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Civil Liberties Advocates Make Strange Bedfellowsnew
An anti-Patriot Act resolution finds bipartisan support in Red State Montana.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
03-17-2005 |
Politics
Mired in the Machinesnew
New York may lose millions of federal dollars because its lawmakers can’t agree on voting standards.
GOP's Pro-bidness Stance Could Prompt Voter Backlashnew
This session in the first completely Republican-controlled Georgia General Assembly in more than a century is shaping up to be remembered as the one in which the Legislature noisily consummated its long-running love affair with big business, corporate interests and rich folks in general.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-17-2005 |
Politics
Capitol Doors Closed to Visitors on 'Family Day'new
On March 12, a day touted by Republican leaders as an opportunity for John Q. Public to see his Legislature at work, Georgia state troopers barred the doors of the Gold Dome, temporarily shutting out hundreds of visitors, lobbyists and liberal activists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-17-2005 |
Politics
Today's Domino Theorynew
Forty years ago, cold warriors used the domino theory to justify America's war in Southeast Asia. Now neoconservatives are espousing a similar sort of domino theory. This time, it is democracy, not communism, that is supposedly spreading.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-16-2005 |
Politics
Anti-Cloning Crusader Makes Republicans Squirmnew
Debate over an anti-cloning bill introduced by Missouri State Sen. Matt Bartle separates the Republican Party's believers in free markets from its believers in God.
A Legislator's Hunt for Liberals Turns Into Self-Sabotagenew
Ohio State Senator Larry Mumper took a pounding after he introduced the "Academic Bill of Rights," which would have compelled Ohio professors to halt the "indoctrination" of children "with left-wing issues."
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
03-15-2005 |
Politics
Dept. of Misappropriationsnew
Montana Senator Conrad Burns' help granting $3 million to one of the country's richest tribes generates a call for investigation.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
03-10-2005 |
Politics
Gavin Newsom's Perspectivenew
In an exclusive interview with the Bay Guardian, San Francisco's glamorous and controversial mayor laments the city's bad budget options and fires back at his critics.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
03-09-2005 |
Politics
GOP Lifer Bemoans His Party's Powerlustnew
Former Minnesota Senator and lifelong Republican Dave Durenberger on the rise of the new Bush Republicans: "They talk about freedom and values, but they really don't believe in representative government."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
03-09-2005 |
Politics
The Rise of the Boo-yaa'snew
The internet demimonde of right-wing bloggers and chat boards is the purest expression of what has happened to political "dialogue" in the past 15 years. Together the forces of radical conservatism have contrived an extreme makeover in the language of politics: They've turned it into the idiot stepchild of sports programming.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
03-09-2005 |
Commentary
Schwarzenegger Chose Friend to Manage His 'Blind' Trustnew
When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger set up a blind trust for his fortune in 2003, he designated as trustee his close friend and financial adviser Paul D. Wachter. Wachter is hardly a disinterested party.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-07-2005 |
Commentary
ACLU Opposes 'Ohio Patriot Act'
Ohio Senate Bill 9 would address matters of national, er, state security such as chemical weapons, money laundering... and lasers.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
03-03-2005 |
Politics
Does Perdue's Possible Perjury Parallel Clinton's?new
Both Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Bill Clinton made allegedly false statements as a result of troubling family matters. Perdue's sworn statement came in a case that could cost taxpayers damages and originated with his flying a state helicopter like an over-caffeinated Cub Scout. Clinton lied about a fling with a fat chick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
03-03-2005 |
Politics
Dean and the Elephants in Dixienew
Donna Ladd discusses Howard Dean's controversial comment to the Democratic National Committee's Black Caucus: "The truth hurts. And sometimes it needs to."
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-01-2005 |
Commentary
