AltWeeklies Wire
What McCain and the GOP Really Mean When They Say They 'Support the Troops'new
One of these days, the American public is going to wake up and see that just because a candidate like John McCain can talk a good game about the military, and show off his pictures from the Vietnam days, it doesn't mean life will get any better for troops serving now.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
05-20-2008 |
Politics
Obama on My Mindnew
I almost wrote a whole column on Willie Tyler and Lester because, like a great many of us, my entire life has been consumed by Barack Obama, and what I really want to do is write yet another column about the presumptive Democratic nominee. But I'm trying to pace myself with the Obama stuff for a few reasons.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
05-20-2008 |
Commentary
Barack Obama and Bobby Kennedynew
There has been one -- only one -- candidate in my lifetime who was a lot like Barack Obama. Someone who could have changed the country and the world for the better. He too was a young first-term senator and everyone said he wasn't ready to run for president yet. But he ran anyway. He didn't want to, but he knew he had to.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
05-20-2008 |
Commentary
Teeing Off on President Bush, the 'Ex-Golfer'new
The fact that giving up a game is the way he decided to show "solidarity" with the families of fallen soldiers shows (as if we needed additional evidence) his utter disconnection from reality.
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Aussenberg |
05-19-2008 |
Commentary
Activism is Just Another Marketing Schemenew
Let us bow in praise to activist celebrities -- those all-knowing martyrs of the American melodrama, forever guiding the aimless masses with their acute political observations and personal reflections.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
05-19-2008 |
Commentary
Che Won't Go Awaynew
In the 40 years since his murder by the CIA and elite Bolivian Rangers, Guevara has been fashioned into a unique bridge between radical politics and popular culture. In a paradox that would baffle Leon Trotsky, Che is simultaneously a universal symbol of resistance and an object of commercial merchandise.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
McCain Promises to Appoint Ultraconservative Supreme Court Justicesnew
"Elections have consequences," McCain said last week. "One of the consequences is the president of the United States gets to name his or her nominees to the bench." That statement sent a shiver down the spines of many voters, not only because Bush has tipped the U.S. Supreme Court decidedly to the right, but because Justice John Paul Stevens just turned 88 years old.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-16-2008 |
Politics
What is the Country Reports On Terrorism?new
Country Reports On Terrorism is published each spring by the State Department. The State Department doesn't do it out of the goodness of its bureaucratic heart. The report is mandated by Congress. It is an ugly catalog of who's blowing up whom and it's not pretty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
A Guide to Nevada's Superdelegatesnew
With the Democratic presidential nomination still (theoretically) undecided, we explore the role a select group of Nevadans, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, could play in the outcome.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
05-16-2008 |
Politics
If the Election Was Held Tomorrow, We'd Have a McCain-Obama Tienew
Making a projection today allows us to see, regionally speaking, where each candidate is strong and weak, and which states each must defend or pick off. Strategically, it can also help us to see how the candidates might plot their vice-presidential choices or an unusual strategy in order to put together a successful electoral coalition.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
05-15-2008 |
Commentary
Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Endgame in Oregonnew
This is the twilight of Clinton's run for the Democratic presidential nomination: stops in friendly areas of rural America where the candidate can meet her hardest of hardcore supporters -- those "hardworking Americans, white Americans."
The Portland Mercury |
Eli Sanders |
05-15-2008 |
Politics
Framing Issues Is Hard; Just Ask George Lakoffnew
The Rockridge Institute sought to help Democrats package their issues for mainstream success. But the Berkeley think tank couldn't ever package itself, which led to its demise.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
05-14-2008 |
Politics
Six Minutes With Barack Obamanew
The Democratic Presidential frontrunner talks timber payments, medical marijuana and of course tattoos.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-14-2008 |
Politics
What About John McCain's Friends?new
Want guilt by association? Let's get nuts with Rev. John Hagee and G. Gordon Liddy!
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-14-2008 |
Commentary
Gov. Bobby Jindal is Keeping It Zippednew
National onlookers might be impressed with Jindal's claims of ethics reform, but in Louisiana, he is earning a reputation for being anything but transparent.
