AltWeeklies Wire
Citizen Mom: Am I a Wal-Mart Woman?new
The Wal-Mart Woman is the new soccer mom, but the two have little in common.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Amy Z. Quinn |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
Will the '08 Election See an October Surprise?new
True, it's October Surprise time. But the truth is there have been only two major October Surprises in the past 52 years, in 1956 and 1962.
Boulder Weekly |
Paul Danish |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
How Microsoft's Co-Founders Are Spending Their Political Bucksnew
Who are Seattle's two filthy richest backing for president? With less than two months to go, Bill Gates and Paul Allen aren't clearly tipping their hands.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-29-2008 |
Politics
Kids Too Young to Vote Are Still Volunteering This Election Yearnew
Despite their own ineligibility to vote, throngs of high school and even junior high school students are choosing to spend their free time as volunteers for political campaigns -- and not because their schools require it, or because they were coerced by their parents or are padding college applications. Rather, it appears these kids truly care.
Pasadena Weekly |
Liz Hedrick |
09-29-2008 |
Politics
Thinking About Herbert Hoovernew
Comparing McCain to Hoover without appropriate historical context is about as penetrating as comparing him to Nero or Marie Antoinette, two other enduring symbols of coldhearted public servants.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Reasons to Keep the GOP Out of the White House, from A to Znew
Here's a handy, dandy alphabetical list of clear-cut reasons to stop Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from winning the White House on Nov. 4.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
Will the Chicago Tribune Endorse its First Dem for President This Year?new
I'm not at all sure the Tribune will endorse the Republican ticket. There are good reasons why it might not -- but also reasons anyone who wants to respect the Tribune should worry about.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-29-2008 |
Media
John McCain and Friendsnew
While it may seem like he really doesn't know much about the economy, McCain knows who his real friends are. And considering the Republicans are planning on giving away all this money to those failed Wall Street lenders -- and nothing directly to help the people who are in trouble -- we can pretty well guess who those friends are.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
Why This Election Needs to be About Issuesnew
McCain's media brains don't want this election to be about issues or about who is advising whom.
Pacific Sun |
Editorial |
09-27-2008 |
Commentary
Silicon Valley–Based Clean Tech for Obama Spreads its Message -- and Moneynew
This well-organized and richly endowed organization represents the first time the green-tech movement has carved out a political voice in the presidential elections.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
09-26-2008 |
Politics
Thomas Frank on McCain, the Wall Street Mess, and Voter Fraudnew
"These Republicans have acted for years as though markets work fine unregulated," Frank says. "But what you get is incredible rip-offs."
Shepherd Express |
Roger Bybee |
09-26-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Reaganomics Meets the GOP-Bolshevik Statenew
The cratering economy has not only consigned free market voodoo economic theory to the dustbin of history, as Leon Trotsky would say, but has also transformed the GOP into the modern incarnation of the Bolsheviks.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
09-26-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain's 'Old Boys' Network' is Well-Connectednew
On the campaign trail, McCain has been promising to take on the "old boys' network," first in Washington, and now on Wall Street. But as Obama countered, that would be like calling a "staff meeting" of McCain's campaign. Indeed.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-26-2008 |
Commentary
Electile Dysfunction in Nevadanew
Surprisingly little has been made of Nevada's potential to become 2008's new national symbol for electoral chicanery.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
09-26-2008 |
Politics
Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Crisis, War and the Electionnew
"I think that you could argue it may in fact be the war that broke the camel's back," Stiglitz says.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
09-26-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
