One week after 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston was gunned down in her home by Atlanta Police under mysterious circumstances, Mayor Franklin has finally issued a statement:’ “I certainly share the concern that all of us have about the loss of Ms.…
In newspaper speak, to “bury a lede” is to fail to place the most important part of a news story at the beginning. In today’s AJC, the story “Slain woman’s family: ‘We just want to see the truth’” hides its…
At 4 a.m. Saturday morning, New York police shot and killed Sean Bell and wounded two of his friends. We know how many shots police fired (50). We know that the officers involved likely violated police policy, first by firing…
“Back in the 1980s, Daniel Ortega was depicted by the Reagan and Bush administrations as a threat to freedom in the United States. On the American boogeyman scale, he was somewhere between Hugo Chavez and Saddam Hussein.” Read the rest…
I wrote this week’s cover story in Creative Loafing. It’s called “Atlanta’s 11 Least Influential People.” Among the those profiled, a man who got fined after someone else broke his septic line, Atlanta residents who have tried for three years…
Behold, State Supreme Court Carol Hunstein’s spectacularly mean ad attacking her opponent, Mike Wiggins. If you can’t see the image above, click here. I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I can’t help it.
Will Bobafred and Tony please e-mail me so I can send them their reward money. You’ve both won.
I pulled into my driveway about 10 minutes ago (11:45 P.M.). As I turned in, I saw a man walking in my direction on the street. He was walking two racing bicycles next to him — one on each side.…
UPDATE: The following is from a Reuters story that appeared today: Apple says shipped iPods carrying computer virusWed Oct 18, 2006 9:26am ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod digital music players shipped in the past…
I’m attempting to compile a list of songs with lyrics that pay back-handed compliments to a love interest. To qualify for the list, the song must have a lyric that’s seemingly intended as a compliment, but would likely be received…
