AltWeeklies Wire
Death and Resurrection for the Boys of Summernew
Heath Ledger, Robert Downey Jr. and Christian Bale helm summer blockbusters that are surprisingly bleak.
North Bay Bohemian |
Hannah Strom-Martin |
05-30-2008 |
Commentary
Later Alligators!new
I am going on an extended leave of absence from writing this column -- I have to go off and write a book, and I cannot chew gum, do the column and write the book all at the same time.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
Who Rules Us?new
Connecting a play about the Vietnam war called A Piece of My Heart and C. Wright Mill's classic 1956 study of the military-industrial-political complex, The Power Elite.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-04-2007 |
Commentary
No Right to Bear Armsnew
In the aftermath of murderous news from Virginia Tech, the possibility of banning handguns has once again become a topic of heated public discussion -- but given the clout of the National Rifle Association, it's unlikely to go anywhere.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
Killed Againnew
Four weeks to the day that 16-year-old Jeremiah Chass was shot and killed in his Sebastopol driveway by two Sonoma County Deputy Sheriffs, another psychologically troubled person was shot and killed by law-enforcement officers.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-20-2007 |
Commentary
Two-Necked Goosenew
Breast cancer for the rich.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-22-2007 |
Commentary
Wired Worldnew
These young Americans escaped being programmed to hate the Other by a daily dose of television "news" sculpting the collective brain of mainstream America.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-09-2006 |
Commentary
Hospital Hellnew
On July 23, Cathy and Craig Caddell were taken hostage by the medical system.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
The Natural Neuroticnew
Everybody knows that summer is camping time, but from personal experience, I seriously suggest that you take certain precautions.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-07-2006 |
Commentary
Schmooze Festnew
At a cocktail party for River Rock Casino, CEO Shawn Smyth worked the crowd.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-26-2006 |
Commentary
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
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
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
