AltWeeklies Wire
Connie Scott: The Sheepish Revolutionarynew
A Tea Party freshman grapples with the bitter realities of governing in Austin.
The Texas Observer |
Daniel Setiawan |
04-19-2011 |
Politics
Fiscal Terroristsnew
Most Republicans remain as committed to big government as the Democrats.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
03-18-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party, Government Spending
Foulnew
Rick Scott: The dumb state of Florida's dumb governor.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
03-04-2011 |
Commentary
There Be Dragonsnew
The allure and danger of the Tea Party movement.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Wurth |
01-20-2011 |
Commentary
Targeting the Tea Partynew
Giffords' shooting has nothing to do with the conservative movement.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-13-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party, Gabrielle Giffords
21st Century Situationists
Framed inaccurately by the press, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear is best understood as a contemporary extension of the French Situationist movement of the ’60s, a mass inversion of rhetorical logic, meant to break the spectator’s passivity toward the spectacle and turn the obscuring force of mass media back on itself. Using pop cultural references and superficial Internet memes like the double-rainbow guy and “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife...” in the context of a once-powerful political forum was a Dadaist attempt to wipe the slate clean, to rise above the fruitless tit-for-tat schoolyard shouting match to which our political discourse has been reduced by the 24-hour news cycle and corporate spin-doctoring.
Army of Darknessnew
Tea Party horde devours GOP establishment, lurches onward.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
10-27-2010 |
Elections
Tea Party Crashersnew
Will the upstart movement spoil the hopes of Democrats in Colorado?
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge |
10-21-2010 |
Elections
Welcome to Paladino Countrynew
Wonder what kind of region produces a man like developer Carl Paladino, who rode the rage of the tea party movement to become the Republican candidate for governor of New York? Welcome to Buffalo and its discontents.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
10-08-2010 |
Commentary
Bitter Teanew
Yes, tea party members, you are enjoying Wi-Fi and the wisdom of Ken Cuccinelli in a huge, $350 million tax burden that hasn’t lived up to its promises.
Style Weekly |
Don Harrison |
10-05-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party, Ken Cuccinelli
White America Has Lost Its Mindnew
The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
09-29-2010 |
Commentary
Confused White Peoplenew
I have lived long enough to have witnessed some important changes in American culture and the way Americans think, behave, and speak.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-13-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Tea Party
In S.C., Tea Party Candidate Backs Increased Tea Taxnew
South Carolina's tea party-backed candidate for governor, Nikki Haley, says she would re-instate the grocery tax as part of comprehensive tax reform. Doing so would literally increase the tax on tea. Tea partiers react to the proposal.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-08-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Nikki Haley
Wingnut is as Wingnut Doesnew
The recent rise of the Tea Party could be a sign that we’ve hit peak wingnut. Or maybe a truer sign is the race for Oregon’s 4th District congressional seat, which has already been characterized by threats of chicken suits.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-12-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Art Robinson
Tea Party Jittersnew
New York’s Tea Partiers aren’t the bigoted white guys you fear.
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
07-28-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party
