AltWeeklies Wire
What's Up With All the Weird Names?new
What's up with all the weird-ass names — OK, "nontraditional" names — people are giving their kids these days? We no longer even blink when we're introduced to toddlers, teens or 20-somethings named Kaelyne, Mackenzie, or Fontina, despite the cheesy connotations.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2008 |
Comedy
'Havana Nocturne' Looks at Gambling, Guns and Sex in Pre-Castro Cubanew
The pre-Castro days of the late 1940s and the 1950s were the era when the Mafia ran the most successful string of big-buck casinos, posh hotels and spectacular nightclubs ever seen in this hemisphere -- and paid Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista nearly $10 million (in today's money) per week to ensure that their good thing was "protected."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Nonfiction
Bear-Baiting in Georgia: It's the Oil, Stupidnew
Not one American in ten could find Georgia on a map, but all of a sudden that country's "freedom-loving" government is of great importance to our national security. Bullshit. The situation in Georgia, pure and simple, is about access to oil and our contemptuous treatment of Russia in the post-communist era.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Commentary
Jesse Helms Reconsiderednew
Jesse Helms' career, I see now, was simply an exercise in nostalgia, a pining for the good old days and a worldview rooted in the gallantry of the Old South. Jesse, I fear, was probably one of the last remnants of the wonderful way of life he fought to the last to preserve.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2008 |
Commentary
Jesse Helms, the Gracious Bigotnew
Helms, the Prince of Darkness, has left the building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
07-16-2008 |
Commentary
Iraq: The Colossal Blundernew
Five years later, Iraq is still our national nightmare.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
03-19-2008 |
War
A Thug and a Rorschach Testnew
Giuliani's gone, Edwards' continuing influence.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
02-08-2008 |
Commentary
Disconnected And Dangerousnew
Take guided tour through the bizarre and frighteningly similar United Nations addresses of President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-05-2007 |
Commentary
Wal-Mart Starts Selling 'Faith-based' Toysnew
Starting this week, the store becomes the first mainstream retailer to sell toys from the One2believe company, which wants to provide alternatives to "toys and dolls that promote evil, destruction, lying, and cheating."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
