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The Watchdognew
Two decades after an FBI sting nailed South Carolina lawmakers, one man is again at the center of a push for ethics reform.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-27-2013 |
Politics
The Ten Weirdest Members of Congressnew
Just because you got elected to public office doesn't mean you're completely normal. We take a look at 10 of the weirdest members currently holding a position of power in the government. Spoiler alert: Texas shows up 3 times.
Houston Press |
Caleb Hannan |
02-27-2013 |
Commentary
Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell Under Investigationnew
Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell may have broken the law by commissioning an "informal" audit that was aimed at derailing a child abuse investigation on behalf of a friend's daughter.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Stephen Dark |
02-22-2013 |
Politics
The U.S. is Stuck
We haven’t had a major social or political revolution since the 1960s. It’s been too long. Like the Soviet Union, we must develop – scrapping long-held assumptions and reconsidering everything from scratch – or collapse.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-22-2013 |
Commentary
Whose Money Is It Anyway?new
Government officials should take better care with taxpayer money.
Folio Weekly |
Denise Reagan |
02-21-2013 |
Commentary
Greensboro Police Chief Responds to Surveillance Questions
Greensboro's Police Chief explains police surveillance of activists, maintains that the department didn't have an undercover officer in Occupy Greensboro, and welcomes an investigation into whether documents were falsified.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-21-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Ken Miller
Elizabeth Colbert Busch could rally the Democratic faithful in SC-1 electionnew
For Lowcountry Democrats, 2008 was the election year that got away. In addition to being the year 54 percent of Charleston County voters picked Barack Obama for president, it was the first year in decades that the Democrats put up a serious challenger for South Carolina's District 1 U.S. House seat.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-20-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Between Man and His Godnew
Some really smart people knew that when they wrote the First Amendment, which includes two intertwining clauses to ensure that no one abridges our freedom of religion by trying to establish their own. Put simply, the government doesn't get to pick or establish or force any particular faith or its prayers and practices, because that obviously endangers freedom of religion for all of us.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-15-2013 |
Commentary
S.C. House Speaker Under Criminal Probenew
The S.C. GOP attorney general asked for an investigation into the state’s most powerful politician, GOP House Speaker Bobby Harrell.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
02-15-2013 |
Politics
Greensboro Councilwoman Denies Emails Connecting Her to Police Intelligence Squad
Greensboro Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter denied that multiple e-mails attributed to her and originating from one of her e-mail addresses were written by her, saying she had no communication with the Greensboro police’s criminal intelligence squad.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-13-2013 |
Politics
The New Era of Conspiracy Thinkingnew
Why people die when we talk about gun control.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
02-07-2013 |
Commentary
TEAM GOP
Armed with a veto-proof majority and emboldened a fellow party member in the Executive Mansion, Republican lawmakers in Raleigh rushed out a flurry of conservative bills when the General Assembly convened last week for the long session.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
The Miseducation of Pat McCrorynew
In an ethics course, topics might include: Is it ethical to shut poor people out of health care because the boys at the country club—and in the General Assembly—already have health care?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
02-06-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: health care, liberal arts
Up In Armsnew
A look at guns in Kentucky and the political debate surrounding the Second Amendment from the floor of the Louisville Gun & Knife Show.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
02-06-2013 |
Politics
The Fall of Ray Naginnew
For all his talk of "changing the paradigm" at New Orleans City Hall, former Mayor Ray Nagin's arc from telegenic reformer to accused crook followed an all-too-familiar plot line: He started out full of ideals and good intentions, and then, step by step, one small seduction and compromise at a time, proceeded down his personal road to perdition.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
02-04-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: Ray Nagin
