AltWeeklies Wire
Republicans Ride Out the Storm at Conventionnew
GOP faithful flock to St. Paul amidst protest, storms and controversy.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
09-08-2008 |
Politics
It's Shoot First and Ask Questions Later for Some Big-Name Right-Wingersnew
The victims of Jim David Adkisson -- two dead, eight wounded -- were the people targeted verbally by O'Reilly, Savage and Hannity as well as the other right-wing pundits in their rants and books. Hey, if I were a right-wing nut with an itchy trigger finger, I'd head over to a UU church myself.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
08-11-2008 |
Commentary
Public Transit Needs to Become More Efficient in the Age of Dwindling Travel Choicesnew
I've traveled almost exclusively by automobile my entire life. But after three decades of car riding--and with gas prices beginning to make me rather irritable--I decided it was time to give public transportation a shot.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jennifer Hadley |
07-14-2008 |
Commentary
An Obama Assassination: The Fear Factornew
Obama can easily laugh off a phony, self-serving stunt such as an assassination exhibit, but he can't laugh off the danger posed to presidents and those who aspire to be presidents.
Pasadena Weekly |
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
06-23-2008 |
Commentary
Even Presidential Candidates are Judged on Their Breedability Quotientnew
Hillary Clinton is raising a lot of gleeful misogyny in more than a few male supremacists -- men and women -- because she won't go quietly into the proper middle-aged woman pasture.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
05-05-2008 |
Commentary
Eliot's Alphabetnew
Everything from A to Z with Eliot Spitzer in between.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
03-24-2008 |
Commentary
Come Togethernew
Obama possesses the ability to bridge the gaps that exist between blacks and Latinos.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ralph McKnight |
03-17-2008 |
Commentary
Obama Can Bridge Gaps Between Blacks & Latinosnew
The media and opponents of Barack Obama have spun the notion that all Hispanics have a problem with blacks and especially Obama. This vacuous manner of thinking bears just the kind of ignorance and self styled bigotry that has held this country in its grip for hundreds of years.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ralph McKnight |
03-10-2008 |
Commentary
Hooked on Votingnew
No contest — not even Tuesday’s election — is too meaningless for me to cast a ballot.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
Should Latinos Support Clinton or Obama?new
The Latino vote is significant and can definitely be the swing vote for any presidential candidate. In turn, Latino voters must demand substance over rhetoric.
Pasadena Weekly |
Randy Jurado Ertll |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
Gambling on the Futurenew
California propositions 94-97 would deliver billions of Indian gaming dollars into state coffers, but at what cost?
Pasadena Weekly |
André Coleman |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
The Edwards Eclipsenew
Whatever happened to that John Edwards guy, the one who was nominated for vice-president four years ago?
Pasadena Weekly |
John Seeley |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
Freedom Floaternew
The public controversy over the Beijing Olympic float in the Rose Parade was a "Boo-Yay" situation: "Boo" for the egregious human rights violations of the Chinese government, and "Yay" that their violations got a parade-full of attention.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
01-07-2008 |
Commentary
Surfing to the White Housenew
How the internet is reinventing American presidential campaigns.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
12-03-2007 |
Politics
Christine Chavez Honors Her Grandfather's Legacynew
She lives by Cesar's example, working with the gay rights movement and social justice and animal rights advocates, and she still has a hand in the United Farm Workers of America, the union started by her grandfather, for which she served as Southern California political director for eight years.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jaymee R. Cuti |
11-19-2007 |
Politics
