GOP Strategy: Divide and Be Conquerednew
The partisans will howl in protest, but while certainly not the only culprit, the relentless stream of invective from the right side of the dial has undeniably been a major contributor to the GOP's demise. It's no coincidence that the Republican eclipse began just when conservative talk radio found its audience.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
11-13-2008 |
Commentary
Is the Red State/Blue State Thing Over?new
Will the end of the Bush years signal the simultaneous end of interstate rifts? Or will the antipathies between the government and its malcontents only calcify further?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-13-2008 |
Commentary
Change Hasn't Come to San Francisconew
While the city's streets may have filled on the night of Nov. 4 to celebrate an electoral revolution against racial injustice, its famous left-wing politicians frequently ally themselves against African-American interests. And those politicians' most cherished dreams have no practical effect on improving city slums, stemming violence, or creating jobs.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-13-2008 |
Commentary
