AltWeeklies Wire
Pedophiles and Politicians: who is the greater threat to our children?new
There is never a good time to be dragged into a child sex abuse scandal, but the Citadel's timing could not be worse. Dealing with the fallout from Louis "Skip" Reville's recent arrest would have been difficult enough.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
S.C. General Assembly Tries to Regulate Immigrationnew
South Carolina's politicians have never been afraid to drag their state into fights in which it is hopelessly overmatched both on principal and on substance.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
The Apoca-Listnew

AKA The "We're Fucked" Index.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
Our F--- You System of Government
Got a problem? The U.S. government has an all-purpose response to whatever ails you: f--- you.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: #occupy, Occupy movement
Is San Francisco Moving to the Right?new

The demographic makeup of San Francisco is changing, and has been for a while.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
11-11-2011 |
Commentary
Ending Government Largesse Always Top Priority for Conservativesnew

Conservatism is a negative philosophy. I don't mean "negative" in that it proposes something undesirable, but negative in that it has always sought to negate the more objectionable aspects of the human condition. Man has a propensity for evil. This means that men must be restrained in some fashion, which is precisely why conservatives have typically stressed religion, conventional morality, humility, etc.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-10-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: conservative
S.C. Republicans Determined to Disenfranchise Black Votersnew

Shortly after the 2008 election, Ann Beser and Steve Chand, of Myrtle Beach, saw the notice in the local paper that there would be a big breakfast confab of Republicans in Georgetown. Beser and Chand are not Republicans, but they are white, and that was good enough. So these two retirees drove down from Myrtle Beach to Georgetown to have grits and eggs with the GOPers.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-10-2011 |
Commentary
The Apoca-Listnew

AKA The "We're Fucked" Index.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-09-2011 |
Commentary
Can Mormons Be Trusted? A Shallow Guide to Managing Your Most Ill-Informed Fearsnew
Last month evangelical leaders gathered in D.C. for the Values Voter Summit, where disciples of the Pissed-Off Jesus harrumphed and yammered about how much America sucked. That's when the bomb ignited.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Kotz |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
MediaReformSC Takes on the Profit-Driven Media Machinenew

An important public deadline passed on Oct. 31. Did you notice it? No? Well, you're hardly alone. Halloween was the last day for citizens to file comments or objections with the Federal Communications Commission regarding the renewal of radio broadcasting licenses in South Carolina. You say you didn't hear anything about this deadline on any local radio stations? Neither did I. At the time I wrote this column, I had yet to read anything about it in the good old Post and Courier. Apparently, it was a pretty well kept secret.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
More Minority-Owned Firms are Participating in City Projectsnew

The result: African-American participation in the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center was at 15.5 percent, up from 6 percent for the Dock Street Theatre, while the percentage of women-owned firms working on the project were higher for the community center than with the theater, rising from 5 percent to 6 percent. (Women-owned firms also received 8 percent of the work on the Bees Landing Recreation Center.) This is progress. But we have to build on this by working with city government to develop more ways to get minority firms involved.
Charleston City Paper |
Kwadjo Campbell |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Foreign Intervention Can Create More Problems Than it Solvesnew

The current U.S. foreign policy is a disaster. For many Americans, this sounds harsh. Yet, it is something most of us can admit after examining our most recent foreign interventions individually.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: foreign policy, U.S.
The QueQue: Racist Gun Instructor Shame-Free and Other Storiesnew

Hill Country gun instructor Crockett Keller has become Texas’ latest racist heard ’round the country. “Attention. Be a victor not a victim,” begins his advert for concealed handgun courses before taking an abrupt racist, xenophobic turn – a rant that’s now become a YouTube sensation.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
The Apoca-Listnew

AKA The "We're Fucked" Index
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
The QueQue: Pearl Railroaded, ACLU Sues ICE, CCA over Hutto Assaults, TCEQ Exposednew

Despite a no vote from District 10 Councilman Carlton Soules and District 5 Councilman David Medina’s no show, San Antonio’s Council bravely vaulted fringe objections from the Homeowner Taxpayer Association (“Mayor Castro, do not railroad us!”) and Tea Partiers (“We don’t need a Solyndra in San Antonio”) to course down the tracks toward a “multimodal” future and our first urban rail project.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
10-27-2011 |
Commentary