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Are You Better Off Today? If You're a Billionaire, Yesnew

A sure sign that at least one of George Bush's wars is going well is that you seldom read about it. The conflict I have in mind is class warfare, a massive redistribution of wealth that would make John Dillinger's bank robberies seem charitable by comparison.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John F. Sugg  |  09-07-2004  |  Commentary

Writers Say It's Time to Ride GOP Scalawags Out on a Railnew

My fellow travelers also were writers, whatever their day jobs, and we had trekked over from the Carter Center where the group had celebrated the publishing of a book of their essays, Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent. Even the title is pretty risky. After all, dissent is endangered in this nation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  08-05-2004  |  Commentary

The Day after the Vote Is Tough on Candidates and Punditsnew

In the aftermath of the election, John Sugg asks what the losers will do now. If they so badly miscalculate their chances, why should we ever think they could make a sound judgment in their old jobs?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  07-29-2004  |  Commentary

Canadians View America as Nutty Relative Who's Gone Berserknew

Over two weeks in Canada and the Adirondacks in upstate New York, I asked 104 Canadians and 51 Americans: "What do you think of Bush and the Iraq War?" Ninety of the Canadians and 42 Americans disapproved of the war. A slightly smaller number disliked Bush.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  07-15-2004  |  Commentary

Falun Gong-ites Would Like a Little Help in Ending Torture and Murdernew

Becky Yao, a practitioner of Falun Gong meditation, was one of the organizers of the only effective protest aimed at the recent South Georgia summit of world leaders, also know as G-8.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  06-24-2004  |  Commentary

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