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Nikki Haley's sister is a new age 'visionary'new

Simran is a highly successful "visionary" and "life coach," as well as a magazine publisher and talk show host. She also has some very unconventional beliefs.
Charleston City Paper  |  Chris Haire  |  08-20-2010  |  Commentary

Water Snakesnew

The Obama administration has a chance to do right thing by honoring its water contracts with Northern California.
North Coast Journal  |  Hank Sims  |  08-19-2010  |  Commentary

In Washington, Positive Moves Happening Below the Radarnew

as speculation begins regarding who will win and lose in the November general election, little attention has been given to the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010, commonly called the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, which recently passed Congress.
Charleston City Paper  |  Clay N. Middleton  |  08-19-2010  |  Commentary

Who Was The Real Hero of The 1910 Bombing of The Los Angeles Times?new

The bombing of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 -- whose centennial is in October -- undercut the power of the American labor movement for decades.
Random Lengths News  |  Lionel Rolfe  |  08-09-2010  |  Commentary

Economics of War and Fearnew

In a war economy much of what gets built gets blown up, destroyed, or wasted, as it were, on the unquestionable goal of winning.
Random Lengths News  |  James Preston Allen  |  08-09-2010  |  Commentary

Jonah Goldberg Loves Scatnew

I've got to hand to conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg: He is the King Shit of Bad Metaphors. The evidence? Goldberg's latest column on JournoList.
Charleston City Paper  |  Chris Haire  |  07-28-2010  |  Commentary

Protofascism Comes to America

Racism is only one facet of a far more sinister political strain. It's more accurate to categorize the Tea Party as something the United States has never seen before, certainly not in such large numbers or as widespread: a protofascist movement.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  07-21-2010  |  Commentary

Rough Seas Aheadnew

Will the economy, the oil spill, and Afghanistan conspire to sink Obama's presidency?
Boston Phoenix  |  David Bernstein  |  07-15-2010  |  Commentary

Guns, Government and Elvis: as Texan as Chicken-Fried Steaknew

Among the groups who can bypass metal detectors at the Texas Capitol: legislators; state workers; and those who have concealed-carry licenses. No joke.
Fort Worth Weekly  |  Dave McNeely  |  07-14-2010  |  Commentary

Israel’s Mystic Pullnew

What exactly is a Jew -- and do his first loyalties lie with Israel?
Random Lengths News  |  Lionel Rolfe  |  06-25-2010  |  Commentary

Political Learned Helplessness

Battered and bruised, with no apparent way out, the American electorate has plunged into a political state of learned helplessness as Republicans stand to benefit this fall.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  06-24-2010  |  Commentary

Republican Pundits Embrace Orwellian B.S. Tacticsnew

Republican Newspeak, that anti-intellectual, substance-abusing language style that gave us such zingy propaganda phrases as “Death Tax” and “death panels” is generally so deliriously truthless it would make even a discriminating Nigerian SPAM artist blush.
Hartford Advocate  |  Cintra Wilson  |  05-26-2010  |  Commentary

Recruiting Tolerancenew

Radical-right religious groups spouting hate against gays should consider the example of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel.
Fort Worth Weekly  |  E.R. Bills  |  05-26-2010  |  Commentary

The High Cost of Free Marketsnew

A lack of regulation invites oil spills and financial collapse.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Kadzis  |  05-21-2010  |  Commentary

The Tea Party is Steeped in Angernew

Steeped in anger, its members live in a world of paranoia and rumor
INDY Week  |  Hal Crowther  |  05-06-2010  |  Commentary

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