AltWeeklies Wire
The Spurlock Doctrinenew
As comedy, sure! As journalism, not so much.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
Obama is in Osama's Handsnew
The Republicans are toast if Bush's al-Qaeda enemies don't spark up more homeland terror.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
The Clinton Challengenew
Democrats should do like Bill and confront right-wing hits head on.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
10-06-2006 |
Commentary
Bush's Pap About Innocent Folksnew
George W. Bush's reaction to the London attacks was typically moronic, reflecting his comic-book view of the world.
The Village Voice |
Ward Harkavy |
07-08-2005 |
Commentary
Trouble at an Ohio Sikh Templenew
A conflict between cut and uncut members of a Sikh temple in Bedford, Ohio, led to a fistfight and a request from the city law director that the temple remain shut for two weeks to allow tempers to cool.
Cleveland Scene |
Charu Gupta |
05-17-2005 |
Religion
Peace Corps Volunteers Play Delicate Role Amid Conflictsnew
Peace Corps volunteers serve not only as goodwill ambassadors but, in bellicose times, as extensions of the United States' foreign policy.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
01-05-2005 |
International
Where Our Vanished Values Went -- and How They Might Come Backnew
The paradox of this election is that it was won not on the basis of the issues at stake or the actual conditions of our life, but on matters of good and evil.
The Village Voice |
Michael Feingold |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Candidates Are Positive Their Ads Aren't Negativenew
Associates of a given candidate decry blistering assaults made upon their guy, yet identify their own responses that have a similar tone as informational opportunities that merely point out discrepancies in their rival's public stands.
Incomprehensible Statements Pile Up in Campaignnew
At one point in a sympathetic Time magazine piece, John Kerry made a foolish statement, which taken out of context is going to bite him in the ass. "We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance," he said.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
10-13-2004 |
Commentary
Kerry's a Wuss, Dubya's a Doof; Neither Qualifies to Be Presidentnew
Here stands the morbidly irresolute John Kerry. And over there is George W. Bush in all his bantam banality. In the corner wetting himself is the ascetic conspiratard, Ralph Nader. These are not the writer's countrymen.
Phoenix New Times |
Michael Lacey |
10-13-2004 |
Politics
911 Omissions: Who Needs Henry Kissinger, After All?new
The only way to explain the best-seller status of this dry, stiff and cynical book is to understand the 9/11 disaster as a national trauma so intense that the co-dependent American family is still reaching for anything that will assure it.
New York Press |
Sander Hicks |
08-26-2004 |
Nonfiction
The 10 Ways Bush Screwed New Yorknew
New York 9-11 Veterans for Truth welcome Republicans to a city hit by a couple of swift jets just 35 months ago, insisting, in our own friendly way, that the convention focus on how Bush-Cheney responded to our riverbank assault.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Daniel Magliocco |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Attack on U.S. Is a Tuesday Morning Wake-up Callnew
Images of 9/11 include a clueless president, a cardiac patient in charge of the White House and chaos in the streets of Manhattan. The security solutions to be implemented will come at the expense of civil liberties.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Dan Pulcrano |
08-07-2004 |
Commentary
Arab-Americans Caught in the Middle on 9/11new
The day of the assault on the World Trade Center towers, Arabs in Queens felt nervous, wounded by taunts and more strongly "American" than ever.
The Village Voice |
Erik Baard |
04-27-2004 |
International
