AltWeeklies Wire
The Future Governor From Newhall, Calif.new
The obituary notice of a four-term California assemblyman who died at 86 the other day brought back memories of an odd and jarring time in my youth when he hired me to write a philosophy because he was then an aspiring politician.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
03-06-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Jim Keysor
How to win a hot pepper-eating contest (and still lose)new
Our very own Music Editor, Grayson Haver Currin shares the trials and tribulations of his latest victory.
INDY Week |
Grayson Haver Currin |
03-05-2014 |
Food+Drink
Bloody Sandals: “300” Sequel Only Works When Eva Green is Onscreen
“300: Rise of an Empire,” of the sword-and-sandal hybrid war franchise based on Frank Miller’s (“Sin City”) graphic novel, fumbles through this superfluous sequel to “300” (2006).
The Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneylandnew
Droves of tattoo-sporting, vest-wearing nerds roam the Happiest Place On Earth. They don't make war, they say—they make magic.
Meet the First Families of Houston Foodnew
Connect the dots and you’ll find Houston’s restaurant scene has been dominated by a few hardworking culinary pioneers and their descendants.
Houston Press |
Kaitlin Steinberg |
02-27-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Houston Restaurant Scene
For Heaven's Sakenew
A plan to pick on gays goes horribly wrong and other tales from the AZ Legislature
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
02-27-2014 |
Politics
It Wouldn’t be Illinois Politics Without Money and Dramanew
How do you go from complete political unknown to leader of the pack in just a few months? You simply buy your way to the top.
Illinois Times |
Lauren Duncan |
02-27-2014 |
Elections
What's a Scofield Thayer?new
What do you call a person who was slandered by Ernest Hemingway, cuckolded by E.E. Cummings, befriended and promoted T.S. Eliot, treated by Sigmund Freud, led modernist art’s charge into American culture in the 1920s and declared officially insane not long after? A damn good subject for a biography.
Worcester Magazine |
Jeremy Shulkin |
02-27-2014 |
Books
Shelterednew
"It's amazing how quickly life can change" — The Louisville homeless share their stories of circumstances and bad decisions, of loss and love.
LEO Weekly |
April Corbin |
02-26-2014 |
Homelessness
Who Killed the Romantic Comedy?new
Rom-coms used to be a cash cow — and wildly popular with audiences. What happened?
L.A. Weekly |
Amy Nicholson |
02-26-2014 |
Movies
Tags: Romantic Comedies
Mental Illness: Roads to Wellnessnew
For many people, serious mental illness — schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depression — is a lifelong struggle causing hardships that others can't begin to imagine.
City Newspaper |
Tim Louis Macaluso |
02-26-2014 |
Health
Trading Placesnew
Yobel International combats the sex trade via fair trade, but that's only half the mission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
02-26-2014 |
Features
Activist Sued by "American Indian Patriot" Doesn't Accept Court's Rulingnew
A local Philly anarchist helped break up a white-pride event in 2010; almost four years later, one of the event's speakers -- a so-called "Native American Patriot" -- successfully sued him in an Oklahoma court.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
02-26-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Secret Lives of a Notorious Sperm-Swappernew
For five years in the early ’90s, I lived two houses down from Tom Lippert, the now-deceased fertility-clinic worker known these days for switching out his sperm and fathering one (or many) children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Carolyn Campbell |
02-26-2014 |
Features
