AltWeeklies Wire
Not Fit For a Kingnew
As MLK Day approaches this month, his challenge to us remains unmet.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Dr. Goddess |
01-07-2008 |
Commentary
Rating the Seattle Stops by Presidential Hopefulsnew
We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
01-07-2008 |
Politics
Decision 2008: May Contain Artificial Ingredientsnew
We want you to do your patriotic duty and cast an educated vote for the candidate whose artificial behavior and disingenuous actions most suit your own. You know they're all phonies, but which one is your phony?
Dig Boston |
Mike Pangkos |
01-07-2008 |
Politics
Pissing in America's Stream of Consciousness: Day Onenew
These presidential candidates are aggravating me with their public displays of exhaustion. They should try getting irresponsibly cocked and hammered, sleeping for two hours and waking up before the crack to steer through New Hampshire's paralyzing cold.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
01-07-2008 |
Politics
Wisconsin Dems Are Licking Their Chopsnew
This could be the year they reclaim the state Legislature.
Day One in New Hampshire: Heat and Lightnew
One day after Barack Obama's resounding victory in the Iowa caucuses, the former Illinois senator received a near messianic reception at a high school gym in Concord, while John Edwards told a more subdued convention room audience in Portsmouth that his nominal second-place victory proved he could "stand up to monied candidates."
In Iowa, Populist Candidates Court Middle Classnew
Democratic and Republican candidates are delivering a populist message. Why? The obvious explanation is the growing squeeze on the middle class and concentrations of wealth and attendant levels of inequality not seen since the early years of the 20th century, when populism last was a major force in American politics.
The Granite State's Last Hurrah?new
This could be the last election in which the New Hampshire primary, and its quaintly irrelevant retail politics, really matters.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
01-04-2008 |
Commentary
Mitt Romney is a Liarnew
And Republican voters deserve better.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
01-04-2008 |
Commentary
Dem Primaries: Three Candidates, Two Different Worldsnew
Democrats have to decide which one they want to live in.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
01-04-2008 |
Commentary
Presidential Candidates & Star Powernew
Despite all the issues at hand, from the war to the economy to health care, the last-minute topic du jour is predictably superficial: Does your candidate have an A-lister on the stump?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
01-04-2008 |
Commentary
The Thought Crime Lawnew
All of Connecticut's Congresspersons signed the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and none of them want to talk about it. So we called Dennis Kucinich, who read the bill and wouldn't sign it.
Hartford Advocate |
Jennifer Abel |
01-04-2008 |
Politics
Report from Iowa: Smashing Victories by 'Unorthodox' Candidates Obama & Huckabeenew
A mixed-marriage son of Kenya and Kansas on the one hand. A Baptist preacher with a yen for populist economics on the other. Each appealing, both overtly and by their very beings, to the political crossover vote. Each defeating his main opponent by the margin of 9 percent.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-04-2008 |
Politics
The New New Orleans Economic Paradigmnew
The New Orleans City Council's recent vote to demolish four public housing projects sent a clear signal that city leaders no longer want the city to be a poor racially divided city but one with a bi-racial middle class rooted in home ownership.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
01-03-2008 |
Commentary
Bobby Jindal's Media Honeymoon is Already Overnew
The Louisiana Gov.-elect's promises of ethical fastidiousness and rapid reform have set the bar so high that every hiccup is now major news.
