AltWeeklies Wire
Hey Tea Partiers... You're Leftists!
What unites the Tea Party, which is more or less symbiotically affiliated with the so-called "Patriot" movement, are three issues. First, they're Constitutional purists. Second, they want the federal government to shrink or go away entirely. Third: they want lower taxes and government spending. So why is the Tea Party seen as a right-wing movement?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-17-2010 |
Commentary
The New, Improved Mitt Romney is More Fiscal, Less Socialnew
it's very early in the 2012 presidential cycle, and if you ask Mitt Romney's camp, they'll profess him to be focused exclusively on helping GOP candidates this November. But make no mistake: Romney is in the process of re-launching himself for 2012.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
02-11-2010 |
Commentary
Obama: Even Dumber Than Sarahcuda
Let's set aside the fiction that public officials care about the country. Let's accept an assumption that everyone else can get behind: Politicians are skilled at looking out for themselves. By this low standard, Obama is dumber than dumb. We're not talking Dubya dumb. We're not even talking Sarahcuda dumb.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-10-2010 |
Commentary
Eight Reasons Not to Hold the 2012 Republican National Convention in Salt Lake Citynew
8. The downtown Olive Garden can’t accommodate 30,000 fine-diners over a week. 7. Mitt Romney has a whole lotta unpaid SLC parking tickets from 2002. 6. The Wasatch Front only has six 24-hour right-wing talk radio stations...
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-09-2010 |
Commentary
As a Cash-Strapped State Prepares to Cut Services, Billions are Being Doled Outnew
What about all the other sugar out there, the taxes the state of Washington doesn't collect? There's a bureaucratic mountain of them. Over the past two years alone, they have accounted for a record $98.5 billion in potential tax revenue the state never got.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-08-2010 |
Commentary
Chief Justice John Roberts Should Be Impeachednew
It is time for an enterprising and courageous member of the US House of Representatives to file articles of impeachment against the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts. The charge: lying under oath. The case in question: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
02-04-2010 |
Commentary
After Massachusetts, What Will Democrats Do?new
Republicans and conservatives are ecstatic that Scott Brown won Ted Kennedy's seat in the Senate and that the Supreme Court has put the fix in on elections. I'm troubled by both. But I'm also troubled by Democrats who don't seem to know what they want, and who are in a panic over Scott Brown's victory.
City Newspaper |
Mary Anna Towler |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
What the Supreme Court's Decision Means For Younew
Citizens United should not be seen as the death knell of campaign finance reform. Indeed, this decision is so unprecedented and far-reaching that it could be the catalyst that prompts elected officials to start taking money-in-politics reform more seriously.
INDY Week |
Chase Foster |
01-28-2010 |
Commentary
Obama Needs to Get Tough and Follow Throughnew
The president is getting the usual bad advice from Democratic "moderates" who say Obama needs to scale back his agenda to mere Clinton-esque "little steps," and be satisfied with "more modest expectations."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
01-27-2010 |
Commentary
Cable TV vs. America: The Problem With Paid-For Punditsnew
When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, the United States economy was in a state of near-collapse, with the nation's banks about to close. The new president came into office having pledged to balance the budget and reduce federal spending, but quickly realized that would have meant disaster.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
01-27-2010 |
Commentary
Was Haiti's Earthquake Actually a Man-Made Disaster?new
People don't die because earthquakes shake them. For the most part, people die in earthquakes because the buildings they're in fall on top of them. By and large, Haitians lived and worked in shoddily built structures.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-26-2010 |
Commentary
Is Obama Going To Force Leftists To The Center?new
Dean didn’t say this, but I will. Calling someone a Nazi is harsh, yet Republicans nowadays embrace parts of the Nazi ideology, which is a peculiar mixing of racism and phony populism. In hard times like we got, it sometimes works.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
01-22-2010 |
Commentary
Meet the Invisible Hands Behind Some of Minnesota's Biggest Billsnew
There are few things lawmakers like talking about less than the lobbyists they work with on a daily basis. This despite the fact that lobbyists write 90 percent of bills, clue legislators in on what backlash they can expect, and prep lawmakers on minutiae they don't have time to ponder.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
01-20-2010 |
Commentary
Oba-Meh: Some Oregonians are Losing Hope in Their Presidentnew
Today, Roey Thorpe is still thoroughly behind Obama. But after a year of incremental progress on the economy, heavy compromises on healthcare reform and escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Thorpe hears from Democrats who are losing hope.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-20-2010 |
Commentary
Barack Obama: David Dinkins Redux
Obama is much like David Dinkins, elected in 1989 as New York City's first black mayor. Dinkins, an affable Democrat, made the mistake of thinking that African-Americans were his political base. They weren't. White liberals were.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-19-2010 |
Commentary
