AltWeeklies Wire
Mitt: Perfect-Mormon-Man
Mitt Romney's failure to connect with voters has a lot to do with Mormonism.
The Inlander |
Robert Herold |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Is Iran Trying to Start a War With the United States?new
Yes, the American ships Iran "provoked" were in international waters, but they were close to Iran for the express purpose of intimidation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
A New Sheriff is Riding into Dixienew
The Democrats don't need the South, and that's bad news for the GOP's misleaders in Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Will We Kill the Death Penalty in '08?new
Hopes that the U. S. Supreme Court would strike another and near-fatal blow against the death penalty this year manifestly will not be realized unless a couple of the justices surprise us.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Ron Paul: The Only Candidatenew
Candidates like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton or Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are charismatic, understand the political machine, and use it to their advantage. Paul is an entirely different animal.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-16-2008 |
Commentary
No More False Dichotomies: Don't Piecemeal Me, Bronew
It's too bad we can't elect a president by pastiche. There are various bits to like about various candidates, but no single one seems worth swooning over.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
01-15-2008 |
Commentary
President ... Obama?new
Maybe I've been wrong about what can and can't happen in relation to race in America. Maybe we're finally living in a country where you can honestly, honestly, tell every child that she can truly be anything she wants to be when she grows up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
01-15-2008 |
Commentary
Barack Obama, Empty Suit
Barack Obama's supporters compare him to John F. Kennedy. A better comparison might be Ted Kennedy.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
Tears and Loathing in New Hampshirenew
Hillary is not the first -- or last -- to be a crying shame.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
Vote Kucinich in Muddled Michigan Primarynew
Because of the hopelessly messed-up nature of this year's Democratic primary, this is a perfect opportunity for progressives in Michigan to make a statement without taking any risk. And the way to do that is to vote for Dennis Kucinich.
Metro Times |
Staff |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
New Mood, New Men, New Mountainsnew
The sudden elevation of Obama and McCain after Iowa and New Hampshire was almost Zen-like.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
Hope Rises: When Change Trumps Experiencenew
Barack Obama is the America of the 21st century; multiracial; multinational; rooted in the American dream, but looking like absolutely nobody in the Thanksgiving pageant.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
How the Media Beat Obama in New Hampshirenew
So what happened? Was everyone really so deaf, dumb and blind? Was the thing somehow rigged? Are New Hampshire voters just incurably fickle?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
Why the Obama Love-Fest?new
He's for hope -- but exactly what does that translate into? But beyond that, the fact is a "fresh face" -- one of the more overused descriptors applied to Obama -- is actually quite useless when it comes to American power politics.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
The Clinton Machine Will Not Go Easily Into the Nightnew
Is this what it has come to? A vulnerable Hillary weeping and a red-faced Hubby Bill angrily wagging his finger that all the talk in the media about Obama representing real change is but a "fairy tale"?
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
