> > What I would love is a left publications that really was a complete
> > alternative to a major newspaper.
> >
> > Yes, it would have political articles....but it would also be full of
> > life stuff: parenting; tenant rights, recipies, health advice, sports,
> > movie reviews, etc.
> >
> > That would be fun.
> >
> > Joanna
>
> I'm with you on this. The problem is that way too many leftists look down
> on anything relating to lifestyle, sports, entertainment, etc. This is
> uncomfortable to these cultural puritans, but many of us have interests
> beyond some narrow range of leftist entertainers. Create a radical leftist
> newspaper with coverage of tonight's Heat-Bulls game, some recipes, some
> DIY home tips and coverage of some new music--I'll subscribe. Create a
> newspaper with only hard news and leftist polemic. I'm not interested.
>
> Frankly, I think that a leftist newspaper will only work if it has the
> same kind of content as regular newspapers.
>
> If you look at the radical press from a century ago, it had wide-ranging
> coverage of both political issues and lifestyle interests.
>
> Chuck
LP has a backlog of movie reviews, I know a couple of solid lefty sports writers.