AltWeeklies Wire
Herb Silverman champions atheism with wit and warmthnew
Herb Silverman has been a busy man lately. When I caught up with him last week, South Carolina's leading atheist was just back from the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., where he addressed the thousands of people who had assembled on the Mall, calling for America's numerous non-theist organizations to maintain a united front in their ceaseless battle with the Christian right.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
Oxford American's editor rips Charleston's Garden & Gun new
If you want to fire a Southern shot, you need to know how to do it right. Charleston used to be in that camp, back when a plurality of voting residents fearful of an overreaching federal government would get the local college boys to drag a 1,000-pound cannon to the top of a stately mansion and blow the hell out of Fort Sumter. These days, those folks vote for Mitt Romney and call it a day.
Charleston City Paper |
Jeff Allen |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
Forums collect feedback on performing arts centernew
The Greensboro Performing Arts Center task force held its first of two public forums last week to collect public input and generate a discussion about the proposed downtown performing arts center.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
04-05-2012 |
Politics
NRA responds; Krull reloadsnew
An exchange exploring the Second Amendment, lobbyist endorsement and the ways of the Hoosier.
The Semi-Secret Recall of Jean Quannew
Under lax disclosure laws, campaigns to oust Oakland's mayor, or keep her in office, can keep their donors under wraps—for now.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-02-2012 |
Politics
Barbara Lee Gets Itnew
But why isn't there more anti-war activity from progressives? There should be.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
S.C.'s poorest residents support the education lottery to their collective detrimentnew
What if the S.C. General Assembly announced a new tax that would be paid primarily by the state's poor and minority citizens? And that the majority of the money raised would not be used to help failing schools or aid students from impoverished backgrounds, but instead be used to provide scholarships to college-bound high school seniors, regardless of their financial needs? To lessen the sting of such a seemingly unfair system of revenue collection, the payment of the tax would be 100 percent voluntary. How enthusiastic would the average South Carolina citizen be for such a plan? If you could rate that enthusiasm on scale of one to zero, I'd say zero, unless the plan also promised participants a one in a 100 million chance of becoming a millionaire.
Charleston City Paper |
Dwayne Green |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
Newsflash: Orlando to Become New State Capital of Florida!new
A first look at Florida's new capitol complex coming to downtown Orlando.
Orlando Weekly |
Dave Plotkin and PJ Tamayo |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
Lessons in gender and government servicenew
Massa was able to join the Indiana Supreme Court because the right doors opened for him and he made the most of his opportunities.
Love For All means Everyonenew
Amendment 1 would discriminate against thousands of people. Meet some of them.
Democratic candidates differ on reasons for opposing Amendment 1new
The five Democrats vying to be the next governor or lieutenant governor are unanimous on one issue: In the May 8 primary, Amendment 1 should be defeated. But they differ on why.
Morals Before Profitnew
Activists demand that former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini resign from a private-prison company's board
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-31-2012 |
Politics
10 Things I Saw, Heard and Learned at the Pa. Leadership Conferencenew
Liberal writer traveled to Camp Hill, PA for the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a conservative state meetup. Speakers included presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich; Herman Cain; Sen. Pat Toomey; others.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
03-29-2012 |
Politics
Arizona's Conservative Agendanew
Arizona state lawmakers chip away at support for women's health and continue to push for the urine of the unemployed.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel and Hank Stephenson |
03-29-2012 |
Politics
Despite GOP promises to clean up campaign finance, it's as dirty as evernew
During the 2010 election, Republicans used the Jim Black and Meg Scott Phipps scandals to illustrate the need for a clean break from Democratic rule. But recently released campaign finance reports paint a much different picture of what happened once the gavel changed hands.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
03-28-2012 |
Commentary
