AltWeeklies Wire
Romney's Real Record as a 'Job Creator'new
Mitt Romney detractors have jumped on the videos and stories coming from Sensata employees, saying it paints Romney and his old firm in a bad light. The American workers have asked Romney to intervene with his Bain buddies; he's declined.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
10-18-2012 |
Commentary
For My Grandmothersnew
I remember my grandmother's first question on my 18th birthday, before she even wished me a happy birthday: "Are you going to register today?"
Jackson Free Press |
Melishia Grayson |
10-18-2012 |
Commentary
Why it's vital to vote earlynew

Above all, early voting is crucial if there's a chance your right to vote will be obstructed or challenged at your polling place.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-17-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Early Voting
Life, death, and the consequences of executive decisionsnew

You might think we don't have ideal or even good choices. But that doesn't mean we lack clear ones.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
10-15-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: decision-making
What is it About Romney That is So Objectionable?new
Romney obviously believes that businessmen are the highest kind of human beings.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-12-2012 |
Commentary
Thought Bitenew

Korean War vet and retired U.S. Rep. Andy Jacobs, D-Ind., who served in Congress from 1965-1997, continues to challenge Hoosiers with his weekly mental joyride.
NUVO |
Andy Jacobs Jr. |
10-10-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Conservatives, The Bible
The Delusion and Paranoia of 'Obama's America 2016'new
Dinesh D'Souza's documentary makes tenous connections between Obama and a myriad of global evils.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-05-2012 |
Commentary
Raising an Armynew
"Half the Sky" is about the severe problems women face around the world. It is chilling, covering routine violence spanning from the sex trafficking and gang rape of toddlers in Cambodia to the routine rape of young women in Sierra Leone.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-05-2012 |
Commentary
Raising and Spendingnew
The way Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is raising campaign cash, you would think his opponent was former Vice President Al Gore, not retired preacher Albert N. Gore Jr.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave and Dylan Watson |
10-01-2012 |
Commentary
Who Are the 47 Percent?new

Regardless of where you stand politically on Romney's "inelegant" statement, as he called it later, a big question looms: Do 47 percent of Americans not pay federal income tax?
The short answer is yes.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-29-2012 |
Commentary
Reintroducing Ronald Reagan's definition of conservatism to the Republican Partynew

The Libertarian View
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
09-26-2012 |
Commentary
Full-Court Suppressionnew

You could be on the list of the new disenfranchised.
Folio Weekly |
Denise Reagan |
09-25-2012 |
Commentary
Chasing Endeavournew

Here was this incredible device, a testimony to the liberating power of science, and what government can do when its power for good is unleashed. This is a contraption that wouldn’t exist without science and technology and the combined power of people’s collective will that in a democracy is called government.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-24-2012 |
Commentary
Prosperity vs. Austerity Economicsnew
“Instead of the austerity agenda that we have now, focused on debt, this growth agenda is focused, really, on restoring broad-based economic growth and our democracy,” said Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker in a late-August teleconference.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
Haiku Newsnew

This week's important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On this week's docket: violent film criticism, old sheriffs and deadly golf.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary