http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us It’s harder than frozen bratwursts to believe we’ve reached the end of May already, but there it is -- Memorial Day -- delivering a swift kick in the buns to any lingering memory of a very ugly winter. And the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3306652 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:10:51 -0700 We sort of skipped past President Obama’s first 100 days last week due to the looming horror of the dreaded SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC, which now looks about as lethal as your average bunny rabbit furball contagion. Although people do continue... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3248342 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:34:35 -0700 Q. What is swine flu? A. A respiratory disease caused by a type-A influenza virus that has mutated into H1N1, and is currently terrorizing the globe. Don’t you read the papers? Q. What are these papers you speak of? Poor... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3248303 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:25:25 -0700 I hate Earth Day. I’m serious. It makes my head hurt. Pours buckets full of tiredness into my soul. Forty years of watching it slowly transform from a vibrant, subversive movement to an ineffectual Hallmark holiday has sucked all the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3248268 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:14:59 -0700 It’s bad enough Obama has to juggle two wars while scrubbing the floor of the White House trying to clean up the domestic mess left by the previous tenant, but as soon as he looks out the door, what does... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3248216 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:04:38 -0700 The excitement is palpable. G-20 Mania has swept the country like blue mold on dead fruit in the crisper bin of an abandoned refrigerator. Especially amongst the 18 Americans aware that the G-20 is a meeting of the leaders of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2916241 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:36:52 -0700 It was weird to hear the words that flew out of Barack Obama’s mouth when asked to comment on one of the four or five or FORTY of his Cabinet appointments that were forced to pull out before their confirmation... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2594345 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:20:22 -0800 A politician making lemonade after being pelted by a bushel of media-chucked lemons is as familiar as red yarn on the handle of a black bag on the luggage carousel at O'Hare. But few alive have seen the likes of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2396096 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:25:27 -0800 It might have been the shortest honeymoon this side of a drunken Britney Spears careening off of quarter poker video games in Vegas. I’m talking about Barack Obama’s relationship with the press after his inauguration as the 44th president of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2355055 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:02:05 -0800 It is the wackiest photo-op since Sarah Palin went herself a-turkey-farming. Three ex-presidents, the current president and the future president all kicking it old school, chilling in the Oval Office talking about what cool carpeting abounds. The five of them... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2222025 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:28:24 -0800 The president of the United States looked into the sole of another foreigner -- twice -- as a pair of shoes was flung at him during a Baghdad press conference on a surprise visit to Iraq. And though a lame... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2069401 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:30:35 -0800 Okay. Just so you know: The Top-Ten Comedic News Stories of the Year are as different from the Top-Ten Legitimate News Stories of the Year as a tower of giraffes is from a small paper bag of locking quarter-inch steel... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2049515 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:44:04 -0800 Hats off to the Illinois governor for shooting so high above and beyond the normal arc of political malfeasance that he's probably annoyed NASA by interfering with satellite traffic. After years of highlighting nuances and scrutinizing minute distinctions, it's downright... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2010842 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:40:49 -0800