AltWeeklies Wire
Barack Obama at East L.A.'s Garfield Highnew
Sandwiched between three celebrity-packed Hollywood fund-raisers, Obama's visit has refreshingly little flash and plenty of substance.
L.A. Weekly |
Seven McDonald |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
Ballot Bull in Californianew
Republicans and Democrats get down to dirty business as election nears.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
The Better World of Jimmy Carternew
An old man miraculously free of guile, cant, and anger was once Our President and moves among us still, serenely advancing in years while reminding us, in his patient Emersonian way, of our ennobling duty to make the world better -- these are tempting trade-goods in an era sick with bling materialism.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
Tortured Politicsnew
A new version of torture has arrived in the form of arguments and shrugs from Michael B. Mukasey over the use of waterboarding by U.S. interrogators, as he deflected questioning by a Senate panel considering his nomination as the new U.S. attorney general.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Arkansas: Are We Blue?new
Arkansans welcome immigrants, they favor legal abortion, they are growing increasingly comfortable with gay people and less comfortable with punishing them, and they favor Hillary Clinton for president. So then: Tell me again just how conservative Arkansas is.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Barton Scott's Bad Yearnew
The Mansfield, Texas, mayor's sex-offender crusade keeps getting punctured.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
Jim Neal's Senate Bid Stirs Demsnew
The way the Democratic Party establishment has dissed the 51-year-old Chapel Hill investment banker's candidacy since he announced his intentions to run four weeks ago has made him into a cause for many progressives and gay-rights activists.
Hillary Clinton: Waffle Batterednew
All politicians flip-flop -- Hillary's just not very good at it.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
11-08-2007 |
Commentary
Can You Give Us an Update on the War in Afghanistan?new
By any measure that isn't being offered by the White House, Fox News or Rush Limbaugh, 2007 has been a lousy one in Afghanistan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-08-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Portland Foresees Big Bill for Prez Candidate Securitynew
The Portland Police Bureau expects to spend $600,000 guarding presidential candidates who campaign here in 2008. That sum could pay the annual salaries of 15 new officers.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-07-2007 |
Politics
Hillary the Republican Presidentnew
A Clinton presidency would differ little from the GOP frontrunners.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
11-07-2007 |
Commentary
Bobby Jindal Will See You Nownew
Team Jindal is focused on filling key government jobs, but it better mind the Legislature as well.
In Virginia, Obama Blasts Bush, Calls for Changenew
Barack Obama ripped into his opponents' claims that he lacked the experience to be the next president and promised to raise the minimum wage every year and restore the country's standing in the world.
C-Ville Weekly |
Staff |
11-07-2007 |
Politics
Feinstein's Torture Cave-Innew
If Dianne Feinstein can't stand up to this administration, she shouldn't be on the Judiciary Committee.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Editorial |
11-07-2007 |
Commentary
