AltWeeklies Wire
Winter Solstice Reminds Us Who We Really Arenew
On Dec. 22, 2011, at 5:20 a.m. (UTC), the sun will reach its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. That moment will be the winter solstice, and it will come at the end of the longest night of the year.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
12-21-2011 |
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Tags: Winter Solstice
Change Will Comenew

Gay and lesbian youth should not be afraid of who they are.
Charleston City Paper |
Lake Terrace |
11-15-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: LGBT, It Gets Better
Building a Better Decade: Step One, Turn That Frown Upside Downnew
It does no good to look back (just ask George Bush). In these pages, we're laying out a blueprint to make the Teens the best they can be. Step 1: Turn that frown upside down. Step 2: Please keep those clippers, and any recording device, away from Britney. Thanks.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
12-30-2009 |
Commentary
Does Being an Artist Make You a Liberal?new
It's easy to see how the cost of education and a housing crisis affect the health of the citizenry.
But reading a novel or watching a play? That's not so easy to see. Hence, we don't hear about it much.
Even so, there is a long intellectual tradition of making the case for the arts in politics.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
The War on Christmas is Just a Symptom of Larger Fightnew
The actual degree to which the War on Christmas actually exists is arguable, and make no doubt, some overstate the problem for dubious reasons. However, that the War on Christmas exists at all is disheartening.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
12-12-2007 |
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