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Obama Finds that Feminism is Really About Principles, Not Personalitiesnew

I urge you to visit a new Feminist Majority website -- feministsforobama.org -- which has a very clear delineation and comparison of the Democratic and GOP platforms viewed through a feminist perspective. It also features Obama on its home page with the caption, "This is what a feminist looks like."
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  10-27-2008  |  Commentary

Kicking Oil in the Cannew

Consumers have saved billions during the last gas crisis.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Jennifer Hadley  |  10-27-2008  |  Transportation

How to Get Tourette's Syndrome Under Controlnew

Tourette's can be complicated, misdiagnosed, under-diagnosed and widely misunderstood.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Patti Carmalt-Vener  |  10-20-2008  |  Advice

The GOP Puts All its Political Eggs in the Specious Attack Basketnew

Whether the event -- real or cooked up -- is a sexual indiscretion, tenuous association with someone with an unsavory past or extremist religious views, Democrats seem to get stuck and their GOP counterparts are able to just slip-slide their slimy way through the muck. Why is that?
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  10-20-2008  |  Commentary

The Top 5 Reasons to Vote for Barack Obamanew

I am a 65-year-old white male who has campaigned over the years for leaders from across a broad political spectrum. On Nov. 4, I am voting for Barack Obama. Here's why ...
Pasadena Weekly  |  Jack Uhrich  |  10-17-2008  |  Commentary

Conservative Comedy 'An American Carol' Misses the Marknew

Satire has to be brutal sometimes, but festooning a story with essentially baseless putdowns is not only gratuitously mean-spirited, it also blunts the real point. In An American Carol, all leftists and all pacifists -- in fact, everybody except gun-toting militarists -- are mindless, hypocritical sheep.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andy Klein  |  10-14-2008  |  Reviews

Sarah Palin and Fascism's Winning Smilenew

Palin takes over for Reagan in painting Republicans as something they're not.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  10-14-2008  |  Commentary

Thousands of Wounded Vets Are Called to Fight Againnew

After nearly two years of convalescing and almost fully recovering from being shot in the shoulder and suffering a head wound from a bomb, Ismail Cabral has been told to expect to start another two-year tour of duty within the next six months. And he's not alone.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  10-07-2008  |  War

A Glimmer of Hope for Sirhan Sirhannew

Orange County GOP congressman suspects conspiracy in RFK assassination while a high-profile lawyer for the convicted killer seeks a new trial.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Carl Kozlowski  |  09-29-2008  |  History

Kids Too Young to Vote Are Still Volunteering This Election Yearnew

Despite their own ineligibility to vote, throngs of high school and even junior high school students are choosing to spend their free time as volunteers for political campaigns -- and not because their schools require it, or because they were coerced by their parents or are padding college applications. Rather, it appears these kids truly care.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Liz Hedrick  |  09-29-2008  |  Politics

The Reasons to Keep the GOP Out of the White House, from A to Znew

Here's a handy, dandy alphabetical list of clear-cut reasons to stop Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from winning the White House on Nov. 4.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  09-29-2008  |  Commentary

Consumers' Move Towards Smaller Cars Generates Less Tax Revenuenew

"By people buying less expensive vehicles, or by people not buying any vehicles because of the present situation in the economy, you're going to start seeing local governments get hurt."
Pasadena Weekly  |  Jennifer Hadley  |  09-29-2008  |  Transportation

'Take Me Home' Takes a Clear Look at America's Foster Care Crisisnew

Jill Duerr Berrick, a faculty member at UC Berkeley's School of Social Welfare, assesses the shortcomings of child welfare and systematically sets an agenda for bettering the lives of the half-million children who live as wards of the state in Take Me Home: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children and Families.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Daniel Heimpel  |  09-29-2008  |  Nonfiction

John McCain and Friendsnew

While it may seem like he really doesn't know much about the economy, McCain knows who his real friends are. And considering the Republicans are planning on giving away all this money to those failed Wall Street lenders -- and nothing directly to help the people who are in trouble -- we can pretty well guess who those friends are.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  09-29-2008  |  Commentary

Yoko Ono is Still Only Trying to Get Us Some Peacenew

Yoko Ono loves you. But that's only one of the messages the avant-guarde artist and widow of Beatle John Lennon is sending through her latest work, "Wish Tree for Pasadena." Now more than ever, it's time to give peace a chance.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Joe Piasecki  |  09-23-2008  |  War

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