AltWeeklies Wire
Elizabeth Dole's Bad Foreign Policynew
By voting for CAFTA, Dole ignores the link between U.S. economic policy and the throngs of immigrants crossing our southern border.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
The Courageous Thing to do in Iraqnew
We broke it -- let others fix it.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee's Pulpit Politicsnew
Churches aren't given their tax breaks to spend the money on politicians, but tell that to the Baptist minister who recently used church stationery and an internet radio program to endorse a fellow Baptist minister for president. It's time for Huckabee to speak out against this.
Arkansas Times |
Editorial |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Jose Padilla: A Corrupted Trial
As the pundits argue over the "winner" in the case, the loser is clear: democracy.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-22-2007 |
Commentary
Who is Victor Bout?new
The Pentagon paid the well-known double dealer who sold tanks and guns to the Taliban to fly weapons into Iraq -- at the same time the Treasury Department was trying to shut him down.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-22-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
America's Foreign Policy Fallacynew
For half a century, U.S. foreign policy has largely been like a large ship that makes few and slight course corrections -- in just six years, we've been thrown way off course, and the compass is spinning as a result.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-21-2007 |
Commentary
After Iowa Straw Poll, Mike Huckabee is on a Rollnew
If Huckabee is lucky, the focus will continue to be on form and not substance -- it worked for George Bush in 2000.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
08-17-2007 |
Commentary
A Message for Cindy Sheehan: Don't Runnew
Let Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly pick on Pelosi -- keep your sites on Bush and the Republicans who want to succeed him. Plus: The exit of Karl Rove.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
08-17-2007 |
Commentary
Shame: China's Most Valuable Export
Corrupt Chinese officials face execution while CEOs who mess up commit suicide -- is there something we can learn?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-15-2007 |
Commentary
The Power to Change the Gamenew
Last month's CNN/YouTube debate, which gathered the Democratic presidential candidates before an array of questioners drawn from the cyberspace masses, was nothing short of a watershed in U.S. political history -- and (surprise!) the Republicans don't much like it.
LEO Weekly |
Scott Robinson |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
What Bush Didn't Saynew
The president offers sympathies and assistance to Minneapolis and calls on Congress to act before recess -- we fill in the gaps.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
Why The Nation Killed My Storynew
After The Nation's nonprofit investigative fund bankrolled my investigation of Dianne Feinstein, it was headed for the magazine's cover -- until Katrina vanden Heuvel spiked it.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-13-2007 |
Commentary
Why Nobody Takes the Gov. Seriously Anymorenew
I don't know how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich thinks he can govern effectively for the rest of his second term if he stays on this crazy course.
Illinois Times |
Rich Miller |
08-09-2007 |
Commentary
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Faithnew
Nice guy, weird religion: what's the problem?
Charleston City Paper |
Michael Graham |
08-08-2007 |
Commentary
Perverted Justice: The Triumph of Thoughtcrime
Another of George Orwell's predictions comes true: the United States increasingly prosecutes people not for criminal acts, but their thoughts.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-07-2007 |
Commentary
