AltWeeklies Wire
The Bureaucracy of Fighting Terrornew
Millions of homeland security dollars flowing through new agencies and committees haven't been getting where they're needed .
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
Boehner: Yet Another Lobbying Slut?new
The new House Majority Leader is not quite the 'reformer' he claims.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
Five Reasons to Hate Albertanew
A political refugee presents a handy guide to Conservative bull.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
The Comrades in Caracasnew
In Venezuela for the World Social Forum, a Montrealer finds a city awash in revolutionary fervor and slogan-spouting dolls.
Montreal Mirror |
Brett Story |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
Taking Libertiesnew
With his approval ratings in the low 40s, President Bush is anxious to regain the role of hero in the war on terrorism, but he'll need more than a well-oiled campaign machine to convince Americans that civil liberties matter to this White House.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
02-03-2006 |
Commentary
Major Mudnew
With Bush providing nothing for his party to run on, 2006 is shaping up as the year of the slimeball.
L.A. Weekly |
Harold Meyerson |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
State Says 'I Do' to Saving Marriagesnew
A week after the state House Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report of a Senate bill that would quadruple the waiting period for divorce, the Georgia Department of Human Services also announced a marriage-saving project.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
Voter ID 2.0 is Law -- For Nownew
When GOP legislators rammed their new and improved voter ID bill through the Senate and House last month, it proved an impressive display of game-face unity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
Legislator in Chief?new
President Bush has been quietly using "signing statements" to reinterpret the meanings of laws after the fact -- or say he doesn't have to follow them.
Bush and the Unspoken Message
When Bush is left unscripted, words come out so twisted you wonder if he puts his words in an Osterizer before pouring them out of his mouth.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-02-2006 |
Commentary
Smothering King's Legacy
Conservatives praise the Kings as if their work stopped at integration, carefully ignoring King's profound challenge to the kind of budget priorities and militarism that hold sway today.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
02-02-2006 |
Commentary
What Democracy Wroughtnew
Hamas' "surprise" victory offers sobering lessons about grounding U.S. foreign policy in democratic elections.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
All Mixed Up on Irannew
Bush's Middle East policy has resulted in the ascendancy of a religious faction that the U.S. has long decreed to be our enemies -- they are at the heart of the radical fundamentalist Islam Bush attacked in his speech.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
Bush's Speech on the Couchnew
Justin A. Frank, presidential analyst and author of Bush on the Couch, makes a housecall on the State of The Union address.
The Village Voice |
Alexis Sottile |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
Concession Standnew
Pro-choice activists can't -- and shouldn't -- give up on the right to an abortion.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
02-01-2006 |
Commentary
