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Left of Leftnew
Protest candidate Jim Maynard offers an alternative to Democrat Harold Ford Jr.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
07-28-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Bush's Non-Op Stopnew
George W. Bush came to Memphis, but not many reporters or civilians got close.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
07-07-2006 |
Commentary
Standing Down a Lienew
The administration's pretenses that the Iraqis can -- or should -- stand on their own are evaporating.
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Aussenberg |
06-23-2006 |
Commentary
Gone Missingnew
Where did the real Republicans go?
The Memphis Flyer |
Editorial |
06-09-2006 |
Commentary
What They Knew, When They Knew Itnew
It now seems beyond question that, at the very least, Karl Rove will be indicted for perjury, false statements and/or obstruction of justice in Plamegate.
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Aussenberg |
05-05-2006 |
Commentary
Constitutional Crisisnew
The Founding Fathers never imagined a Bush administration.
The Memphis Flyer |
Joyce Appleby and Gary Hart |
03-31-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush
Pushing Onnew

Tenn. state senator Rosalind Kurita challenges the odds and the opposition in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
03-13-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Dumbed Downnew
A Reagan conservative takes the president to task for his failed Middle East policies.
The Memphis Flyer |
Paul Craig Roberts |
02-06-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush
A New Al Gorenew
The quirky Tennessean’s political loss might paradoxically have been his, and the world’s, gain.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-23-2006 |
Commentary
The Odds on Plamegate Chargesnew

The Memphis Flyer's lawyer/web columnist analyzes the odds for various charges to be filed in Plamegate and comes to some surprising conclusions.
The Memphis Flyer |
Marty Aussenberg |
10-13-2005 |
Commentary
How Progressives Can Win the Fight for America's Soulnew
Americans now find themselves engaged in an ideological war, between the red thinkers and the blue ones. The “enemy” lives in your neighborhood and you live in his. The war is not only about “values” but the future of America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce van Wyngarden |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
What Must Happen in the White House Nextnew
President Bush must now do the right thing. He needs to send Karl Rove into graceful retirement and become the once-promised “uniter not a divider.”
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
11-03-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, John Kerry
For a Stronger, Safer, Saner Americanew

John Kerry offers the promise of redeeming George W. Bush’s famously unkept promise from the 2000 presidential campaign. The Massachusetts senator has shown that he can be "a uniter not a divider."
The Memphis Flyer |
the Memphis Flyer Staff |
10-27-2004 |
Commentary
Two Pilots Claim Bush Never Showed Up at Guard Basenew
Two members of the Air National Guard unit in Alabama that President Bush was supposed to join in 1972 say they were expecting Bush, they were waiting for him, and they're sure they never saw him.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
The Third Mannew

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader talks about Elvis, the Democrats, talk-show hosts and the election in this question-and-answer interview conducted June 21 in Memphis.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
06-28-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Ralph Nader