AltWeeklies Wire
A Ban on Hypocrisynew
Liberals and conservatives should re-examine the basics of our public debates.
Fort Worth Weekly |
E.R. Bills |
01-16-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: newtown shooting
Some Big Ideas We'd Like To Seenew
For our first annual Big Ideas issue, we asked ourselves: what changes would we like to see? Legalize drugs, high-speed rail, cultural zoning and more.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
11-23-2012 |
Commentary
Traditional America? It's Over.new
While Obama and his supporters celebrate his surprisingly comfortable win, the reality of governing amid undiminished acrimony will soon rear its head.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
11-14-2012 |
Commentary
Red Meatnew
Why the right wing can't resist the siren call of the single, female progressive Democrat.
Style Weekly |
Alane Miles |
11-05-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: GOP, Right Wingers
Mitt to Shitnew
If Romney wins, expect more lies and misdeeds from both parties in 2016.
Seattle Weekly |
Ron Reagan |
11-01-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Ron Reagan Jr.
Beware the GOP's (Un)Scientific Sexismnew
The majority of Mississippians who voted last fall to block the passage of the "personhood" initiative should be very nervous about the Nov. 6 election.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-26-2012 |
Commentary
Who Are the 47 Percent?new
Regardless of where you stand politically on Romney's "inelegant" statement, as he called it later, a big question looms: Do 47 percent of Americans not pay federal income tax?
The short answer is yes.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-29-2012 |
Commentary
Full-Court Suppressionnew
You could be on the list of the new disenfranchised.
Folio Weekly |
Denise Reagan |
09-25-2012 |
Commentary
Chasing Endeavournew
Here was this incredible device, a testimony to the liberating power of science, and what government can do when its power for good is unleashed. This is a contraption that wouldn’t exist without science and technology and the combined power of people’s collective will that in a democracy is called government.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-24-2012 |
Commentary
An Open Letter to Mr. Romney From a Latinanew
Just because you talk the talk doesn't mean you walk the walk.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen J. Arreaza |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Arizona, Spanish, president, Cuban, News, White House, cumbia, Latin, healthcare, Mexico, 47 percent, Aileen Arreaza, Cuban-American, jalapeño
The Declaration of Independence Daynew
Fourth of July has devolved into a mindless national block party. Here's what we should do about it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-02-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Fourth of July
Healing Wisconsinnew
For those of us who love Wisconsin, this has been a gut-wrenching 16 months. We have seen family members become bitter enemies as they feel forced to choose sides while the state goes through extreme political changes.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
Angela Corey's Command Performancenew
What a difference a few weeks can make. At the end of February, Fla. State Attorney Angela Corey was in the inhospitable waters of national opprobrium, castigated for filing first-degree murder charges against a 12-year-old, criticized for a probe of employees' emails, blamed in a report for jail overcrowding and reduced to hurling insults at local reporters.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
04-16-2012 |
Commentary
Florida: The Weirdest Place in America—and a Perfect Stage for the GOPnew
Even without Herman Cain and that baleful basilisk Mrs. Bachmann, the Republicans refused to be upstaged by the cavalcade of nightmares that's standard fare in the Sunshine State. They showed us they belonged here.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
03-22-2012 |
Commentary
A Romney Runs Through Usnew
Mitt Romney said the federal government would be a lot better off if it was run like Mississippi. Say what?!
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-14-2012 |
Commentary
