AltWeeklies Wire
Global Warming's Hot Airnew
What's galling to me is the exponentially larger number of people, often wealthy celebrities and politicians, who've jumped on global-warming bandwagon as a recreational activity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Russ Smith |
05-15-2007 |
Commentary
An Apology to Queen Elizabethnew
Your Majesty, I find myself in the awkward position of having to apologize on behalf of all thinking Americans for the recent irritation you most certainly experienced while visiting our country.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
05-14-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush
Our War Genesnew
To borrow computer terminology, it is true that our "operating system" is engineered to support Pentagon-manufactured "applications" that cause great suffering.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-11-2007 |
Commentary
Another Intolerable Anniversarynew
After four years of war, depression accomplished.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
05-08-2007 |
Commentary
Whither Liars?new
One of the great mysteries about the mainstream press in the last six years is its seeming inability to use one particular word: "liar."
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-08-2007 |
Commentary
Presidential Hopefuls Avoid Race Issuesnew
You might have expected race to be a topic at the first Democratic Presidential debate in South Carolina, particularly in light of the host town's bloody and shameful history.
New Haven Advocate |
Doug Daniels |
05-08-2007 |
Commentary
Teaching an Old Dick New Tricksnew
Thank God we've still got Dick Nixon to kick around.
OC Weekly |
Derek Olson |
05-08-2007 |
Commentary
'War on Terror' vs. 'War on Drugs'new
With its war on poppies, the U.S. has turned Afghan farmers into Taliban supporters.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
05-04-2007 |
Commentary
Is There Really A War Going On?
Well, there's a simple and a complex answer to that, most of which has to do with how the corporate owned media reports the war, or in this case doesn't report the war.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
05-02-2007 |
Commentary
Our Doomed Countrynew
If you think of the American people as Ireland Baldwin, and America's divorced parents as Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, it appears that the only real solution for 2008 is for the courts to grant the custody of all American citizens to a nice foster country, like maybe Finland.
Dig Boston |
Cintra Wilson |
05-02-2007 |
Commentary
California Democratic Convention: Say it Ain't So, Joenew
Top 10 reasons Joe Biden chose South Carolina's Democratic Convention last weekend over California's.
San Diego CityBeat |
Staff |
05-02-2007 |
Commentary
It Won't Be Long Before We Have Another Mass Shootingnew
And the same things will happen again: The pro-gun people will say "don't politicize a tragedy," there will be memorials and the president will fly in and say nice things without ever mentioning the word "guns," and things will continue the same way they always have.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-01-2007 |
Commentary
Winning Vote$new
Now that it's clear that campaign finance reform has done nothing to decrease the amount of money infiltrating the country's electoral apparatus except create loopholes that politicians and special-interest groups exploit, isn't it time to put this issue to rest?
Baltimore City Paper |
Russ Smith |
05-01-2007 |
Commentary
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Againnew
In the coming fight for abortion, women must claim not just the autonomy of doctors or patients, but the liberty of women; we must defend not just our health but our lives.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Abortion
Why Moscow's Not Cryingnew
Boris Yeltsin, the charming bruiser with no ideas of his own, leaves a lasting mark.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
