AltWeeklies Wire
Is There One Political Story the Press Shouldn't Report?new
How can the media cover the awful possibility of an Obama assassination attempt?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
02-14-2008 |
Media
One Mission, Two Newsrooms at the Washington Postnew
The scrum for control of the Post's future shuffles back and forth across the Potomac River. Editorial types work downtown, while their dot-com associates, do their biz in the Arlington offices of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the online publishing subsidiary of the Washington Post Co.
Washington City Paper |
Erik Wemple |
02-14-2008 |
Media
Escapism for Wannabe Rebelsnew
Determined to seduce the teen market, Doug Liman goes for implausible sci-fi scenarios.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Jumper
Onstage, the Sex Workers' Art Show Exploits Younew
Tour organizer Annie Oakley lists some aims of the show: Reveal sex workers as human; gain respect; demand rights; free one another from exploitation. But in practice, the show's intentions get a little murkier.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
02-14-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
The 2008 Primary Has Gone to Texasnew
For once, the presidential election is coming to the Lone Star State.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dave McNeely and Betty Brink |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Texas
Dead Againnew
Yet another study of Tennessee's death penalty falls flat after legislators refuse to extend the review an extra year.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
02-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
What Would Jesus Say?new
Churchgoers are asking for protection against clergy sex abuse, but the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention says there's little it can do to fend for the flock.
Nashville Scene |
Elizabeth Ulrich |
02-14-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Breaking Down New Mexico's Caucus Fracas Breakdownnew
Nearly a week after the Democratic Party-run presidential caucus was supposed to be over, it isn't. Party officials blame 17,276 so-called provisional ballots for the delay, but that's not the whole story. Here's what went wrong and what may be to come.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass and David Alire Garcia |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
Signs of the (Electoral) Timesnew
Can't we do something about all these political placards?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
02-14-2008 |
Politics
The Elephants in the Room: How the GOP Lost its Waynew
The Republican Party traded Abraham Lincoln's legacy for George Wallace's constituency. It sold its soul to the devil for a chance to rule America.
Sexology 101new
Pondering pornography, Annie Sprinkle and the meaning of life.
North Bay Bohemian |
P. Joseph Potocki |
02-14-2008 |
Sex
Real Estate Was a Great Racket ... Until the Lawsuits Started Piling Upnew
While young real estate dealers were enjoying the high life, their investors were headed toward foreclosures.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
02-14-2008 |
Economy
Inside the Ron Paul Revolutionnew
"It's kind of like the movie The Matrix, where people think everything's all fine and lovely, but they're really asleep and this whole other thing going on. I call it waking people up."
The Michael Cieply Scenarionew
The New York Times reporter turned the Hollywood writers strike into a battle between good and evil. But was it true?
New York Press |
David Blum |
02-14-2008 |
Media
Career Opportunities?new
No Child Left Behind set off a gold rush for tutoring companies, but California isn't keeping up.
East Bay Express |
Emma Brown, Sierra Filucci and Sabrina Shankman |
02-14-2008 |
Education