AltWeeklies Wire
Protofascism with Bright, Patriotic Logosnew
It's long past time for people to stop treating Fox-style, Malkin-style, Limbaugh-style conservatism as merely a "political" phenomenon -- as of this millennium, it's nothing but a hate movement with neckties.
Dig Boston |
Hunter |
10-17-2007 |
Commentary
Stars and Gripesnew
If you don't want people to burn down the U.S.A., you'd better let them burn the flag.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
10-17-2007 |
Commentary
Dogging a High-Flying Birdnew
Planes crash, coke spills, but Mr. O'Connor remains a mystery.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-16-2007 |
Commentary
Is This the Best Kentucky Can Do?new
The state suffers from a double-whammy: high personal-income tax rates, which discourage individual investment, and high corporate tax rates, which poison the entrepreneurial atmosphere and keep residents dependent on Frankfort to bribe companies via outrageous incentives to expand or open new facilities.
LEO Weekly |
Jim Waters |
10-16-2007 |
Commentary
Marijuana Prohibition Was Wrong from the Beginningnew
In 2006, almost 830,000 Americans were arrested for marijuana violations -- this represents 44 percent of all U.S. drug arrests and is more than those arrested for all violent crimes combined.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Chris Goldstein |
10-16-2007 |
Commentary
Bush's $hameless Vetonew
The president's most noticeable piece of roadkill to date, victim of veto number four, is the bill to fund health insurance for children of lower-income families.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
10-15-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: SCHIP
Lapel Pins of Our Countrymennew
Wearing a lapel pin does not make you patriotic. In fact, the lapel pin is false patriotism, a substitute for action. It is indeed, as Obama said, your deeds toward your fellow man that define your patriotism.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
10-12-2007 |
Commentary
Chief Bill Bratton's Secret Policenew
The brutally frank admission of screwups among the top ranks of the LAPD is refreshing and a welcome break from the past, but the chief let us all down by not revealing the names and misdeeds of the 26 officers who are the targets of internal investigations and face possible discipline.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
10-12-2007 |
Commentary
Hillary Clinton's Health Plannew
The new Hillary health-care plan is fundamentally like the old one but without all the regulatory detail that flummoxed Americans and without the layer of health-care "alliances" and the confusing nomenclature like "managed competition" that allowed opponents to create scary scenarios.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
10-12-2007 |
Commentary
So You Think You Know Bill Richardson?new
Then take our six-question quiz.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
10-11-2007 |
Commentary
Why Are Foreign Powers Getting Involved in the Iraq War?new
Iran's meddling in Iraq, just like Turkey's meddling and Saudi Arabia's meddling, is part of an overall national security strategy that does have logic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-11-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
OK, I'll Say It: I Don't 'Support the Troops'new
That is, I don't support them qua troops. I support them as people, just as I support -- or rather, worry, grieve and rage on behalf of -- the Iraqis: as people caught in a senseless, fruitless, apparently endless bloodletting.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
10-10-2007 |
Commentary
Barack Obama Reminds Me of ... Ronald Reagan?new
I remember those days in 1980 when my friends moaned the coming of Reagan. They feared he would change their world, and they could see that he had the charisma to make it happen -- I think Obama has it, too.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
10-10-2007 |
Commentary
Barack's Book Could Save Americanew
From this column forward, I am Obama's blatant, unapologetic Philly partisan.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
10-09-2007 |
Commentary
CHIPped Offnew
Why doesn't Bush want kids to have medical coverage?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary Wilson |
10-09-2007 |
Commentary
