AltWeeklies Wire
U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh Worries Civil Libertariansnew
Mary Beth Buchanan, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, champions some of the Bush administration's most controversial proposals, including the USA Patriot Act.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Excerpt from Novel "Ride" Describes Young Man Learning to Take Busnew
He could have been the first black chief justice of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public School System, The Reverend Doctor Elliott Madison Meade. It was probably with something like this in mind that his mother had named him, and the disappointment of any possible chance of that, the likely reason behind her reportedly vehement rejection of him now.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
David Walton |
08-07-2004 |
Excerpts
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
Bush League: 'U.S. Casualties High since Handover'new
July has been one of the bloodiest months in Iraq since the war began, the Boston Globe reports. Other recent news coverage about Bush concerns prescription-drug benefits, justice for terrorist suspects and nuclear terror.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-21-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'Could Bush Cancel the Election?'new
This week's media roundup includes an interview with Newsweek's Michael Isikoff about the possible postponement of the November 2 election in the event of a terrorist attack.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-15-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
The handover of Iraqi "sovereignty" inspires a re-examination of the U.S. role in Iraq.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-08-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
Recent coverage of George W. Bush includes an article in Slate that gives some context to chief legal counsel Alberto Gonzales' memo saying the Geneva Conventions were obsolete.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-01-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
Harper's Magazine reports that Bush has been a disaster for small business, and the Center for Economic and Social Rights reports on the Bush Administration's record of "war crimes" in Iraq.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-29-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Roundup of Impertinent Media Reportsnew
In The Nation, William Greider writes that many Americans seem to find strangely agreeable the self-pity Bush’s fear-mongering rhetoric generates.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-16-2004 |
Politics
