AltWeeklies Wire
Humbug Square: Even a Mean Boy Can Learn to Givenew
My old friend Tom Glenn walked onstage in front of 900 people at the Georgia World Congress Center last week, and I couldn't help but marvel at how strange it felt to see someone I knew as a goofy kid grow up to amount to something.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-24-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Has Iran Halted its Nuclear Weapons Program?new
On Nov. 14, Iran promised it would temporarily halt the nuclear weapons program that it denies having. The Iranians didn't promise it in those terms, though. They simply promised to temporarily halt their uranium enrichment and related activities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-24-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: What Is the Conflict in the Ivory Coast About?new
If you've recently canceled your subscription to the French national daily paper Le Monde because you've finally resigned yourself to the fact that you can't read French and never will, then you likely haven't read much about the growing violence in the West African nation Ivory Coast.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-18-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: terror
Don't Panic: What's Gonna Happen When Yasser Arafat Dies?new
Other than decomposing, the first process that Arafat's death will initiate is the one to succeed him. Arafat's is a mighty big towel to fill. So big, in fact, that his underlings have decided to get a head start by jockeying for good positions already.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-11-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Who is Abu Musab Zarqawi?new
Osama bin Laden is so yesterday. He is to terrorism what those damned ponchos are to women's fashion. Anybody who is anybody knows that Zarqawi is terrorism's "it" boy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-04-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: The Status of the International Coalition Working in Iraqnew
The president is right about it being wrong to denigrate the contributions of the courageous soldiers who've joined us in Iraq. I just wish he'd quit denigrating our intelligence by trying to convince us that the coalition is anything more than what it is: symbolic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-28-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: How Long are American Forces Gonna be in Iraq?new
That question can't be answered with a date, but let's put it this way: I'm pretty sure that we're gonna be fighting in Iraq at least long enough for me to parlay this foreign policy humor column into a book deal.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-21-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Is U.S. Better at Promoting Democracy and Freedom Abroad?new
Our leaders constantly talk about how important it is that other countries are free and democratic. But even though we say that, we quite often don't care what kind of government a country has, so long as they give us what we want.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-14-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Is Russia Slipping Back into Dictatorship?new
There's no doubt that Russia is becoming less democratic by the day. The only question is whether you think that Russia was far enough from dictatorship in the first place to make slipping back into it possible.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-07-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Is the Media Really Being Too Gloomy About Iraq?new
While Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was visiting the U.S. recently, he explained to reporters that we are a bunch of gloomy Guses whose nonstop negative Nellying is giving the impression that Iraq is much worse off than it actually is.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-30-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Is the War on Terror™ Making Us Any Safer?new
The first reason that it can't be won is pretty simple. Terror is an emotion. Declaring war on terror makes as much sense as declaring war on shame or envy. Not even changing the name to "War on Terrorism" helps.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-23-2004 |
Commentary
Columnist Hides From Storm Near Gracelandnew
Graceland. Elvis. Sounds good. This is a road trip about the South, after all. People, their thoughts, icons, passions. This is the first part of a series, culminating Oct. 28.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-23-2004 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: What's the Lowdown on Afghanistan's Upcoming Elections?new
Campaigning has officially begun for Afghanistan's first-ever free presidential election on Oct. 9. The duties of the Afghan president, as spelled out in the Afghan constitution ratified earlier this year, are similar to the duties of an American president, with a touch of European-style prime minister thrown in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-15-2004 |
Commentary
Man the Barricades: A Protester Remembers the Movementnew
Some things don't change. From the temporal podium of August 2004, I can view myself dimly, striding onto the University of Florida's Plaza of the Americas in 1970, leading a protest against the Vietnam War. This is the second of two parts
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-26-2004 |
Commentary
Protesters Stopped One War and Can Do It Againnew
As New York authorities and the Bush administration plot the crushing of dissent at the Republican National Convention later this month, John Sugg waxes nostalgic about the protest movement. This is the first of two parts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-19-2004 |
Commentary
