AltWeeklies Wire
Franken Earnestnew
Al Franken, the Left's funniest frontman, chats it up.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-26-2006 |
Commentary
Power to the Peoplenew
Vermont needs a strategy for electrical energy.
Seven Days |
Louis Porter |
04-21-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Life Linesnew
In his new collection, the distinguished poet harvests a half century of verse.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
04-14-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
DIY Journalismnew
Veteran Vermont journalist Dan Gillmor has spent two years focusing on citizen journalism, and he says your newspaper should be doing the same.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-12-2006 |
Media
Farmers Squawk Over ID Plannew
The federal government wants to track the locations and movements of all domestic livestock with the National Animal Identification System.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-07-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Hey, Joenew
Shooting Star reveals that the communist chaser's career arc may have gone another way had Washington not done so much to encourage his nastiness.
Seven Days |
John Freeman |
04-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
House, and Senate, Callsnew
Lobbyists are doctoring the health care debate in Vermont.
Seven Days |
Jon Margolis |
04-07-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Novel Treatmentnew
This novel's framing and dominant narrative, set in present day, allows the author to draw parallels between AIDS and smallpox.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-31-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Julia Alvarez, Saving the World
The Hate Debatenew
A Vermont homeless man known as "Mr. Happy" has been treating cable subscribers to his blend of racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric, pro-war tirades, gay-bashing diatribes and verbal assaults on the Left since 1995.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-31-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Uncivil Libertiesnew
Vermont Renewal fights against what founder Steven Cable calls the "valueless, culturally toxic agenda" of the "homosexual lobby" -- now some bloggers are fighting back.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-31-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Why the AP Fired Christopher Graff
The veteran Vermont AP bureau chief was sacked for perceived partisanship.
Seven Days |
Peter Freyne |
03-23-2006 |
Media
By the Numbersnew
Burlington's 2006 mayoral election, which used Instant Runoff Voting, could be a model for U.S. election reform.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-17-2006 |
Politics
Less Is Morenew
Experiments such as this one are really useful -- they help us to understand how unspoken assumptions shape our daily lives, and how much of our time is spent simply wanting.
Seven Days |
Bill McKibben |
03-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Do the Write Thingnew
The small, leftist publishing house Chelsea Green is having a national impact.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-17-2006 |
Books
What, US Worry?new
Since America has become the world's first "hyperpower," we should all care about foreign affairs.
Seven Days |
Gordon Robison |
03-17-2006 |
Commentary
