AltWeeklies Wire
Let's Pull it Togethernew
A center-left-green pact is the only way we can rid the world of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
12-21-2007 |
Commentary
The Dogs of Warnew
Blackwater's killing of a New York Times dog might be a small incident, but it also represents something larger. And it gets worse, with private U.S. firms now being accused or rape and murder, with few repercussions beyond some embarrassing media coverage.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
12-21-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, Blackwater
Big Bill's Dicey Movesnew
Clinton is back at the table, playing us for chumps.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
12-21-2007 |
Commentary
Which Nations Have Nuclear Weapons?new
With the march to war with Iran now slowed to a mosey, let's pause to take a look at who already has nuclear weapons and why.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
On the National Affrontnew
Politically, 2007 was something worth avoiding. But it happened to us anyway. More memories of candidates, guns, and quagmires.
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Barack's Up-Hil Climbnew
Even if Obama goes three for three in January, he faces a steep challenge from Clinton.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
John Edwards is Still Viable in Iowanew
The results in Iowa, on the Democratic side anyway, are not a straight-up polling of caucus-goers. Could this help Edwards?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Does Huckabee's Populist Rhetoric Disguise Royalism?new
After 15 years in politics, it is still hard to say whether there is any conviction behind Mike Huckabee's talk or he is just another Republican who subscribes to the doctrine that the best politics is to capture votes from the poor and money from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Huckabee is Equal Parts Disc Jockey and Preachernew
His religious pronouncements are no more sermons than in-studio performances.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Demo Salenew
California Democrats are in real peril in the face of serious campaigns to end the party's gerrymandering privileges and redistribute the state's electoral college votes to benefit Republicans. Yet the state's two most powerful Democrats, Fabian Nunez and Don Perata, seem every month to make new headlines sneering at charges of party corruption.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
The Case for Kucinichnew
If you don't vote in February for what you believe in, you won't get to vote for it in November.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
12-19-2007 |
Commentary
Colorado Springs in the Spotlightnew
We became the setting for the latest crazy story in a violent society, and the 24/7 media swooped in.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
12-18-2007 |
Commentary
Excusesnew
Come 2009, we may find out all sorts of things about what our government has been up to for the past seven years. But by that time, all the actors in the process will be gone, and the only thing left will be excuses.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
12-18-2007 |
Commentary
Imagining a President Huckabeenew
Frankly, if I were Hillary Clinton, I would be much more worried about running against Mike Huckabee than Mitt Romney. The venture capitalists of America don't get that, but a lot of other people do, which is why this could be an even more interesting race than we imagined.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
12-18-2007 |
Commentary
The Preacher in Chief?new
Do Republican candidates' loyalties lie with the Constitution or with fundamentalist Christianity?
The Memphis Flyer |
Cheri DelBrocco |
12-17-2007 |
Commentary
