AltWeeklies Wire
The GOP's Pledge to America is a Jokenew

When GOP leaders unveiled their Pledge to America last month, the only thing revealed is that these Republicans remain what they have always been: pansies.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
10-12-2010 |
Commentary
Welcome to Paladino Countrynew

Wonder what kind of region produces a man like developer Carl Paladino, who rode the rage of the tea party movement to become the Republican candidate for governor of New York? Welcome to Buffalo and its discontents.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
10-08-2010 |
Commentary
Bitter Teanew

Yes, tea party members, you are enjoying Wi-Fi and the wisdom of Ken Cuccinelli in a huge, $350 million tax burden that hasn’t lived up to its promises.
Style Weekly |
Don Harrison |
10-05-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party, Ken Cuccinelli
The New American Pessimism

Americans have lost faith in "their" government's willingness or ability to address their needs and concerns. But Americans' pessimism is deeper and broader than I thought. And their rage is burning white hot.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-30-2010 |
Commentary
White America Has Lost Its Mindnew

The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
09-29-2010 |
Commentary
Afghan War Lies

If the armies of another nation invade your country, there is no need to resort to lies to sell war. The battle is already joined. The threat is palpable. Anyone with a smidgen of patriotism and/or the instinct of self-preservation will rush to enlist. Mostly, this does not happen.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-14-2010 |
Commentary
A Surplus of Information is Making the War Invisiblenew

New camo for the army, and data dumps from Wiki Leaks. The war is vanishing in plain sight.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
08-26-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Afghanistan, Wikileaks
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
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
Tags: Rand Paul
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
Tags: Tea Party
Adeiu, Ray Naginnew

The final installment of Gambit's three-part series bidding farewell to the outgoing mayor of New Orleans.
Gambit |
Chris Rose |
04-28-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Ray Nagin