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/2008/12/09/ill-governor-is-illin/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/09/ill-governor-is-illin/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:40:12 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10527 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/09/ill-governor-is-illin/feed/ 3 Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has been arrested by federal agents for trying to sell Pres.-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/coxs-dc-bureau-chief-to-become-washington-post-ombudsman/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/coxs-dc-bureau-chief-to-become-washington-post-ombudsman/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:00:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10180 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/coxs-dc-bureau-chief-to-become-washington-post-ombudsman/feed/ 0 Two-year term with the paper comes day after Atlanta-based Cox announced it was shuttering national and international bureau in D.C. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/palin-reads-creative-loafing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/palin-reads-creative-loafing/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:44:30 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6855 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/palin-reads-creative-loafing/feed/ 2 Andisheh just pointed out to me that Sarah Palin told Katie Couric the other day that she reads Creative Loafing. I’m excited that a potential vice president “established her worldview” by reading our paper, as well as by reading dailies like the New York Times and Pravda. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:30:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/feed/ 1 Decades of myopia and road-building fever are catching up with metro Atlanta. We’re not alone in that mess, but we seem to be one of the few metro regions not doing anything about it. Neil Peirce of the Washington Post writes that in light of gridlock and arm-and-a-leg gas prices, metro areas as far west as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/ajc-to-departing-employees-shhhh/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/ajc-to-departing-employees-shhhh/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:08:32 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/ajc-to-departing-employees-shhhh/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/ajc-to-departing-employees-shhhh/feed/ 10 This may sound odd for an organization that prides itself on the free flow of ideas, but staffers who are leaving Atlanta Journal-Constitution are being required to sign an agreement that they won’t “disparage” the paper or its management once they leave, according to several AJC employees. “I was pretty surprised to see that in there,” [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/start-your-monday-off-right-with-depressing-water-news/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/start-your-monday-off-right-with-depressing-water-news/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:33:08 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/start-your-monday-off-right-with-depressing-water-news/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/start-your-monday-off-right-with-depressing-water-news/feed/ 1 The water crunch Georgia’s facing? The Associated Press writes that it’s becoming a national problem. The article provides a thorough rundown of where our fair nation stands in terms of providing a diminishing supply of water to a growing population. In Georgia news regarding the water crisis: Bottled water sales are up, even though the people [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-5/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-5/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:30:27 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-5/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-5/feed/ 10 *… and nobody gives a damn. The United Nations released a devastating report yesterday that says mankind has basically laid waste to the planet and that it may be too late to turn the tide. It is so dire that “humanity’s very survival” is at risk, according to the report. And this isn’t from some left-wing wacko [...]