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• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  Anthony Foxx's emergence, plus, Catholic UFOs and bossy generals

  Welcome, dear readers, to yet another goosebump-raising edition of Ask Boomer With Attitude, live fr...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by John Grooms
• THE N WORD

  Plane crazy: Just when you thought it was safe to fly

  In the "what were you thinking?" category, a United Airlines pilot was recently arrested f...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Nsenga Burton
• CITIZEN SERVATIUS

  Playing racial-justice roulette

  Suppose the state legislature came up with the harebrained idea to pass a law to exempt the killers...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Tara Servatius
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  Hungering for a true Thanksgiving

  "In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger," says a United Nations World Food...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• COVER

  The Best of The Blotter 2009

  The Blotter is an idiotic weekly crime column published by Creative Loafing and written by an idioti...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Ryan Pitkin
• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  Veterans Day checkup: What's Obama done for vets so far?

  It's the week of Veterans Day, a good time to see if things have improved or not for our militar...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by John Grooms
• THE N WORD

  Is Quinn Gray a sick woman or a desperate housewife?

  You can't make up this kind of story. Some of you may have heard about Quinn Gray, the Jacksonvi...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Nsenga Burton
• CITIZEN SERVATIUS

  White flight drives mayoral results

  In a column called "Charlotte's last white mayor," Glenn H. Burkins, editor of the loc...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Tara Servatius
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  Who put the rainbow in 'The Wizard of Oz'?

   Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• COVER

  Remembering Infamy: The life and crimes of Rae Carruth — 10 years later

  The No. 89 jersey has been a top-seller for the Carolina Panthers for several years, worn and adored...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Jarvis Holliday
• THE N WORD

  Elections could change life in Charlotte and Atlanta

  Is Charlotte really ready for a black mayor, and is Atlanta ready for a white one? While much of the...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Nsenga Burton
• CITIZEN SERVATIUS

  Charlotte's new power base

  A classic, yet timely, edition of Citizen Servatius

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Tara Servatius
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  The tortured logic continues

  "Extraordinary rendition" is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He'...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• NEWS FEATURE

  Renovatus church opens in Eastland Mall

  Eastland Mall is a shell of its former self. Once a shopping destination for the entire state, with...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Cheris Hodges
• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  What the Fox?: The phony network's phony martyrs

  The supposed "war" between the Obama administration and FoxNews has been one of the strang...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by John Grooms
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  The war condolences Obama won't send

  U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq June 19, 2009, from "a non-combat relat...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• COVER

  Mayor Pat leaves the building

  It was the perfect Charlotte fall day: lots of sunshine, no humidity and a civic event. After months...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Mary C. Curtis
• NEWS FEATURE

  Candidates offer closing arguments on their mayoral bids

  By now, you know the two men vying to be Charlotte's next mayor. Councilmen Anthony Foxx and Joh...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Cheris Hodges
• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  Neighborhood heroin patrol

  Black-tar heroin!! In every neighborhood!! The headlines screamed last week about Charlotte's in...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by John Grooms
• THE N WORD

  October ends, but domestic violence continues

  As I wrote in this space a few weeks ago, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Now, the bea...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Nsenga Burton

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