AltWeeklies Wire
Why is Kyrgyzstan in the News So Suddenly?new
Kyrgyzstan had a Freedom Spurt last month. Its inspiration was the increasingly brazen power-grabbing of the now-deposed President Askar Akayev, combined with his long-term inability to get the economy going.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Why I'm Not Afraid of the End of the World
One generation's bound to take a hit for the environmental irresponsibilities of the past. Why shouldn't it be ours?
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
04-18-2005 |
Commentary
Time to Speak Out Against Nuclear Powernew
People concerned about a safe environment and a sane energy future should speak in opposition to the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Clinton, Ill.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
04-15-2005 |
Commentary
Casino-Resort Hotel Proposal Threatens Environmentnew
Gregory Sarris, a renowned novelist and chief of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is the guiding spirit behind building an Indian casino on an endangered wetlands.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-15-2005 |
Commentary
Say What?new
Metroland writers defend the (almost) indefensible, arguing that reading is a waste of time and EBay is worse for children than Internet chat rooms.
Metroland |
Metroland writers |
04-14-2005 |
Commentary
The Use of Forcenew
Brace yourself: Star Wars is coming!
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
04-14-2005 |
Commentary
Why is the U.S. Selling F-16 Fighter Jets to Pakistan?new
Of course, the U.S. isn't calling the transaction "selling advanced nuclear weapons delivery systems to certified wackos." That would raise concerns that we're putting the most dangerous weapons in the hands of the most dangerous regimes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-14-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Moron Lanes -- a Stroke of Genius From the Georgia Brain Trustnew
Atlanta ranks among the nation's five most congested cities, but now that the state of Georgia has created a "congestion mitigation" task force, things should be fine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
04-14-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Gov. Sonny Perdue, Humbug Sqaure
The Medieval Empirenew
Is resistance futile as America goes feudal? And what will the "new feudalism" look like?
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-13-2005 |
Commentary
The Air Force's Bad Case of Subpoena Envynew
A therapist is fighting a subpoena demanding confidential treatment records of an Air Force Academy cadet who says she was raped.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
A Visit With a Prospective Popenew
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, the first cardinal to hail from Honduras, would make a very good pope -- at least in the secular, political sense.
SF Weekly |
John Mecklin |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
Probing the Private Records of an Attorney Generalnew
The Pitch would like to know the last time Phill Kline went to the doctor and what for. But it lacks the power of the Kansas Attorney General, who subpoenaed 90 women's records from two abortion clinics.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Privacy, women's issues
Polygamy's Money Train Should Be Derailednew
The Arizona Legislature has a rare opportunity to strike a blow to a fundamentalist Mormon cult by seizing control of its communities' school district.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
04-11-2005 |
Commentary
Why Are Two Agencies Arguing About Nuclear Plant Safety?new
The nonpartisan and normally sedate NAS is so ticked off, in fact, that the academy has taken the unusual (for it, anyway) step of publicly criticizing the commission and the nuclear energy industry for trying to suppress its findings. The NAS' actions have made the commission now look crooked and ineffectual. Call it Revenge of the Nerds 5.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-07-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
To Sid, With Lovenew
It's a good thing that race is a relatively minor concern in the new Ashton Kutcher/Bernie Mac film Guess Who. But why is it taken for granted that it's black people who are the ones with the problem?
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
04-06-2005 |
Commentary
