AltWeeklies Wire
Putting the Bite on the Sharksnew
A Republican lawmaker sees the light when it comes to protecting consumers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
03-12-2008 |
Commentary
Political Covernew
No, governor, the water crisis isn't over and we shouldn't start filling pools and watering lawns.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
End of the Machine Age in Atlantanew
The city's next mayor will have to break with the past to capture the future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-23-2008 |
Commentary
A New Sheriff is Riding into Dixienew
The Democrats don't need the South, and that's bad news for the GOP's misleaders in Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Taxing Our Patiencenew
Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson is right to think big -- but his tax plan would be a disaster for the state.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-15-2007 |
Commentary
Sonny Perdue Carries Water for Developersnew
Georgia's governor has failed to plan, lead or solve problems with the biggest crisis in recent state history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-01-2007 |
Commentary
No More Illegal Ramaramadingdongs!new
And while we're at it: no more Frankenstein legislation, no more poisonous prejudice.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
05-31-2007 |
Commentary
Southern Hospitality: Picking Your Pocketsnew
Politicians throw taxpayer money at corporations -- and the results don't match the costs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
04-19-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Metropolis
The Bodies Countnew
Tally of the dead in Iraq soars, and the fools say, "Stay the course."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
03-22-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Metropolis
Newt's Forked Tonguenew
He's unethical, he plots against the middle class -- and he wants to be president.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-08-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Metropolis
Why Are Georgia's Leaders Sending Good Jobs to Third World Nations?new
It shouldn't be a shock to discover that Georgia officials are allowing the outsourcing of taxpayer-paid-for jobs to India and Mexico. Outsourcing private sector jobs to Asia, Africa and Latin America is big business. It's also bad business.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-09-2004 |
Commentary
Writers Say It's Time to Ride GOP Scalawags Out on a Railnew
My fellow travelers also were writers, whatever their day jobs, and we had trekked over from the Carter Center where the group had celebrated the publishing of a book of their essays, Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent.
Even the title is pretty risky. After all, dissent is endangered in this nation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-05-2004 |
Commentary
The Day after the Vote Is Tough on Candidates and Punditsnew
In the aftermath of the election, John Sugg asks what the losers will do now.
If they so badly miscalculate their chances, why should we ever think they could make a sound judgment in their old jobs?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
Canadians View America as Nutty Relative Who's Gone Berserknew
Over two weeks in Canada and the Adirondacks in upstate New York, I asked 104 Canadians and 51 Americans: "What do you think of Bush and the Iraq War?" Ninety of the Canadians and 42 Americans disapproved of the war. A slightly smaller number disliked Bush.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
07-15-2004 |
Commentary
Falun Gong-ites Would Like a Little Help in Ending Torture and Murdernew
Becky Yao, a practitioner of Falun Gong meditation, was one of the organizers of the only effective protest aimed at the recent South Georgia summit of world leaders, also know as G-8.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-24-2004 |
Commentary
