“If Zach Braff is the voice of my generation, can’t someone please crush his larynx?” Josh Levin at Slate.com

This comes from Harry Shearer. The error and correction appeared in the LA Times. Scandinavian fest: A listing in Sunday Calendar said hot dogs would not be allowed at the Scandinavian Autumn Fest and Marknad on Sept. 17 at Vasa…

“The government of the United States doesn’t want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war.” -“President” Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, speaking to the United Nations on September 20, 2006. ****** Orinoco Belt…

I just returned from another infuriating visit to the Fulton County tag office on Pyror Street in lovely Downtown Atlanta. On one of the walls, there’s a pardon-our-progress sign requesting that visitors to the office be patient while the staff…

U.N. expert says torture in Iraq is “out of hand”Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:29pm ETBy Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) – Torture is rampant in Iraqi prisons and police detention centers, and may be worse than under Saddam Hussein’s rule, a…

I’m doing a story for Creative Loafing about the 11 least influential Atlantans. Do you have any suggestions? The list is a mix of funny and serious. Last year’s “least influential” list included the chair of the Cobb County Democratic…

“We ask for the cooperation of the public and ask your pardon for the inconvenience.” -From an announcement by the Thai military, which today overthrew Thailand’s elected government. For some basic information about the events that preceded the coup, try…

Me: I’d like an egg and cheese McMuffin, please.Cashier: Ummm, uh (looks at buttons on cash register) egg and cheese?Me: Yes, please.Cashier: (silently looks at cash register)Me: How about a Sausage McMuffin with no sausage?Cashier: Okay (rings me up).

Just because he called a native Virginian with brown skin a monkey and has an enduring obsession with displaying the Confederate flag, doesn’t mean that Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia) is a racist. On the contrary, Allen so loves all people…

The photo below is of pages 14 and 15 of today’s New York Times. The ad on the left is for a Ted Koppel-hosted program on Discovery. The ad on the right is for the ABC mockudrama about the lead-up…