AltWeeklies Wire
What's Next for a Congressman Who Rode in on Obama’s Coattails?new
People did vie to shake his hand and share his lunch table, but having U.S. Rep. Gary Peters at a homeless shelter last week for a meeting of community group leaders wasn't exactly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many people there.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
01-19-2010 |
Commentary
On Sheila Dixon: A Liberal's Lament for What Might Have Beennew
Perhaps my original expectations of Mayor Sheila Dixon had been so low that mere competence had moved me into her cheering section. But she'd gone beyond competence. At the very least, her administration was really good at managing public perceptions, which is a crucial skill in governing a morale-challenged city.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tom Chalkley |
01-19-2010 |
Commentary
The Incredible Shrinking Metro: Building and Buying Our Way Toward Declinenew
It’s time to count up the money. There is around $150 million in taxpayer money that has been committed for the Erie Canal Harbor development, on top of more than $46 million in public funds that have already been spent, and the plan is to spend it out over the next few years to build a retail and entertainment district.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
01-15-2010 |
Commentary
What are Obama’s Top Foreign Policy Objectives for 2010?new
President Obama's big domestic New Year's resolution appears to be acting to reduce the budget deficit. Other objectives include getting out of Iraq as quickly as possible while delving deeper into anywhere else that al-Qaida operatives are cramming explosives under their nutsacks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
John Chilcot Has Been Criticized After Leading his Country's Iraq War Inquirynew
The inquiry, led by career civil servant Sir John Chilcot, has been criticized from the left, right and center for not pressing witnesses hard enough, for not forcing witnesses to testify under oath, and for not making crucial documents available to the public via the inquiry's website.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
Calling for Intelligent Airport Securitynew
It is the duty of all public officials to “do something” whenever a new threat appears, even if there is nothing sensible to be done. If they don’t make a show of solving the problem, the media will punish them severely.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-07-2010 |
Commentary
It's Time for New Mexico to Make Some New Year's Resolutionsnew
Forget the personal. It’s time to get political. New Mexico, after all, faces challenges when it comes to everything from tackling political corruption to budget shortfalls, endemic drunk driving to declining educational achievement. That’s not to mention global warming.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
01-07-2010 |
Commentary
Revisiting South Carolina's Political Dynastiesnew
We did a story last spring following Carroll Campbell's early challenge to Congressman Henry Brown, looking at the electoral fortunes of the sons of South Carolina's political dynasties. With Paul Thurmond now weighing a congressional run, we thought we'd revisit the piece.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
01-06-2010 |
Commentary
Joe Lieberman, Connecticut's Surprising Occasional Liberal in Washingtonnew
There's a Connecticut guy in Congress who's taking the lead on extending benefits to same-sex partners of 30,000 federal employees, gets a 100-percent rating from abortion rights groups and has an environmental record that's a tree-hugger's dream. He's Joe Liebrman.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
01-05-2010 |
Commentary
You Can’t Always Sing & Dance: Karen Kayenew
My friend, Karen Kaye, executive director of Connections for Children in Santa Monica, a non-profit provider of babysitting and other services for single working mothers, is dead.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-28-2009 |
Commentary
The Joy of Receiving: A Year of Bailouts, Handouts and Hypocrisynew
For the first time since 1995, Democrats in Washington bow to no one — except the emperor of Japan. While they have not stimulated the job market, they thoroughly Christmas-goosed us conservatives.
Isthmus |
David Blaska |
12-28-2009 |
Commentary
Bless Our Dronesnew
The drone operator, typically a high school graduate from Marion, Ind., sits safely on the ground in a control module somewhere in Australia; he looks at a screen and flies the drone with a gaming handset similar to what he uses to play Mario Bros.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Limkin |
12-15-2009 |
Commentary
Medical Necessities: What's So Terrible About Rationing Health Care?new
I agree that the rich should pay more to support the health care of those who have less. But taxes won't cover it all. There will be rationing. Indeed, there should be rationing -- also known as rational choosing between interventions that are needed and those that are only wanted; those that justify the risks and costs and those that don't.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
12-09-2009 |
Commentary
A Begrudging Admiration of Las Vegasnew
It’s a strange economic model that has fascinated a number of contemporary American writers, from Hunter Thompson to Marc Cooper. Las Vegas is an obvious morality story all about capitalism, exploitation, human nature, and, of course sin and religion. The town was created by Jewish mafioso, then the Mormons took over for a while, and now others are moving in. Mormons may be the most conservative of all religion, certainly socially, yet Vegas is proud of the fact that your secrets are safe in Sin City. Not being a Mormon, I can’t imagine how they reconcile themselves to their adopted city.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-03-2009 |
Commentary
Ideologues Take Full Advantage of America's Amnesia About Tom Painenew
"The idea that Glenn Beck and others whose ideas are opposite to Paine's have adopted him to distort his ideas is extremely disturbing, but not surprising," writes Alaine Lowell, executive director of the Thomas Paine Society.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
11-16-2009 |
Commentary
