AltWeeklies Wire
What If the Election Doesn't End on Tuesday?new
The GOP fuss over the ACORN isn't just a way to whip up the conservative base. It's a possible prelude to post-election litigation aimed at reversing an Obama victory.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
Maverick McCain in a Messnew
McCain's downfall wasn't the media, it was his inability to get out of Bush's shadow.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
A Cross-Country Messenger Collecting Messages for the Preznew
Since March 1, Massachusetts school teacher B.J. Hill has been walking across the country in near Kerouacian fashion collecting messages for the next U.S. president.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-30-2008 |
Politics
Terrible Terry Tackles the Issuesnew
When Sarah Palin's interviews with Katie Couric first aired, people rushed to defend or condemn her. But one man opted for the blitz package instead.
Boston Phoenix |
UJonathan Seitz |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
'Crawford': An Online History Lessonnew
David Modigliani's self-made documentary about G.W.'s adopted Texas home town is the first full-length release for Hulu.com.
Boston Phoenix |
Julia Rappaport |
10-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vote for 'That One'new
It is impossible to emphasize the importance of redirecting America's sorry course.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
Green Party VP Candidate Rosa Clemente on Musical Activismnew
Despite the inroads made by the hip-hop generation toward political mobilization, Clemente says, many of these organizations focus solely on getting out the vote and fall short of providing the information necessary to empower the community.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
10-30-2008 |
Music
South Carolina Congressman Blames Minorities for Banking Crisisnew
Although last Wednesday's debate between Rep. Henry Brown and his Democratic challenger Linda Ketner lacked the sparks of their previous encounter, the face-off was notable for how Brown blamed poor minorities for the financial crisis.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
10-30-2008 |
Economy
The Election's Already in the Bag: It's McCain, Stupid!new
I think the election is over. Signed, sealed, and delivered. With all due respect to Malcolm, McCain will take the presidency by all means necessary. There's just too much money to be made from war to give it all up just for the sake of "democracy." Of course, I might be wrong, and it’ll be the sweetest mistake of my life.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
The Historic 2008 Election ... Without John Edwardsnew
The Democratic Party, the U.S. Senate, the state of North Carolina, America, the legal profession -- everything that ever provided him with an identity is going on without him.
Dress the Vice Presidential Candidatesnew
Forget the $150,000 that the Republican National Committee spent on Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe: Now you can dress the veep hopefuls for much, much less, and in styles that best reflect their inner vice president.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
After Fighting in Iraq, a North Carolina Vet Fights for Obamanew
Capt. Jon Kuniholm says the war was poorly planned and badly executed since the beginning, and the nation's military resources should have been focused on Afghanistan. Most of all, he has passionately refuted John McCain's argument that such dissent dishonors the sacrifices veterans have made.
Fear(s) of the Dark Offers an Animated Omnibus of Juvenile Dreadnew
Structured as a frame story of sorts, the film begins with a pack of four voracious hounds, tethered to a sadist, who set out across the countryside in search of blood. Positioned along the backdrop of this chase are four vignettes of horror that center on popular phobias.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
10-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Fear(s) of the Dark
One Person Saves 'Zack and Miri': Elizabeth Banksnew
When full-scale T&A supplants a storyline rather than complementing it, a fictional send-up about making a porno begins to adopt the tedium of watching an actual porno.
'I.O.U.S.A.' is an Essential Documentarynew
The film is a grim assessment of America's precarious, unsustainable finance.
