AltWeeklies Wire
Billy Graham Confidential: The Preacher & President Nixonnew
Newly released documents and tapes reveal back-room discussions about how the Rev. Billy Graham could best buoy Tricky Dick's reelection bid -- and forecast the rise of the Christian right.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell and Jon Elliston |
07-18-2007 |
Politics
Cindy Sheehan: Impeach or Elsenew
Anti-war activist takes on "untouchable" Democrats.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
07-18-2007 |
Politics
Wrong About Iraq, Conservative Pundits Keep Jobs
They were wrong about WMDs, being greeted as liberators and the Bush Administration's competence, yet right-wing pundits continue to get paid big bucks for the opinions in the mainstream media -- what's wrong with the marketplace of ideas?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-17-2007 |
Commentary
R.I.P. GOP?new
Media Matters says conservatism in America is on the wane.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
07-17-2007 |
Politics
Bush vs. Americanew
Why isn't Congress authorizing committees to investigate this president and vice president?
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
07-17-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush, impeachment
The Vitter Endnew
David Vitter evokes little pity, particularly among his fellow politicians, many of whom privately describe him as shamelessly self-righteous, blindly ambitious and ruthlessly calculating.
Libby, Egalite, Fraternitenew
President Bush's friends are above the law, and his policies are beneath contempt.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
07-17-2007 |
Commentary
Obama in 'Bama, Brieflynew
Rockstar? No doubt. Maker of history? Perhaps. Footnote in history? Also a maybe.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
07-16-2007 |
Politics
Target: John Edwardsnew

The right wing has good reason to destroy his candidacy.
Isthmus |
Ruth Conniff |
07-16-2007 |
Commentary
(At) Largely Loquacious in Nashvillenew
One at-large Metro Council candidate hopes a wacky theory about the "illegal immigrant invasion" will get him elected.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
07-13-2007 |
Politics
The Death of Brand Americanew
Adding up what the pundits now see as the most destructive legacy of the Bush administration -- the destruction of the United States' image in the world.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
07-13-2007 |
Commentary
What Is al-Qaeda?new

Americans are susceptible to confusion born of sloppy shorthand -- the Bush administration understands this and has recently ramped up its ongoing "sloppy shorthand" effort to confuse the American people about whom the United States is fighting and why.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
The Administration's Dual Justicenew
By freeing Libby, Bush protects himself.
New York Press |
Amy Goodman |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Libby at Libertynew
Bush's commutation of "Scooter" is one of many procedural excesses that harm the very reach of executive power he seeks relentlessly to extend.
Valley Advocate |
Chris Lehmann |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush, Scooter Libby
'Sicko' And The Senatornew
Michael Moore and Sen. Ron Wyden want to fix a broken system -- who's got the right plan?
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-12-2007 |
Politics