AltWeeklies Wire
Are Americans Stingy with Foreign Aid?new
Measured by percentage of gross income, we are in fact the stingiest industrialized nation in the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
For Seamstress, Home is Where the AIDS Memorial Quilt isnew
Gert McMullin, the unofficial caretaker of the 54-ton AIDS memorial quilt, tends not just the quilt, but the people who make the panels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-21-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
It's Not Easy Being Meannew
New Jack stabbed William "Hunter" Lane nine times with a shiv during a wrestling match in Jacksonville. But only four of the wounds were serious. And, besides, Lane had agreed to be cut. It was part of the show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
What is a Salafist?new
Increasingly, reporters use the word "Salafist" to describe certain people attacking Iraqi civilians and American soldiers in Iraq, without explaining the term. Andisheh Nouraee describes the Salafists' history and beliefs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-14-2005 |
Commentary
Women's Lib Gives Way to Female Criminalsnew
The U.S. Justice Department recently gave us all cause to wince when it reported that the nation's female prison population grew over the last decade at almost double the men's rate. For the first time ever, the number of incarcerated women tops 100,000.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Liberal Media Myth: MLK Wasn't a Revolutionarynew
The real Martin Luther King has been all but erased from our history. What's left is so anemic -- and so distorted -- that even George Wallace or Lester Maddox or, heaven help us, Zell Miller could claim kinship.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Corkscrew: Suggestions for Expanding Your Wine Horizonsnew
After witnessing the decline of relaxation, it's time to chill out and start enjoying life again. To jumpstart this idea, here are 10 wine resolution suggestions for 2005.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Etiquette Guidelines for Food on the Facenew
A diner wonders if she'll have bad dinner-party karma because she silently enjoyed the spectacle of a fellow guest with food stuck on his face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
01-06-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
How Will the Iraqi Election Work and What Will be the Result?new
On Jan. 30, Iraqis will vote in their country's first direct, multiparty election since 1953. Iraqis had plenty of free and fair elections during Saddam Hussein's reign. The only catch was that you had to freely and fairly vote for Saddam and his Baath Party henchmen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
The World According to Playwright Karen Wurlnew
With an abundance of tough "life experience," it's no surprise that Karen Wurl draws on her background for her intimate, darkly comic work. Her latest play, Miss Macbeth has its world premiere at Atlanta's Essential Theatre beginning Jan. 10.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-06-2005 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Karma Cleanser
Don't settle for sloppy seconds when you deserve a full-time love affair, Karma Cleanser advises.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
12-30-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Corkscrew: Add Some Sparkle to Your Season (And Your Wine)new
Thanks to the growing popularity of bubblies in other countries, decent deals are more available now. But finding them, besides relying on the stereotypical bottle shape, can be a little more difficult because of naming rights.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
12-16-2004 |
Food+Drink
Karma Cleanser: Should I Try to Find Lost Friend?new
Not keeping in touch with her is the only regret I have in my past. I'm one paycheck away from hiring someone to search for her. I'd really like her friendship back, or should I just stop wondering and forever let it go?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
12-16-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Don't Panic: Is Pakistan Still an Ally in the War on Terror?new
"Friend." That's what President Bush called Pakistan's military dictator, President Pervez "the Perv" Musharraf during the lovey-dovey, grip-and-grin mini-press conference the two held in the White House earlier this month.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
12-16-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: terror
Flanking Action: Arlen Specter Makes his Bargainnew
Arlen Specter is a moderate, pro-choice Republican with a not-undesirable history of coloring outside partisan lines. That recurrent independence upsets hardcore partisans and especially administration operatives for whom absolute fealty to the "official" agenda trumps everything.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
