AltWeeklies Wire
Beyond the Palinnew
Palin -- who has absolutely no substance to her platform other than beliefs that divide and suppress women -- doesn't deserve to hold the office of vice president. She doesn't deserve to benefit from the feminist movement she denigrates.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
10-17-2008 |
Commentary
Dobbs for President in 2012?new
As the GOP implodes, the financial crisis may present a white-hot moment for a third-party voice to enter the fray -- someone like CNN's Lou Dobbs.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
10-16-2008 |
Commentary
Why the Death of the Virginia GOP Could Be Good for Republicansnew
As the polls continue to go south for John McCain, and the chances of Senate hopeful Jim Gilmore picking off Mark Warner slip from infinitesimal to "President Kucinich" levels of impossibility, we thought we'd take a quick look at the current state of the Old Dominion's convulsing conservative landscape.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
10-16-2008 |
Commentary
Orlando City Council Watchnew
District 1 commissioner Phil Diamond was out with the flu, which meant there would be no reassuring winks, no thoughtful contention and a generally arrhythmic pacing to this week's civic confab.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando, city council
What if Everybody Answered Questions Like Sarah Palin?new
The unabashed balderdash that spews from this particular pig's painted lips makes Dan Quayle look like a thousand Mensa men conflated their sperm in a lab, injected it into the cryogenically preserved uterus of Madame Curie and gave birth to a disembodied brain.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin and Fascism's Winning Smilenew
Palin takes over for Reagan in painting Republicans as something they're not.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
10-14-2008 |
Commentary
How Wall Street is Our Abusive Lovernew
We love the markets because, increasingly, we depend on them for comfort and security. We also love them because they promise romance: more and more, happily ever after. But they also keep us off balance, leaving us hungry -- and unsatisfied desire always feels like love.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
10-13-2008 |
Commentary
Joe Biden's Tears Rememberednew
In 1972, after Sen. Joe Biden's wife and child died, I wrote him a note of condolence. That letter is long gone, but not his response to me, which arrived later that winter.
INDY Week |
Steven Petrow |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
The Real October Surprisenew
As the country struggles with a confidence-shaking economic meltdown, unfinished and bloody business in Iraq and Afghanistan, and soaring energy costs, we can only hope that the candidates will move past the current ugliness and get back to the real issues soon. Now that would be a real October surprise.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
Palin the Impalernew
America's latest manufactured celebrity, Sarah Palin, is intriguing for at least two reasons to those who are easily swayed by the mass hysteria the mainstream media stirs up from time to time over whatever nonentity it chooses to coronate at the moment.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
The McCain Campaign is Flatliningnew
Tuesday's presidential debate was a death rattle not only for the McCain campaign but for a political era.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
10-10-2008 |
Commentary
Billionaires for Michael Bloombergnew
It's one thing to have the New York mayor change a term limits law and run again, but does the media have to lap it up so easily?
New York Press |
Jamaal Young |
10-09-2008 |
Commentary
America's Nightmare and Obama's Appealnew
It is hard to imagine, but the winner of November's contest is going to assume leadership of a nation that is worse off than it is today. Things are going to get worse before they get better. And if McCain is elected, they could get unimaginably worse.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
10-09-2008 |
Commentary
What Did Gwen Ifill Do Wrong?new
As the candidates prep for the final debate, it's a fitting time to ask: why do some journalistic conflicts of interest become scandals, while others get almost no attention at all?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-09-2008 |
Commentary
Investing in Our Futurenew
My father faced a Willie Loman-like epiphany that investing in money and things wasn't as important as investing in children.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
10-09-2008 |
Commentary
