AltWeeklies Wire
Got Pot?new
The evidence mounts: Marijuana is good for the brain?
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
11-17-2005 |
Commentary
From One Female Columnist to Another ...new
As a progressive female, you'd think I'd like Maureen Dowd. But she's such a girl ...
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
11-17-2005 |
Commentary
Hoop Drearinessnew
The NBA's new season is underway--does anybody care?
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
11-17-2005 |
Commentary
A Flutter of Life in the Democratic Corpsenew
A former U.S. Army captain who served in Bosnia and Iraq is running as a Democrat for Georgia secretary of state. The entry of a strong candidate into the race is a surprise to anyone who'd thought Georgia Democrats were toast.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-17-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Humbug Square, Scott Holcomb
You Can Do Thatnew
Despite the mythologizing of Rosa Parks, she was human just like the rest of us. This very normal woman simply looked in the mirror and told herself, "You can do that" -- a simple act that is also necessary in today's difficult times.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-13-2005 |
Commentary
White Power Movement Protests Casino Developmentnew
The leader of a group that opposes the creation of American Indian-run casinos says "tribalism" must be eradicated in the United States as well as Iraq and replaced with "democracy."
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-11-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: wetlands, California Stop the Casino 101, Chip Worthington, Elaine Devary Willman. Toppenish, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and their backer, Graton Tribe, Greg Sarris, Laguna de Santa Rosa, One Nation United, professor of Chicano Studies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Ron Lopez, Station Casinos of Las Vegas, Wash. chair of a national organization Citizens for Equal Rights Alliance, whose associate member groups United Property Owners
Is It True the CIA Operates Secret Prisons?new
By maintaining prisons outside the United States, the CIA can skirt quaint, outmoded American legal procedures such as charging people with actual crimes and giving them trials.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-10-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Another Misstep in the Stumbling World of Journalismnew
Last month, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution made a stunning announcement: The paper's editorial board would not endorse candidates in Atlanta's elections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-10-2005 |
Commentary
Blow Me Downnew
Maybe the hurricane was just what Fort Lauderdale needed: It got rid of some cheap aluminum sheds and exposed shoddy workmanship and the government's idiocy.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
11-07-2005 |
Commentary
Picking Up the Piecesnew
After Katrina, New Orleans will need lots of faith, hope -- and the right priorities.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Is the Iraq War Hastening the Remilitarization of Japan?new
In a nutshell, Japan is creeping in the direction of remilitarization -- it's a process that's been going on for decades. The Iraq War is simply speeding it up.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
What Bush Could Learn From West Wingnew
George W. Bush has reportedly switched from watching baseball to reruns of West Wing. Too bad he's not watching this season's episodes in which President Bartlet's top staffers are suspected of leaking a national-security secret to a New York Times reporter.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Plamegate, United States president
'Immigration Crime Fighter' D.A. King Defies Criticsnew
D.A. King is not what you would expect, especially if you saw news coverage about him paying 14 homeless people to carry signs -- which King made himself -- during a Georgia state Capitol protest against illegal immigrants.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-04-2005 |
Commentary
Erasing the Linenew
Are day laborers congregating in front of your local Home Depot?
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
11-03-2005 |
Commentary
Get Some Ballsnew
Some Kansas City fogeys are too afraid to even talk about a downtown ballpark.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
11-01-2005 |
Commentary
