AltWeeklies Wire
Tune In, Pleasenew
Our daily behavior is governed by a barrage of simple, reinforced messages, whether or not they can be shown to be true -- so the "war on terror" meanders on.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-06-2006 |
Commentary
Greenwashednew
Jared Huffman, candidate for state senate in California, is making leftist proclamations, but he's got some unsavory ties to big business.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Blood Sacrificenew
As traffic crashes kill more and more young Americans, our country falls further behind other countries in road safety.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-10-2006 |
Commentary
Real Scamnew
The sentencing in the Wendy's chili-finger case -- a 12-year and a nine-year sentence for the two conspirators -- is draconian punishment for a crime that did not hurt anybody.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-03-2006 |
Commentary
Killer Regeneratrixnew
In the U.S., the liberation of women has been grotesquely reduced to whether or not Roe v. Wade is the "law of the land" -- whatever happened to real feminism?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
01-27-2006 |
Commentary
The Mannew
Looking to unseat Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Democratic heavyweights have begun endoring Phil Angelides for governor -- but in his eight years in charge of the state's treasury, he's done nothing of lasting significance.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
01-13-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Saving Californianew
Lenny Goldberg of the California Tax Reform Association has a plan to fix the state's economic woes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
12-17-2005 |
Commentary
What We Might Kill If We Kill 'Tookie'new
Perhaps the best argument against capital punishment is the story of how the judicial system mistreated Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who has spent half of his 51 years on San Quentin's Death Row.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
12-12-2005 |
Commentary
A Restaurant for the 23rd Centurynew
Under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais in California, Lydia's Lovin' Foods turns out a delicious assortment of raw, vegan and vegetarian dishes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-28-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: McDonald's, natural foods
Palestinian Children Perform Freedom Dancenew
Although the work of the Ibdaa Dance Troupe is overtly political, it is not inspired by Islamic fundamentalism, patriarchal fascism or terrorism.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-21-2005 |
Commentary
White Power Movement Protests Casino Developmentnew
The leader of a group that opposes the creation of American Indian-run casinos says "tribalism" must be eradicated in the United States as well as Iraq and replaced with "democracy."
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-11-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: wetlands, California Stop the Casino 101, Chip Worthington, Elaine Devary Willman. Toppenish, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and their backer, Graton Tribe, Greg Sarris, Laguna de Santa Rosa, One Nation United, professor of Chicano Studies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Ron Lopez, Station Casinos of Las Vegas, Wash. chair of a national organization Citizens for Equal Rights Alliance, whose associate member groups United Property Owners
Bobble Votenew
The bobbling head of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is the best guide on how to vote in California's Nov. 8 special election. When his head bobbles "yes," vote no. When it bobbles "no," vote yes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-03-2005 |
Commentary
The McKilling Fieldsnew
Of the estimated 30,000 civilians slain in Iraq, 37 percent have been killed by the U.S. military, according to the Web site IraqBodyCount.org. Do average Iraqis believe that Americans are trying to free them?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-31-2005 |
Commentary
Signing Away Indian Sovereigntynew
A contract between Station Casinos of Las Vegas, Nev., and an Indian tribe places the tribe in a position of perpetual subordination to the corporation.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-17-2005 |
Commentary
Authoritarian Oppositionnew
Protesters who did not stay "on message" were kicked out of Camp Casey, says a California witch who went to see the settlement where the mother of a slain soldier waited to speak to George W. Bush.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-05-2005 |
Commentary
