AltWeeklies Wire
Follow the Bouncing Zell: A Report on His Zig Zagsnew
One of Zell Miller's favorite lines is "To thine own self be true." Which, judging from the congressman's darting to and fro on every issue from the Civil Rights Movement to the Bush family, just goes to show he's every bit the ping-pong ball that Rudy Giuliani accuses John Kerry of being.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Mara Shalhoup |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
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
It's a New -- and Nasty -- Day on the Judicial Campaign Trailnew
A 2002 federal court decision has dramatically changed the nature of campaigning for Georgia's courts. Under the old rules of judicial conduct, candidates were prohibited from aggressive campaigning or personally soliciting money. Now, they're free to pound the pavement for cash, criticize each other in the press, and answer questionnaires about their judicial and political philosophies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Diamond |
07-12-2004 |
Politics
Judge Is Accused of Threading Ethics Loopholenew
In a sign of just how aggressive the campaigning has become for Georgia's courts, a candidate for Fulton County Superior Court has accused one of his opponents -- Atlanta's former chief Municipal Court judge, no less -- of skirting the city's ethics laws in his bid for the bench.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Diamond |
07-08-2004 |
Politics
Can Johnny Isakson Out-Conservative the Conservatives?new
Widely regarded as the most reasonable, amiable and downright likable Republican lawmaker in Georgia during the long years in which Democrats ruled the political roost, Isakson has found that those qualities aren't exactly selling points among the post-Newt, ditto-headed, conservative hard-liners who control his party these days.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
06-24-2004 |
Politics
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
Formidable Field of Women Seek Congressional Seatnew
Cynthia McKinney, who wants to regain her seat in Congress, is a favored candidate among the five women and one man who will face off in the July 20 Democratic primary. Once regarded as a loose cannon, she's now seen as an outspoken advocate for the oppressed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
06-16-2004 |
Politics
