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Despite Legalization, Marijuana Could be in Short Supply in Colo.new

A run on the dank.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bryce Crawford | 01-01-2014 | Drugs

Tags: Amendment 64, 3D Cannabis Center, Mark Slaugh

What if there had been no West African influence on Southern cooking?new

Southern cuisine is the result of a splendid cultural convergence, deriving from the intersection of three foodways: British, Native American, and West African.

Charleston City Paper | Robert Moss | 01-01-2014 | Food+Drink

TOP-TEN FILMS OF 2013 VIDEO COLUMNnew

Whew! What a great year for cinema. Hollywood may have dropped the ball with a blockbuster summer of busts — only Gore Verbinski’s vastly underrated “Lone Ranger” left a mark — but foreign, documentary, and independent films more than picked up the slack.

Cityview | Cole Smithey | 01-01-2014 | Movies

Iran’s Oscar Bait: Asghar Farhadi Could Return to the Red Carpet

Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “A Separation,” is a melodramatic romantic mystery with dangling threads. That’s not a put-down.

Cityview | Cole Smithey | 01-01-2014 | Movies

The misplaced priorities of college footballnew

Gregg Easterbrook is intent on saving college football.

INDY Week | Bob Geary | 12-27-2013 | Commentary

Beer and Bloodnew

Earlier this year, craft beer distributor Ashley "Ash" Rowell was killed in his Houston home. His mother believes she knows who did it, but the cops are being tight-lipped about the investigation. She wants to know why.

Houston Press | Craig Malisow | 12-27-2013 | Crime & Justice

Mandela and the Southnew

When Nelson Mandela spoke to the U.S. Congress on June 26, 1990, the godfather of modern-day Republican obstructionism, the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, wasn't in the chamber.

Jackson Free Press | Joe Atkins | 12-27-2013 | Civil Liberties

What if dueling had never been outlawed in South Carolina?new

It's not that hard to imagine, really: Two politicians lock horns. They start lobbing insults at each other in press releases, passive-aggressive tweets, and cable news interviews. Words like "socialist" and "racist" get thrown around. Then they go out in a field and shoot guns at each other.

Charleston City Paper | Paul Bowers | 12-27-2013 | Policy Issues