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Writer Left the World the Way He Lived -- With a Bang
A journalist who fell under the spell of "gonzo" writer Hunter S. Thompson recalls an encounter with the author.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce VanWyngarden |
02-21-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hunter S. Thompson
How Progressives Can Win the Fight for America's Soulnew
Americans now find themselves engaged in an ideological war, between the red thinkers and the blue ones. The “enemy” lives in your neighborhood and you live in his. The war is not only about “values” but the future of America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce van Wyngarden |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
What Must Happen in the White House Nextnew
President Bush must now do the right thing. He needs to send Karl Rove into graceful retirement and become the once-promised “uniter not a divider.”
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
11-03-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, John Kerry
For a Stronger, Safer, Saner Americanew
John Kerry offers the promise of redeeming George W. Bush’s famously unkept promise from the 2000 presidential campaign. The Massachusetts senator has shown that he can be "a uniter not a divider."
The Memphis Flyer |
the Memphis Flyer Staff |
10-27-2004 |
Commentary
Two Pilots Claim Bush Never Showed Up at Guard Basenew
Two members of the Air National Guard unit in Alabama that President Bush was supposed to join in 1972 say they were expecting Bush, they were waiting for him, and they're sure they never saw him.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
An Open Letter to Michael Moorenew
Michael Moore has produced a cogent negative statement on the war writ large enough to get everyone's attention, but the publisher of The Memphis Flyer would like him to remove two clips that seem unfair.
The Memphis Flyer |
Kenneth Neill |
06-29-2004 |
Reviews
The Third Mannew
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader talks about Elvis, the Democrats, talk-show hosts and the election in this question-and-answer interview conducted June 21 in Memphis.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
06-28-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Ralph Nader
Yea, Though He Walksnew
A Memphis man sets out to cross Death Valley on foot in order to test his latest invention.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
06-15-2004 |
Travel
Soldiers Think Iraqis Have No Hope, Returned Infantryman Saysnew
The carnage of war 23-year-old Steve Michanowicz witnessed during a long, sleep-deprived year in Iraq has left him confused and distracted. He's seen civilians die, and he knows how one's view of the world changes when bullets start carving your profile in the sand.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
06-11-2004 |
War
Tags: Civil War, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Michigan, post-traumatic stress disorder, Kentucky, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade infantry, Central Lake, civilian deaths, Clarksville, dictator, Fort Campbell, interrogators, mass graves, peacekeeping operations, prison torture, Public Affairs Office, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Tennessee. Fort Campbell, Zumar, war & peace
As President, Ronald Reagan Was a Mediocritynew
In the coming months, the Republican propaganda machine will work hard to turn Reagan into a saint. Then George Bush will try to ride Ronald Reagan's coffin back into the White House.
The Memphis Flyer |
Ed Weathers |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
