AltWeeklies Wire
Al Gore: The Man Who Has Them Nailednew
The Assault on Reason is more profoundly important than I realized when it was first published (and I myself did a quick review of it).
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
America's Foreign Policy Fallacynew
For half a century, U.S. foreign policy has largely been like a large ship that makes few and slight course corrections -- in just six years, we've been thrown way off course, and the compass is spinning as a result.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
His Darkest Hournew
Former New Orleans City Council at-large member Oliver Thomas pleads guilty to a federal bribery charge -- his handling of the charge embodies the best and worst of the city.
Gambit |
Allen Johnson |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
After Iowa Straw Poll, Mike Huckabee is on a Rollnew
If Huckabee is lucky, the focus will continue to be on form and not substance -- it worked for George Bush in 2000.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
08-17-2007 |
Commentary
A Message for Cindy Sheehan: Don't Runnew
Let Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly pick on Pelosi -- keep your sites on Bush and the Republicans who want to succeed him. Plus: The exit of Karl Rove.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
08-17-2007 |
Commentary
Shame: China's Most Valuable Export
Corrupt Chinese officials face execution while CEOs who mess up commit suicide -- is there something we can learn?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-15-2007 |
Commentary
Keep the Crook in Jail -- It's Importantnew
Across Louisiana, there is a budding movement to get former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards out of jail early, either via a presidential pardon or a commutation of the former governor's 10-year sentence -- we oppose any such effort.
Gambit |
Staff |
08-15-2007 |
Commentary
The Power to Change the Gamenew
Last month's CNN/YouTube debate, which gathered the Democratic presidential candidates before an array of questioners drawn from the cyberspace masses, was nothing short of a watershed in U.S. political history -- and (surprise!) the Republicans don't much like it.
LEO Weekly |
Scott Robinson |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
What Bush Didn't Saynew
The president offers sympathies and assistance to Minneapolis and calls on Congress to act before recess -- we fill in the gaps.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
Why The Nation Killed My Storynew
After The Nation's nonprofit investigative fund bankrolled my investigation of Dianne Feinstein, it was headed for the magazine's cover -- until Katrina vanden Heuvel spiked it.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-13-2007 |
Commentary
August Amusements at the Illinois Statehousenew
With help from Will Rogers.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-09-2007 |
Commentary
Why Nobody Takes the Gov. Seriously Anymorenew
I don't know how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich thinks he can govern effectively for the rest of his second term if he stays on this crazy course.
Illinois Times |
Rich Miller |
08-09-2007 |
Commentary
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Faithnew
Nice guy, weird religion: what's the problem?
Charleston City Paper |
Michael Graham |
08-08-2007 |
Commentary
The Silence on Sudan is Deafeningnew
Indifference allows all kinds of terrible things to happen.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
08-07-2007 |
Commentary
Perverted Justice: The Triumph of Thoughtcrime
Another of George Orwell's predictions comes true: the United States increasingly prosecutes people not for criminal acts, but their thoughts.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-07-2007 |
Commentary
