AltWeeklies Wire
Onward, Christian Panderers: Pols Push Theocracy
Christian conservatives are in play this presidential election cycle. The candidates are bending over backwards -- and literally taking a bath--to woo them. Can democracy survive the pandering season?
America's Sneaky War on Speeders
Cash-starved states are jacking up fines for speeding by thousands of dollars per ticket. Advocates worry about clogged courts and working-class motorists losing their driving privileges and thus their jobs.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-30-2007 |
Transportation
Heritage Study Claiming Rich, Educated Troops is Fantasy
In fact, the troops are poorer, less educated, and disproportionately African-American -- just as we thought all along.
Report from Tajikistan: After Turkmenbashi, Tajikmanbashi
Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov died in December, but Tajikistan's president is continuing the tradition of bizarre despotism in post-Soviet Central Asia.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-21-2007 |
International
Report from Turkey: Another Reason for U.S. to Worry
This longtime ally is steaming mad because the Iraq War is spilling over its borders.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-19-2007 |
International
'So Frustrating'new
Pacific biodiesel has earned international acclaim for its environmentally friendly fuel, but now some of its best customers are complaining about expensive engine repair bills.
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
05-04-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Drinking in a Kabul Barnew
In August 2005, the author hung out at a Kabul bar with drunken soldiers, military contractors and a few other shady types -- and gained unusual insight into an already forgotten war.
Maui Time |
Barukh Shalev |
08-24-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Touring Monsanto's Secret GMO Farmnew
Monsanto is one of the world's most powerful producers of Genetically Modified foods. At a tour of one of its Hawaii seed farms, friendly company officials and scientists offer rhetoric that doesn't come close to matching reality.
Among the Hebrews of Maui
When Orthodox Jews known as Chabadniks get married, some of them choose to be slichim, which means that they go to live in a distant outpost -- like the Hawaiian island of Maui -- and dedicate their lives to helping Jews live Jewish lives.
Tags: religion
Dr. Doom's Strange World
This is what it's like to talk with retired psychic spy, frequent Art Bell guest and noted end-of-the-world predicter Ed Dames.
Tags: war & peace
Why One Doctor Just Says No to Drug Reps
Noted gastroenterologist Dr. Edwin Montell believes it's unethical for physicians to have dealings with pharmaceutical company marketing representatives.
Tags: Health & Science
