AltWeeklies Wire
Keep It Goingnew
The fact is that the longer a presidential campaign goes, the better. The ordeal is what separates the real deal from the imposter.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
02-15-2008 |
Commentary
Fun-to-Money Rationew
While many of us are feeling financially pressed these days, a few bottles of wine won't lighten that wallet too much more.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Hughes |
02-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Behind the Numbernew
In January, The Commercial Appeal raised eyebrows with its decision to display the estimated number of babies born to Tennessee's single mothers for the year.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
02-15-2008 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Baby Bluesnew
Proposed Tennessee law would bar gay couples or unmarried, straight couples from adopting children.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-15-2008 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
'Field Manual' Doesn't Live Up to the Controversynew
Despite the customs dust up and seizure of his hard drive, Chris Walla's social and political indictments are hardly harsh.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Walla, Field Manual
Choosing Sidesnew
On the eve of Super Tuesday, local political figures had some difficult decisions to make.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
02-08-2008 |
Commentary
Author Daniel Mendelsohn: On a Rescue Missionnew
The Lost is more than a testament to the detective work that sent Mendelsohn from Ukraine, to Australia, to Scandinavia, to Israel, and to the Upper East Side in search of clues to his relatives lost during the Holocaust.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gil |
02-08-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Rocking Returnnew
Tennessee hard-rockers Egypt Central fell through the major-label rabbit hole and lived to tell about it.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Egypt Central
A Gun Walks into a Barnew
Tennesseans are clamoring to mix guns and alcohol. At least that's the impression one might take away from the Tennessee Senate's recent vote to allow people with gun permits to carry their weapons into restaurants, bars, beer joints, and nightclubs.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-08-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
See Ya, Pau!new
What does the Grizzlies' blockbuster move mean for the team's future?
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-08-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Six Shotsnew
There are several ways to approach Sylvester Stallone's new Rambo, and while none of them make this bad movie much better, they do make it more interesting.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rambo, Sylvester Stallone
The Best Best Picture Nominees in Decadesnew
This is supposedly a bad time for movies, but scanning through the Academy Awards' back pages, I don't think there's been a stronger slate of Best Picture nominees since the mid-'70s.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Movies
Downhome Boy, Updatednew
Country star Brad Paisley is a Maxim and Field & Stream kind of guy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Say 'Gay'new
A proposed Tennessee law would ban any discussion of homosexuality in elementary and middle schools.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Mother Indianew
Grand-scale storytelling from second-time novelist Manil Suri.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gil |
02-01-2008 |
Fiction
