AltWeeklies Wire
The 99 Percentnew
On the ground in Albany, and in the air everywhere, signs that a movement has changed the conversation about inequality.
Looking Up: "Crimes of Passion," "Many Shades of Bi," "The Price of Fear"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Tags: media
The Sex Ain't the Problemnew
Spitzer's real crime was hypocrisy.
Marriage Isn't Enoughnew
Why are any of us interested in registering the state of our intimate relationships with the government -- and why would a reasonable government want us to?
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
02-24-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: gay marriage, polyamory
Lame Duck Legacynew
New York Gov. George Pataki's Medicaid restrictions in the 2006 budget cap off years of quiet attempts to implement unwritten rules.
Tags: Medicaid
Miss Manners Is Watching, Blindlynew
Your workplace e-mail scanning system knows more bad words than you do.
What is Your "Local Community"?new
The Supreme Court sets an impossible standard for proving threats to artistic speech on the Internet.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-30-2006 |
Civil Liberties
It's a ... Baby!new
At six months pregnant, here are some thoughts on the first question nearly everyone asks: "Are you going to find out?"
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-23-2006 |
Commentary
Clay, Sand, and Row Housesnew
Urban dwellers get up to their elbows in natural building techniques, and discover they're not just for rural eco-retreats any more.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Speaking Our Languagenew
An admitted grammar geek tries seeing the world through the lens of evolving language.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-10-2006 |
Commentary
What To Ask of Wikipedia?new
In all the furor over the massive collaborative encyclopedia, people tend to be asking the wrong questions.
Ack! Sex! With Strangers!new
In the coverage of an upstate New York B&B’s controversial swingers gatherings, a few central points have gotten lost in the rhetoric.
Journalistic Responsibilitiesnew
You can't have a discussion about whether on not to run the Muhammad cartoons without discussing the context.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
02-09-2006 |
Commentary
Erotic and Eco-Friendlynew
Sex-toy shopping for the environmentally concerned doesn’t have to crimp your play.
