The Real October Surprise
The Memphis Flyer |
October 10, 2008
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Leave Bobby Jindal Alone!new
Video: Who is this guy? We'd rather not say. But we feel his pain. We really do.
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Election '08: It's Obama!new
Jubilant crowds across the nation celebrated the historic moment, which brought eight years of the Republican rule of George W. Bush to an end. "A new dawn of American leadership is at hand," Obama said.
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Dog Days Reading Listnew
Niagara Falls this summer? Rome, Paris, Florence? Don't get stranded at O'Hare with the proper reading material. Includes review of Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth, Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies, Dear American Airlines, and more.
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Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
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Well, it's finally happening; as the headline of my piece in February, "Gadfly: Aux Barricades, Wisconsin!", foreshadowed, the barricades are finally being stormed, and, this time not just in Madison, Wisconsin. It's beginning to look like “American Spring” may have finally arrived!
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Bill Gibbons Bows Out of Governor's Race, Cites Cash Shortagenew
As expected, District Attorney General Bill Gibbons of Memphis announced Friday that he is withdrawing from the governor's race difficulties in fundraising.
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Memphis Politicians Have Been Accounting for Some of the Local Stormsnew
The most attention-getting circumstances were undoubtedly the unexpected announcement by Sheriff Mark Luttrell that he would be running for Shelby County mayor and the weekend kickoff of former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton's 9th District congressional campaign.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Pistol-Packing Barhops, Bad Science and Turning Back the Clock in Nashvillenew
The legislative week that ended on June 4th was intended to be the penultimate one of the current session of the Tennessee General Assembly. But uncertainty over budgetary matters prevails, and, for the 132 men and women of the legislature, the uncertainty may prolong the agony.
The Memphis Flyer |
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