http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/emorys-drew-westen-thinks-obama-hitting-stride/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/emorys-drew-westen-thinks-obama-hitting-stride/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:24:45 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6361 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/emorys-drew-westen-thinks-obama-hitting-stride/feed/ 0 One of the pleasant surprises of this campaign season for me has been the emergence of Emory University Psychology & Psychiatry Professor Drew Westen as an influential national political commentator. The Political Brain, his wonkish-but-easy-to-read 2007 book on the art of emotionally compelling campaign messaging, struck a nerve with people trying to figure out why [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/drew-westen-on-campaign-08-get-ready-for-racism/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/drew-westen-on-campaign-08-get-ready-for-racism/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:14:16 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/drew-westen-on-campaign-08-get-ready-for-racism/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/drew-westen-on-campaign-08-get-ready-for-racism/feed/ 5 Emory University professor Drew Westen predicts in The New Republic today that the 2008 presidential campaign will be the “nastiest, most racist presidential contest in modern American history.” Westen says the only way McCain and the Republican Party can derail the Obama train is by insinuating that he’s a foreigner and reminding people that he’s black. As [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/02/atlanta-blogs-today-east-atlanta-kidnappings/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/02/atlanta-blogs-today-east-atlanta-kidnappings/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:04:06 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/02/atlanta-blogs-today-east-atlanta-kidnappings/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/02/atlanta-blogs-today-east-atlanta-kidnappings/feed/ 0 So far, people have felt safe moving back into the city, but if another kidnapping happens, or if worse, one is successful, those condos will become very inexpensive very quickly and Real Estate Developers will egg on an already eager legislature to punish the city. -Bloglanta on early Sunday morning’s kidnapping of two men from an [...]