AltWeeklies Wire
God And Caesar: IRS Targets Liberal Church
The IRS has targeted a progressive church for "campaign intervention," ignoring much larger violations on the right
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-28-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Hiding in Red China
It is curious that both the governor of California and President Bush went to China at exactly the same time and for likely the same reason. Both men were ducking scrutiny of their political setbacks.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
11-28-2005 |
Commentary
Woodward Saga Has Become a Sad Story
More than 30 years after making history as half of the Washington
Post duo that broke open the Watergate scandal, Bob Woodward is in a
fight to save his reputation as a trustworthy journalist. Judging
from his recent appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live, it may be a
losing battle.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-28-2005 |
Commentary
Media Version of Thanksgiving Is Short on Reflection
Like our own responses to Thanksgiving, the repeated media messages are apt to be contradictory. Answers to basic questions run the gamut: How much time and money should we spend on the holiday dinner
compared to helping the less fortunate?
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-18-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Media., Thanksgiving
The Road Back From Darkness
California voters' reaction to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's musclebound ego may end up being what stops the Republican neo-con march into darkness.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
11-14-2005 |
Commentary
Traitors In the White House
The outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame has damaged not only the White House but the media as well. If reporters can’t protect sources, there will be much less news to report.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Muting Protest Songs on the Airwaves
The hardest-hitting civil rights and antiwar songs of the 1960s were relegated to the then second-tier FM dial. Today, broadcasters with the most powerful signals are still cautious about playing any song with a political message.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
11-14-2005 |
Commentary
Reality Bites Back
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s superhero posturing seems to have run out of steam,
but will voter apathy save him?
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
10-28-2005 |
Politics
Special-Election Masquerade
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's support for propositions 73 through 78 exposes the corporate-driven right-wing GOP political machine for all of its not-so-compassionate conservatism.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-28-2005 |
Commentary
At the White House, the Spin Doctor Is Ill
While indictment fever gripped the Washington press corps in October,
the president's spin doctor was incapacitated. An ailing Karl Rove could
not help the Republican search for a media cure.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
10-28-2005 |
Commentary
Frist Not the Last of GOP Insiders
Recent indictments and investigations of GOP lawmakers, lobbyists and associates are only the tip of the iceberg, according to longtime observers, including current and former true believers in the GOP cause.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
10-21-2005 |
Politics
Media at a Crossroads: 25 Years After Reagan’s Triumph
By a twist of political fate, the Oct. 28 deadline for special
counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to take action on the Plamegate matter is
exactly 25 years after the only debate of the presidential race between
Ronald Reagan and incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
10-21-2005 |
Commentary
What's Happening Out of Camera Range?
By now, millions of TV viewers have seen the video numerous times on
television: Two police officers are beating a man on the pavement. It's
big news -- because a camera was there.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
10-18-2005 |
Commentary
Five Cent Problem, Three Dollar Solution
Thousands will light a candle in solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, and ask a question many American voters wish that John Kerry asked last November.
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen, Publisher |
08-18-2005 |
Commentary
Dissent from the Ranks
It's not really surprising that the most striking criticisms of Bush's Iraq debacle have come from an Iraq War Veteran and from a gold star mother.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
08-18-2005 |
Politics
