AltWeeklies Wire
Take Your Nation and Shove Itnew

Secessionists from Vermont, Alaska and Dixie proclaim their desire to smash the "American Empire."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
10-11-2007 |
Politics
The Mystery of the Mayor's Jet-Settingnew
Shirley Franklin hasn't disclosed who's paying her travel expenses.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-27-2007 |
Politics
This is a Really Sick Jokenew
Newt Gingrich's spin on health care is original -- but it's just corporate propaganda.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-22-2007 |
Politics
The Right Fights for the Rightnew
An Atlanta gathering features luminaries of the white nationalist movement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
07-26-2007 |
Politics
A Cooter Takes On Chamblissnew
Ex-journalist Dale Cardwell plans to unseat U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss by fighting immigration and shunning corporate cash.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-21-2007 |
Politics
The Vernon Jones Supremacynew
Has the GOP planted a secret agent among possible Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
04-12-2007 |
Politics
Tags: Metropolis
The Party's Overnew

Will Republicans be able to solve the big problems facing Georgia?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg and Max Pizarro |
11-16-2006 |
Politics
Judgment Day for Judge Roy Moorenew
Armageddon is just six months away, at least in Alabama. A vote for Roy Moore is an endorsement of Jesus; a vote for Bob Riley (or one of the long-shot Democrat contenders) is a ballot cast for Old Scratch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-08-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Fishwrapper
Student Rebels Against GOP Instructor's Conflictnew
A student accuses a high school teacher of using her school post to funnel students into gigs as Republican foot soldiers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-16-2004 |
Politics
'We Shall See the Reign of Witches Pass Over'new
Hidden somewhere in the results of the Nov. 2 election, there is an ocean of hope. If, for example, only 18- to 29-year-olds had voted, many of George Bush's red states would have been swamped by blue ink, and John Kerry would have won the Electoral College 375-163.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-11-2004 |
Politics
Tags: election, postmortem
South Surrenders its Economy to Yankeesnew
That similarity is shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot backwardness. We face the rear and give the Rebel yell, "Charge!" Put another way, just as the Rebel flag wavers are still fighting a war we lost 140 years ago, so, too, is our economy rooted in decades-out-of-date thinking.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2004 |
Politics