AltWeeklies Wire
Afghanistan War Promises Victory So Glorious We Never Shall Winnew
The old joke says that since 2003, U.S. soldiers have been between Iraq and a hard place. With a sanctioned Iraqi withdrawal underway at last, our troops are now in the hard place. It's no joke.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
09-24-2009 |
Commentary
So What Would Jesus Do About Health Care Reform?new
Think Barack Obama's a socialist? He's practically Calvin Coolidge if you compare his ideas on health care to those of Jesus.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
09-08-2009 |
Commentary
The Recession of 'No Depression'
After 13 years in print, the magazine that helped to define alt-country has decided to stop the presses for good.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
05-15-2008 |
Music
The Mo', the Merriernew
Argentine band transforms the blues into world music.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mo'Blues
The Time Has Come to Pick a Presidentnew
The rise of Huckabee from Arkansan anonymity has given the GOP Establishment shivering fits, mainly because he is not beholden to them. He has shown disquieting willingness to forego Bush-Cheney talking points in favor of his own agenda, decidedly less billionaire-centric than the current Administration’s.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
02-05-2008 |
Commentary
The Fischer Kingnew
Burying an American chess master.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
01-28-2008 |
Commentary
Forward, Backwards, Double-Timenew
The future of Iraq seen through space and time.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
12-03-2007 |
Commentary
Sittin' on the Dock of the Past: Remembering Otis Reddingnew
Almost 40 years since Redding died in the chilly waters of Lake Monona outside Madison, Wis., we wonder how we've managed to get along so long without the Big O.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
11-19-2007 |
Music
The Barred of Pakistannew
The dapper but doughy Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, decided that democracy was getting a little out of hand on his watch and chose to take some liberties with liberty.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
11-12-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Pakistan
'Magic' in a Time of Disbeliefnew
Bruce Springsteen's latest album offers new and subversive sounds.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
10-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen
9/11: Six Years Later, Are We Any Safer?new
On this September 11, even as bin Laden remains at large, we are still waist-deep in The Big Sandy, with a mission lacking closure and yet another demand for supplemental billions of dollars in funding for endless war en route from the White House to Congress for a likely rubber-stamped approval.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
09-10-2007 |
Commentary
Obama in 'Bama, Brieflynew
Rockstar? No doubt. Maker of history? Perhaps. Footnote in history? Also a maybe.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
07-16-2007 |
Politics
Going Fissionnew
As the government continues to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize nuclear power with all its drawbacks, it sets aside only a pittance for research into and development of truly renewable energy sources -- perhaps that's because our national power policy is to sustain only the coal, oil, gas and nuclear energy providers.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
07-02-2007 |
Commentary
Keeping Jon Stewart is No Laughing Matter for Comedy Centralnew
It'll take big money to retain Stewart at The Daily Show's anchor desk when his contract comes up for renewal next year.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
06-25-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
How Now, Mad Cow?new
Beef eaters beware -- safety may be sent packing.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
06-11-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
