AltWeeklies Wire
Left and right join to stop NSAnew

Bipartisanism — remember that word? — still exists.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-01-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: John Conyers
Confederacy of Duncesnew

Compared to South Carolina, our idiots notthat bad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
05-24-2013 |
Commentary
GOP bills ensure less voting, fraudulent or legitimatenew

More ways to keep North Carolina Dems from polls.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
04-11-2013 |
Elections
Happy Birthday, Iraq Warnew

The worst mistake in U.S. history turns 10.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
03-21-2013 |
War
Charlotte's All-Time Greatest Sex Scandalsnew

From the politicians to the preachers, we rate the Queen City sleaze-meisters.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
11-28-2012 |
Sex
Tags: Sex Scandals
The Real Voter Fraudnew

GOP's campaign is a cruel joke.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-11-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Voter fraud, Voter ID Act
Good Election-Year Readsnew

Let's get political.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2012 |
Books
Back to the beach with these smart paperback mysteriesnew

Reviews of books by Gillian Flynn, James Lee Burke and Bruce DeSilva.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2012 |
Fiction
Exploiting the DNCnew

Charlotte struts her stuff for a piece of the political pie.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie, Joanne Spataro and John Grooms |
08-15-2012 |
Elections
Tags: DNC 2012, DNC Charlotte
Beach Reading with a Beatnew

Including Rob Reid's Year Zero, more.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
07-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Rob Reid
The DNC Memory Holenew

Political circuses, the new Prozac.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-14-2012 |
Commentary
Book Reviews: Gellhorn, The Family Fang, Faithnew

Works by Caroline Moorehead, Kevin Wilson and Jennifer Haigh.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-05-2012 |
Fiction
Bank of America's Brian Moynihan Thinks He's Incensednew

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has a lot of nerve. Either that, or he is profoundly disconnected from his company's ordinary, everyday customers.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
11-01-2011 |
Business & Labor
Time for Fine Fall Paperbacksnew
This week, we're looking at new fall paperbacks we feel are worth your time.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-24-2011 |
Fiction
Book review: Preston Lauterbach's The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Rollnew
One thing about the "roots of rock & roll"... is that those roots were tangled, down and dirty, definitely "underground," and nearly always an antidote for "respectable" mainstream culture — which also means that the club owners and promoters were often found on the wrong side of the law.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-19-2011 |
Nonfiction