AltWeeklies Wire
How Do You Define Conservative?new
Do you know everything about someone's politics because you know who they voted for in the presidential election?
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
06-30-2005 |
Commentary
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?new
In 1990, when Burma had its first free elections in 30 years, her National League for Democracy party won 82 percent of the seats in the national parliament.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-30-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Where Was Jeb?new
When the Southern Growth Policy Board holds a summit to discuss the issue of rural poverty, why is Florida Gov. Jeb Bush nowhere to be found?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-30-2005 |
Commentary
Where Have All the Licensing Centers Gone?new
The closing of nearly every driver's licensing center in Atlanta just happened to coincide with the passing of a bill requiring photo ID to vote. Some think this may prevent disadvantaged people from voting and hinder a Democratic election.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
06-30-2005 |
Commentary
Human Cargonew
One writer makes a modest proposal for air travel change -- that we start shipping people instead of flying them.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
06-30-2005 |
Commentary
Jury Virgins Sit and Waitnew
Some of those waiting in the jury room swapped tips for flunking the voir dire, but others were eager to serve.
City Newspaper |
Jennifer Loviglio |
06-29-2005 |
Commentary
The Age of Bullshitnew
The book On Bullshit has become a publishing phenomenon. And it's no wonder. It’s not just our own culture that’s marinated in bullshit; it’s the whole modern world.
The Source Weekly |
H. Bruce Miller |
06-23-2005 |
Commentary
Living Languagenew
It's time to give grammar and punctuation a makeover.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
06-23-2005 |
Commentary
I Like a Laboring Man in Leather Gloves and Gogglesnew
The writer prefers a laboring man in leather gloves and goggles to a suit-and-tie guy with a cell phone fused to his fist.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-23-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: moodswing
Weekly Scalawag: Jennifer Wilbanksnew
Steve Fennessy writes an open letter of sarcastic compassion to the "Runaway Bride."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessey |
06-23-2005 |
Commentary
Thank You, Mr. McIntyrenew
When Edgar Ray Killen's attorney admonished Mississippi for "opening old wounds," he presented bigotry in its most deceiving form -- delivered by a man in a business suit and in a high-profile occupation who used every cliché in the book to divide Mississippians from "outsiders."
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Irby |
06-22-2005 |
Commentary
Lott and Cochran: Sign On Nownew
The Jackson Free Press explains why the Senate's anti-lynching resolution was so important, especially as the Edgar Ray Killen trial raises awareness of the issue, and calls for Mississippi's two U.S. senators to add their names to the resolution.
Jackson Free Press |
Editorial Board |
06-22-2005 |
Commentary
Columnist for Salenew
If columnist Armstrong Williams can get big bucks for pushing the No Child Left Behind program, why shouldn't this columnist auction off a few stories?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-21-2005 |
Commentary
In Need of New Answersnew
Militarizing the border won't work, so we'll have to think harder about immigration solutions.
Tucson Weekly |
Renée Downing |
06-16-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: illegal, immigrants
Remember That Crayon You Ate As a Child?new
One woman gets insight into the powers of a coffee enema.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-16-2005 |
Commentary
