AltWeeklies Wire
Florida Republicans Fight the Paulistas' Assaultnew
Last fall, Nick Egoroff entrenched himself in the local Republican machine when he became a member of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee. But according to OCREC chairman Lew Oliver, Egoroff didn't just want to be a member. Rather, he wanted to take over and remake the party in the Ron Paul mode -- anti-war, anti-tax, pro-civil liberties.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-08-2008 |
Politics
If Obesity is a Choice, It's Not One the Poor Get to Makenew
A recent study put grocery prices to the test. Among the 370 foods sampled, it found that energy-dense junk food cost an average of $1.76 per 1,000 calories, while nutritious, unprocessed foods came in at a whopping $18.16 per 1,000 calories.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-06-2008 |
Science
Nuclear Power is Back on the Tablenew
Are you comfortable with that?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Life of His Ownnew
Session musician Dom Brown tests the solo water.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Between the Lines, Dom Brown
Orlando Wants to Resurrect 'Hollywood East'new
In its heyday, Hollywood East was supposed to turn our tourist-trap burg into a anchor of the film production world. Today, however, Central Florida suffers the humiliation of straight-to-DVD sequel infamy, reality television and commercials. Orlando is now trying to position itself as a real entertainment Mecca, but not so much as a place where artistic integrity reigns.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-19-2008 |
Movies
Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Public Defender?new
Perhaps its for the low pay, long hours and questionable clients.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-19-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No Man's Landnew
If a homeless person is shot in the woods, do the police really care?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
People Who Died in 2007new
They changed the world a little, even if you've never heard of them.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Michael Byrne, Edward Ericson Jr., Anna Ditkoff, Lee Gardner, Billy Manes, Bret McCabe, Deanna Sheffield and Bob Whitby |
01-08-2008 |
Culture
Remembering U2's Breakoutnew
Long since resigned to the coffee tables of khaki families or wedged on shelves next to the Bible and The Da Vinci Code, it's easy to forget the widescreen impact of U2's 1987 world-altering breakout.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
The Future is ... Now?new
The future, insofar as transportation goes, is a dud. The people movers, monorails and flying cars Hollywood promised a generation ago are nowhere to be found. In Florida, such innovations as bullet trains and light rail are nonstarters.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-27-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Slick Fictionnew
This holiday season, it may well be time to stroke your indulgences and remember that you are indeed the only living thing that matters in this world.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-15-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Invasion of the Ron Paul Headsnew
How will conservatives react to a seeming lunatic fringe that's calling for a "revolution?" Conventional logic says not very well -- but logic isn't really at play among Ron Paul supporters.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-11-2007 |
Politics
Keep Your Matrimony -- I've Got Mantrimonynew
I'm getting married to a man, and there's nothing supporters of a Florida constitutional amendment to define marriage as only between a man and woman can do about it.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-04-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
'Prince of Peace — God of War' Asks Why Christians Support Warnew
While it may seem a distant, simple -- even annoying -- feast of hypothetical subject matter, the underlying question may be an open door into the religious right's base politics. Have they skipped Jesus and leapt straight to the Crusades?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
'Election Day' Eschews the Conspiratorial for the Obviousnew
Katy Chevigny's enlightening documentary eschews the pretensions of voter-fraud overstatement in favor of a real-time portrait of actual poll-station shenanigans.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: election day, Katy Chevigny
