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
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
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
Why Did Gov. Ehrlich Change His Mind on Maryland's Voting Machines?new
Perhaps it's easier to claim "voter fraud" when nobody has confidence in the system in the first place.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-24-2007 |
Commentary
On the GOP Attorney Scandal Talking Pointsnew
Claiming "Clinton did it, too" is to confuse the public with facts that the people spouting them know are irrelevant to the issue.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
03-27-2007 |
Commentary
The Song's the Samenew
At the end of last year, the Bushies fired seven U.S. attorneys across the country, using a little-noticed provision snuck into the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
03-07-2007 |
Commentary
Age d'Gorenew
When push comes to shove, Al Gore is not a rock star -- he's a politician.
Baltimore City Paper |
Russ Smith |
03-07-2007 |
Commentary
Coloring Obamanew
Once it became clear that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would be making a run for the presidency, you knew it wouldn't be long before the idiocy -- and the slurs -- started coming out.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
02-21-2007 |
Commentary
Ford Tendernew
Perhaps the current crop of Republicans could learn something from Gerald Ford.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
01-03-2007 |
Commentary
Ho Ho Nonew
Dear Santa, for Christmas I'd like to ask for some kindness and tolerance for my fellow man -- especially from foaming-at-the-mouth conservatives.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
12-07-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Dennis Prager, Keith Ellison
Tar Babynew
When it comes to the war in Iraq, it's about time somebody finally realized that we're not "in it to win it."
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-29-2006 |
Commentary
Honestynew
Robert Ehrlich and Michael Steele will say pretty much anything to get the election out of the way, and then it's four or six more years of the same.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-03-2006 |
Commentary
The M Wordnew
We learn racist behavior as children from our elders -- how we choose to deal with that information determines what kind of adults we become.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-23-2006 |
Commentary
Gender Gapnew
It's the governing that matters, not the families.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
07-19-2006 |
Commentary
