AltWeeklies Wire
'The Great Speckled Bird' Flew High (And So Did its Readers)new
The storied Atlanta "underground" newspaper celebrates its 40th birthday with a gathering of the counterculture.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
05-16-2008 |
Media
What is the Country Reports On Terrorism?new
Country Reports On Terrorism is published each spring by the State Department. The State Department doesn't do it out of the goodness of its bureaucratic heart. The report is mandated by Congress. It is an ugly catalog of who's blowing up whom and it's not pretty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
Moodswing: The Distinguished Guest Instructornew
Whatever, I don't judge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
05-16-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
In Defense of Beer: A Wine Geek Raises Her Glass to the Sudsnew
Beer geeks vehemently defend their beverage as a great -- if not the best -- food pairing grog. And you know what? They're right -- at least sometimes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
05-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Karma Cleanser: Honesty is Always Worth its Weight in Karmanew
"I was really hoping my assistant would have just translated the credit memo. Is that so wrong?"
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
05-07-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Who is Muqtada al-Sadr?new
Rev. Jeremiah Wright is fun for about five minutes, but the temperamental cleric about whom America should be twisting its collective panty into a knot isn't Wright. It's Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
Moodswing: Plenty of Debrisnew
The generalities of drunk people.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
05-07-2008 |
Comedy
Wine Trips on the Roads Less Travelednew
Napa and Sonoma valleys are the obvious choices when plotting a trip through wine country. But there are other pleasures to be found by going where many haven't ventured: Santa Barbara and Mendocino counties and Willamette Valley, Ore.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
'The Life Before Her Eyes': Undo the Twistnew
Complex drama spoils itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Karma Cleansernew
Love the one you're (living) with?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
05-01-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Hey, Hillary, John and Barack, Listen to the Citiesnew
The problems of urban areas are missing from the presidential races, and that's shameful.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
What is the National Defense University?new
While much of the national news media's attention was focused on his holiness and his hot wheels, an important story about the Iraq War broke. On April 17, the elite university in D.C. published a report called "Choosing War: The Decision To Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
Moodswing: A History of Wrecksnew
And other topics of conversation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
05-01-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Karma Cleansernew
Every good deed is punished?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
04-24-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
What is a Nuclear Umbrella?new
At last week's Democratic presidential debate (the one between Sens. Barack Hussein Lapel Pin and Senator Hillary Rodham-Sniper-Fire), the subject of extending our nuclear umbrella to defend Israel against Iran came up. Sen. Sniper-Fire even suggested that our umbrella should be tilted to shield Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-24-2008 |
Commentary
