AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Panic: Did the Fallujah Offensive Shatter the Iraqi Insurgency?new
If you ask Lt. Gen. John Sattler, the Marine who commanded the operation to recapture Fallujah from insurgents, he'll say yes.
Ask someone who's telling the truth, however, and you'll get an entirely different answer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: terror
Antiheroes Are Despicable But Endearingnew
Ronald Everett Capps has created a difficult duo of despicable and -- damn it all, but it's true -- endearing antiheroes in Off Magazine Street, the story of two lifelong friends and the daughter of their personal big easy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
12-09-2004 |
Fiction
Pinholster Revolutionized Basketball, Then Moved onnew
Every boy in Atlanta forty-three years ago knew the name Garland Pinholster. When I heard his name in another context the other day, I realized how remarkable it was that a sports legend from so long ago found such longevity after the cheering stopped.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
Studies Say Sprawl Is Reason for Atlanta's Obesitynew
Almost 60 percent of adults in Georgia are overweight or obese, and Georgia is the sixth most obese state in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Several studies now suggest that the culprit is sprawl.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
12-09-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Christian Scientist Hip-Hop Artists Go for Brokenew
Tucker Booth and Jonathan Toth From Hoth are hated by hip-hoppers and Christian Scientists alike. But that's what makes them cool.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Transfer of Power Expected at William Morris Agencynew
The oldest, richest and stodgiest of Hollywood talent agencies is undergoing a seismic shift not unlike what’s happening beneath the San Andreas Fault.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
12-08-2004 |
Movies
Author Expects Bitter Fight in Iraq to Continuenew
The Toronto author who covered the invasion of Iraq for Harper's asks when Americans will realize that the vestige of democracy is gone and they're living under a totalitarian regime.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-08-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
State of the Artnew
As Burning Man approaches its 20th year of celebrating free expression in the Nevada desert, hundreds of artists are staging a revolt that goes to the soul of the mega-event.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
12-08-2004 |
Art
A South African Crime Legend Gets His Duenew
In Johannesburg, Canadian filmmaker Bronwen Hughes scrapped her original script for Stander and wrote a more subtle story about an ambitious career cop who turned from police work to a life of crime.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
12-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Visitors Flock to See Miracle of Oil-Dripping Iconsnew
Montreal hasn't been kind to modern miracle houses, but skeptics have turned into believers when they visited the living room of Maureen and Clayton Marolly, where oil has been dripping off of the many displayed religious icons since 1994.
Montreal Mirror |
Kristian Gravenor |
12-08-2004 |
Religion
Nevada's Harry Reid Took the Long Way to the Topnew
The political highway is littered with the bodies of those who took the new Democratic floor leader of the U.S. Senate too lightly.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
12-08-2004 |
Politics
Steroid Scandals Can't Erase Fine Moments in Baseballnew
One-time Yankees superstar Jason Giambi’s disgrace -- and the photos of his sickly body -- provides more of a deterrent to impressionable kids than any new rules about steroid use that the Major League Baseball’s management and players union can agree upon.
Baltimore City Paper |
Russ Smith |
12-08-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, drug testing
Not So Fast on Canonizing Bush's Homeland Security Picknew
Bush's appointee as secretary of homeland security, Bernard Kerik, was hailed as a hero after the 9-11 attack. A good deal of his hero image is promoted, if not created, by Rupert Murdoch's New York publishing genius Judith Regan.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
12-08-2004 |
Politics
Medical Marijuana Keeps On Rollingnew
Pot for patients may run into trouble with the Supreme Court, but the issue is gaining in popularity in New York State.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
12-08-2004 |
Science
Alberto Gonzales Played Role in Texas Death Penalty Casesnew
Alberto Gonzales briefed George W. Bush on death-penalty cases when Bush, as governor of Texas, allowed 150 men and two women to be executed. And now Gonzales will be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-08-2004 |
Politics
