AltWeeklies Wire
Delegating Responsibilitynew
Just how super are the "superdelegates"? Superdelegate and Western Pennsylvania congressman Mike Doyle argues that they're not that super or duper.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
John McIntire |
02-25-2008 |
Commentary
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
Pittsburgh's Recurring Night-mayornew
For two elections now, Pittsburgh "progressives" have waited impatiently for the city to catch up with their own beliefs.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
11-20-2007 |
Commentary
Losing Mayoral Candidate Talks Politics, Futurenew
Everyone said there was no way a Republican could become mayor of Pittsburgh. As it turned out, they were right. But the Republican who tried, Mark DeSantis, sat down with us to talk about his race against Luke Ravenstahl, and his potential future in the public eye.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
11-20-2007 |
Politics
Pittsburgh Democrats Face a Tough Choicenew
Should progressives vote for the devil they know, or the one without a snowball's chance in Hell?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
A Republican Running in a Democratic Townnew
Mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis prepares to run a race no one thinks a Republican can win.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-09-2007 |
Politics
GLBT Progress is Bright Spot in a Dismal Eranew
If there's an upside to the mess we're in, it's this: We no longer have the luxury of indulging in our petty hatreds as if they were all that mattered.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
06-19-2007 |
Commentary
Counter-Coulternew
When shock and outrage is all you can offer, it gets increasingly difficult to top yourself.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
04-05-2007 |
Politics
Courtroom Election Challenges More Like Early Primarynew
Spend a morning in the courtroom of Judge Joseph James, listening to lawyers demand that candidates be removed from the ballot, and you'll wonder why we bother with elections at all.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
03-29-2007 |
Politics
Pennsylvania May Get Its Turn to Consider a Celebrity Guvnew
Lynn Swann, the Hall of Fame wide receiver and catalyst for four Steelers Super Bowl titles, is the all-but-declared Republican candidate for governor.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
09-23-2005 |
Politics
Bush League: Rumsfeld's Dirty War on Terrornew
In the Guardian, Seymour Hersh reports on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's clandestine project that set the tone for abuse of U.S. prisoners at Gauntánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. This news roundup also summarizes reports on Medicare, nuclear war and the energy crisis.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Baghdad Year Zeronew
In Harper's Magazine, Naomi Klein describes all the ways the ideologically flawed plans for post-invasion Iraq failed. Other reports in this weekly media roundup of articles on the Bush administration discuss the Clean Water Act, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange and the CIA.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-19-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Hiding the Threats That Do Existnew
This week's media roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes an In These Times story about Bushie lies and an article by The Independent's Robert Fisk that says troubles in Iraq are greater than the U.S. and British governments will admit.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-11-2004 |
Politics
Reviving Liberalism: Authors Discuss How to Fix the Left's Imagenew
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and alt-weekly cartoonist Ted Rall have both authored books describing how the left can take America back from conservatives. The two authors discuss their views in a conference call.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'Wrong Again'new
This weekly roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes media reports on the president's environmental record, the pressure the White House put on intelligence operatives for data favorable to its cause, and the whereabouts of the Secretary of Defense on the morning of 9/11.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
