AltWeeklies Wire
Vive la Crise: The Left Rises in France
A two-part look at the rise of France's radical new left--and the possibility that economic crisis could lead to communism in western Europe.
Hopelessness You Can Count On
Americans think politics is something that happens on Election Day. They vote, wash their hands, hope the guy who won does a good job and go back to watching TV. Unless Obama's supporters lean on him to do the right thing, however, there's little reason to think he'll make things better.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-26-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Barack Obama
Obama Plans on Letting Bush Administration War Criminals Off Easy
After committing crimes so numerous and monstrous that bookshelves are already groaning under their weight, the cabal of illegitimate coup leaders who destroyed the U.S. get to tiptoe out of the rubble and go home to a comfortable retirement?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-20-2009 |
Commentary
Obama: Smells Like Bob Dylan
Barack Obama passes himself off as America's first Generation X president. When it comes to his personal style and politics, however, he identifies with the Boomers.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
12-10-2008 |
Commentary
Obama's Center-Right Cabinet Foreshadows a Center-Right Presidency
Lefties who swooned on Election Night had might as well get used to the truth: Obama isn't one of you. Never was. Never will be.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
12-01-2008 |
Commentary
The Republicans Are In Trouble ... Conservatives, Not So Much
Conservative commentators are questioning basic tenets of their philosophy in light of the Obama sweep. But it's the Republicans who ought to be questioning their distance from conservatism.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-17-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: No We Didn't
Barack Obama's victory was notable. But nothing much has changed. Racism and its kissing cousin -- conservatism -- will remain with us. And the U.S. remains deeply divided.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
11-05-2008 |
Commentary
Obama Could Be a Great One-Term President
Barack Obama can continue the "permanent campaign" that has characterized the American presidency since 1976. Or he can govern like there's no tomorrow -- and make history.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
If the U.S. Collapses ... Will Anyone Miss Us?
When I was 21, I prayed for the collapse of the U.S., the biggest force for evil in the world. Now that we're on the brink of economic apocalypse, this middle-aged white guy is scared.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
10-07-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin, Queen of the Nobodies
Governor of one of the nation's least populous states for a mere two years and the ex-mayor of a municipality that's home to 7000 souls, Palin is now positioned to be a proverbial heartbeat away from the ability to order ICBMs fired at Russia.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-02-2008 |
Commentary
Obama on the Ropes
McCain ought to be a pushover. Yet the latest polls have Obama neck and neck with McCain. What's up?
Maui Time |
Obama on the Ropes |
08-27-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain, War Zero
John McCain, we're told, is a war hero. But he served in Vietnam--an illegal, dishonorable war.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-16-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: Belief You Can Change
A presidential candidate is revealed as the same triangulating snake he always claimed to be. The betrayal!
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-08-2008 |
Commentary
The Constitution, à la Carte
Liberals like the First Amendment. Conservatives prefer the Second. Can't we all agree on what America is about?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-30-2008 |
Commentary
America: The 'Oops' Nation
Prisoners at Guantánamo and possibly other American gulags, will now be allowed to demand their day in court. Since the government doesn't have evidence against them, legal experts say, most if not all of "the worst of the worst" will ultimately walk free. "Liberty and security can be reconciled," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
In short: Oops.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-16-2008 |
Commentary
