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Behind the Veil: What's Up With Gay Marriage?new

Aside from a few deluded lovebirds who were inexplicably driven to imitate the most overrated institution in heterosexual culture and the do-gooder attorneys who then felt compelled to represent them, no gay person I know well has ever wanted to get married.

The Pitch | C.J. Janovy | 11-24-2004 | Commentary

Tags: San Francisco, same-sex marriage, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Hawaii

Deer, Guns & Violencenew

The thrill of the kill is the name of the game for the Drury brothers, stars of America's most breathless hunting videos.

Riverfront Times | Randall Roberts | 11-24-2004 | Recreation

Tags: guns, hunters, bucks, does, Mark Drury

Humbug Square: Even a Mean Boy Can Learn to Givenew

My old friend Tom Glenn walked onstage in front of 900 people at the Georgia World Congress Center last week, and I couldn't help but marvel at how strange it felt to see someone I knew as a goofy kid grow up to amount to something.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Doug Monroe | 11-24-2004 | Commentary

Don't Panic: Has Iran Halted its Nuclear Weapons Program?new

On Nov. 14, Iran promised it would temporarily halt the nuclear weapons program that it denies having. The Iranians didn't promise it in those terms, though. They simply promised to temporarily halt their uranium enrichment and related activities.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 11-24-2004 | Commentary

Abandoning the Family's Thanksgiving Dinnernew

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, hands down. I'm just not so fond of the way my own family celebrates, which is to gather at Grandmother's house and sit down to a bland, joyless meal that relies almost exclusively on the wonders of modern convenience foods.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Bill Addison | 11-24-2004 | Food+Drink

Brownie Batternew

Nothing spurs a great rivalry more than location, and the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns Turnpike Rivalry is without equal.

Boulder Weekly | Vince Darcangelo | 11-22-2004 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Tits in a Twistnew

Simply put, getting a mammogram is not fun.

Tucson Weekly | Catherine O'Sullivan and Nancy Sullivan | 11-20-2004 | Commentary

Lack of Claritynew

On college campuses across the country, classes are being "taught" by intelligent men and women who are incomprehensible when they speak.

Tucson Weekly | Tom Danehy | 11-20-2004 | Commentary

Parcells Cradles Delusions As Cowboys' Season Sinksnew

After a good stretch of summer-like, carefree fun in Dallas -- during which the sun shined brightly on both Parcells and the Cowboys and next to nothing went wrong -- it's gotten a bit chilly out at Valley Ranch. The leaves, it appears, are browning.

Dallas Observer | John Gonzalez | 11-19-2004 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Reporting a Crime in Dallas Is Criminally Difficultnew

Start with 911. The phone number. You dial it. You assume you're talking to 911. Assume again. There exists an entire new government agency, heretofore unknown to the public, which shall be called "Maybe-911-Maybe-Not."

Dallas Observer | Jim Schutze | 11-19-2004 | Commentary

Paula Poundstone Has Put the Past Behind Hernew

If comedy comes from pain, then Paula Poundstone should be funnier than ever. And as she puts it, "the real joy of a sense of humor is that it gets you through things."

Seattle Weekly | Steve Wiecking | 11-18-2004 | Performance

Tags: performance

Don't Panic: What Is the Conflict in the Ivory Coast About?new

If you've recently canceled your subscription to the French national daily paper Le Monde because you've finally resigned yourself to the fact that you can't read French and never will, then you likely haven't read much about the growing violence in the West African nation Ivory Coast.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 11-18-2004 | Commentary

Tags: terror