AltWeeklies Wire
Taxing Our Patiencenew
Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson is right to think big -- but his tax plan would be a disaster for the state.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-15-2007 |
Commentary
Can You Give Us an Update on the War in Afghanistan?new
By any measure that isn't being offered by the White House, Fox News or Rush Limbaugh, 2007 has been a lousy one in Afghanistan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-08-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Sonny Perdue Carries Water for Developersnew
Georgia's governor has failed to plan, lead or solve problems with the biggest crisis in recent state history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-01-2007 |
Commentary
Why Did the CIA Brutalize Khaled el-Masri?new
Because he has the extreme ill fortune of having the same name as a suspected al-Qaeda operative believed to have conspired with 9/11 hijackers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-25-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What is the Armenian Genocide?new
More than 20 nations have officially deemed the killings genocide; Congress has been considering and rejecting an official condemnation for two decades.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-18-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Why Are Foreign Powers Getting Involved in the Iraq War?new
Iran's meddling in Iraq, just like Turkey's meddling and Saudi Arabia's meddling, is part of an overall national security strategy that does have logic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-11-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Why'd the Military Massacre Peaceful Protesters in Burma?new
For reasons I don't understand, but for which I am nevertheless grateful, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, O.J. Simpson and Britney Spears all managed to shut the fuck up and not get arrested last week. The result: a sudden vacancy in America's collective consciousness, into which snuck Burma.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-04-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
How Many Iraqis Have Died?new
While Surgin' Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were in D.C., the British polling agency ORB released a horrifying report -- it says 1,220,580 Iraqis have died since the invasion, and half of all households in Baghdad alone have lost a family member.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What'd You Think of President Bush's Latest Iraq Speech?new
Last Thursday, the president delivered a speech so bad, it diverted media attention from Britney Spears' appalling performance at the '07 VMAs four days earlier.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-20-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Is the Government Vulnerable to Cyberwarfare Attacks?new
Keep in mind, the United States is not necessarily vulnerable because our computer systems are weak or because politicians pander to social conservatives -- we're vulnerable to cyberwarfare because we rely on it so heavily.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-13-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Who is Charles Taylor and What is He on Trial For?new
If Converse could make a comfortable basketball shoe with decent ankle support, Charles Taylor believed he could sell it -- oops, wrong Charles Taylor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-30-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Who is Victor Bout?new
The Pentagon paid the well-known double dealer who sold tanks and guns to the Taliban to fly weapons into Iraq -- at the same time the Treasury Department was trying to shut him down.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-22-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What Ever Happened to the Axis of Evil?new
Well, you kinda know what happened to Iraq ... but what happened with the other two?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-19-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What Is al-Qaeda?new
Americans are susceptible to confusion born of sloppy shorthand -- the Bush administration understands this and has recently ramped up its ongoing "sloppy shorthand" effort to confuse the American people about whom the United States is fighting and why.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What's the Latest on the U.S. Invasion of Somalia?new
To ensure it is never again accused of parroting the White House line on the War on Terror, the press has apparently decided to avoid the subject of American wars whenever possible -- that seems to be what's happening with Somalia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-21-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
