AltWeeklies Wire
Why We're Apathetic: Obama and Romney Ignore #1 Campaign Issue
Ignoring the elephant in the room, neither Obama nor Romney have put forth credible plans for getting the unemployed back to work or getting raises for those who still have jobs—and forget about underemployment.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-19-2012 |
Commentary
Deficits and Democracy--The fallacy of balanced budgetsnew
Every Republican, from Mitt Romney on down is crying about the national debt, and the news media only amplifies the conservative mantra "the sky is falling" without ever putting it in historical perspective.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
07-13-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: National Debt
How the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare reinforces corporate powernew
Business is doing fine -- it's the rest of us who aren't. And if Congress ever wants to do something about it and spread the wealth around, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obamacare could stop it cold.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
07-06-2012 |
Commentary
The Declaration of Independence Daynew
Fourth of July has devolved into a mindless national block party. Here's what we should do about it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-02-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Fourth of July
Executive Privilege: Another Presidential Lie
This is Obama's first use of "executive privilege," but both by historical and current legal standards it is radically overreaching.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-29-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: executive privilege
Dumb Like a Foxnew
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News makes people stupid.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
06-27-2012 |
Commentary
A Return to Un-United Statesnew
While much of the United States will spend Independence Day drinking, grilling burgers, using illegal fireworks or all of those things, I'll be thinking about the Supreme Court.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
06-27-2012 |
Commentary
Where's Obama's Legacy?
Is Obama a wimp? Or were liberals wrong about him—was the president an establishment conservative from the start?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-22-2012 |
Commentary
The DNC Memory Holenew
Political circuses, the new Prozac.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-14-2012 |
Commentary
In its bigotry, North Carolina makes Jesse Helms proud—againnew
We're having a bigot's revival and a bully's carnival in North Carolina, and the infection may be spreading.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
Healing Wisconsinnew
For those of us who love Wisconsin, this has been a gut-wrenching 16 months. We have seen family members become bitter enemies as they feel forced to choose sides while the state goes through extreme political changes.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
ALEC Normalizes Corruption In Statehouses Across the Landnew
For almost four decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council, known by its acronym, “ALEC,” has worked hard on behalf of corporate America and right wing causes, helping to draft, build support for and pass laws through state legislatures across the nation—and doing so in relative anonymity, even as it skirts numerous state laws limiting corporate gift-giving and other forms of influence-peddling. It was never really clear why ALEC’s existence stayed such a secret, particularly since it wasn’t a secret. It’s just that, somehow, people seemed to ignore it, even though it wielded staggering amounts of power in legally questionable ways.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-01-2012 |
Commentary
Losing Lugarnew
The radical right reflect poorly on the rest of us.
NUVO |
Steve Hammer |
05-17-2012 |
Commentary
Public policy and indifference punish the very poornew
No one knows how many North Carolinians live in extreme poverty, but it's estimated to be between 700,000 and 1 million. What we do know is that although the number is increasing, the poor remain almost invisible to many of us.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Bumbling Democrats, diabolical Republicansnew
Let's face it. If you're a Republican in North Carolina right now, you may not want to gloat, but could your prospects be any sweeter?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: North Carolina Politics
