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Hitchens Was Outrageously Fierce, Classy in a Madison Debatenew
Hitchens had all the facts at his disposal and a devastating way of presenting them.
Isthmus |
Dean Robbins |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Late-season Reflections in the ’Domenew
I had the pleasure of sitting behind the river-side end zone in the Louisiana Superdome — excuse me, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome — a couple weeks ago as my beloved New Orleans Saints leveraged a convincing 31-17 victory over the Detroit Lions, paving their way to a division championship and playoff berth.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-15-2011 |
Commentary
The Greatest Music In The Worldnew
You might ask by what right do I have to proclaim what is the greatest music in the world and what isn’t. Who the hell am I? Well, you can judge by what I say, but when it comes right down to it, your opinion has as much validity as mine.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-08-2011 |
Commentary
Big Time in New Orleans
The bar has anchored this corner in the French Quarter of New Orleans for more than 150 years, and very little has changed — no neon, no Jagermeister machine, not a naked-lady-shaped novelty cup or set of plastic beads in sight. Though it’s still morning, time was when I would belly up to this old, cypress bar — there has never been a barstool in Tujague’s, ever — set my foot on the bowed brass rail and begun the day’s chase.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-08-2011 |
Commentary
The One, True White Whalenew
Reading the other bible at Christmas time.
The Inlander |
Nicholas Deshais |
12-06-2011 |
Commentary
The holiday bait and switchnew
No, my annual grumbling set in around the same time it usually does: just after Thanksgiving, when the moneyed interests unleash a full blitzkrieg on our weaker impulses with the goal of stripping us of more money that we want to spend. The trigger was a piece on the television news, a spot report issued the day before Thanksgiving from the front lines of the battle on our bank accounts.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-03-2011 |
Commentary
Mermaids in Greensboro
They move inside the cavernous Greensboro Aquatic Center with feline grace, the US Women’s Synchronized Swimming Team, gliding across the deck like a single organism at the city’s newest swimming pool. Beautiful.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: crashing the gate
Thumbs Down: Foul Play Pedophilianew
The Penn State pedophilia debacle is mirrored far and wide, including here in the Hoosier State where the parents of an athlete on a local swim team are suing.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Spaz is Snooki's manager? Whaddaya nuts?
How does a reality TV mega-star choose a minor-league baseball team’s mascot to be her personal manager?
Hint: Appearances are not always what they seem.
YES! Weekly |
Ogi Overman |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: snooki
10 Economic Distress Indicators
10 Economic Distress Indicators
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
"Take off that bra, you're only 8 years old."new
Kids grow up fast enough without adults helping them along.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
11-17-2011 |
Commentary
Carpe Dayumnew
My 11 year-old son's first date leaves him more experienced than I was at 23.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
11-10-2011 |
Commentary
Remembering the Remarkable Mr. Starckenew
We lost a genuine San Antonio original with the passing of 90-year-old author, Broadway producer, New Age lecturer, confidante to stars and scalawags alike, world traveler, bon vivant and raconteur sans pareil Walter Starcke on October 25, 2011.
San Antonio Current |
William Jack Sibley |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Return of the Son of the Bride of Halloween Masks IInew
Our annual Halloween mask tribute to the scary monsters and super creeps that color our dreams. Now with more shady trial lawyers, angry old conservatives and frustrated young liberals!
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-27-2011 |
Commentary
The Perils of OWS' Cut-and-Paste Revolution, Part I
The Occupy movement has grown nicely. But, just as Mao found it necessary to adapt industrial-proletarian-based Marxism to China's agrarian economy with "Marxism with Chinese characteristics," activists are about to face the negative consequences of trying to replicate Tahrir Square in the United States. The U.S. isn't Egypt. It isn't even European. Americans need Tahrir Square with American characteristics.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
10-24-2011 |
Commentary
