AltWeeklies Wire
Small-town Papers Duke it Outnew
Point Reyes, Calif., is perhaps the smallest two-paper town in America.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-21-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
White Boys Eatnew
While it is not surprising that the toothy duo use the same brand of sugary tooth-whitener, it takes genuine white-boy balls to pass off corporate product placement as diplomatic banter.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-19-2007 |
Commentary
The Right to Witnessnew
Watching the cops to help save lives.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Political Derbynew
Using C. Wright Mills to understand today's political and media climates.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-21-2007 |
Commentary
Our War Genesnew
To borrow computer terminology, it is true that our "operating system" is engineered to support Pentagon-manufactured "applications" that cause great suffering.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-11-2007 |
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
Normon Solomon Talks War Marketingnew
Since the mid-1980s, Solomon has been dogging the game of mainstream journalism as a leading press critic.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Chass Cover-upnew
The slaying of 16-year-old high school student Jeremiah Chass by sheriff's deputies dominated front-page headlines of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat for a week -- seldom have I witnessed such inept and slanted journalism.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Deadly Forcenew
Searching for facts in Jeremiah Chass' death at the hands of Sonoma County deputies.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Two-Necked Goosenew
Breast cancer for the rich.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-22-2007 |
Commentary
Feinstein Resigns from Military Construction Appropriations Subcommitteenew
Feinstein had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects she approved.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-16-2007 |
Commentary
Impeach Now!new
It's sickening to watch the Democratic Party cut and run from the real possibility of throwing Bush and Cheney out of office.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-12-2007 |
Commentary
BALCO Sleazoidsnew
There are so many things wrong with the argument that Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada and the Hearst Corporation are "heroes" for defying the government that it is hard to know where to begin in deflating this nonsense.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-02-2007 |
Commentary
