AltWeeklies Wire
The Antiwar Movement's Dirty Secret
Supporting the troops -- U.S. troops -- requires the antiwar movement to abandon the Iraqi resistance.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-18-2007 |
Commentary
Democrats Lie to Prolong Iraq; Reporters Go Along
Congressional Democrats don't need a vetoproof majority to end the war in Iraq -- so why is the media perpetuating a lie?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-12-2007 |
Commentary
Gonzales v. United States
Critics celebrate Alberto Gonzales' resignation, but his legal legacy endures.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-29-2007 |
Commentary
Jose Padilla: A Corrupted Trial
As the pundits argue over the "winner" in the case, the loser is clear: democracy.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-22-2007 |
Commentary
Shame: China's Most Valuable Export
Corrupt Chinese officials face execution while CEOs who mess up commit suicide -- is there something we can learn?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-15-2007 |
Commentary
Perverted Justice: The Triumph of Thoughtcrime
Another of George Orwell's predictions comes true: the United States increasingly prosecutes people not for criminal acts, but their thoughts.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-07-2007 |
Commentary
America's Sneaky War on Speeders
Cash-starved states are jacking up fines for speeding by thousands of dollars per ticket. Advocates worry about clogged courts and working-class motorists losing their driving privileges and thus their jobs.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-30-2007 |
Transportation
Heritage Study Claiming Rich, Educated Troops is Fantasy
In fact, the troops are poorer, less educated, and disproportionately African-American -- just as we thought all along.
Wrong About Iraq, Conservative Pundits Keep Jobs
They were wrong about WMDs, being greeted as liberators and the Bush Administration's competence, yet right-wing pundits continue to get paid big bucks for the opinions in the mainstream media -- what's wrong with the marketplace of ideas?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-17-2007 |
Commentary
Report from Tajikistan: After Turkmenbashi, Tajikmanbashi
Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov died in December, but Tajikistan's president is continuing the tradition of bizarre despotism in post-Soviet Central Asia.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-21-2007 |
International
Report from Turkey: Another Reason for U.S. to Worry
This longtime ally is steaming mad because the Iraq War is spilling over its borders.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-19-2007 |
International
Frontrunners by Default: An Utterly Reckless 2008 Preview
The official frontrunners are Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani -- reality, at least 18 months before the 2008 presidential election, looks different.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-15-2007 |
Commentary
George Tenet: The Bush Era Finds Its Albert Speer
Careerist enablers like tell-all-too-late George Tenet are more morally repugnant than "true believer" ideologues Bush and Cheney.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-04-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Iraq, WAR, CIA, Bush, Storm, Powell, Colin Powell, George Tenet, resignation, Slam Dunk, Tenet
America's New Saddam
A new video proves what survivors of the Andijon massacre have known all along: America's "strategic partnership" with Uzbek president Islam Karimov is a deal with the devil.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-27-2006 |
Commentary
