AltWeeklies Wire
Obama's Iraq Gapnew
Dems rush rhetoric about ending the war, but the bleeding continues.
NOW Magazine |
Tom Hayden |
01-18-2008 |
Commentary
Walking a Fine Linenew
New unit tries to protect sex workers -- too bad laws still put them in danger.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
01-11-2008 |
Sex
Shelves Stocked With Fakersnew
Thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese ingredients, "local" food is like local cars assembled from foreign parts.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Why the Obama Love-Fest?new
He's for hope -- but exactly what does that translate into? But beyond that, the fact is a "fresh face" -- one of the more overused descriptors applied to Obama -- is actually quite useless when it comes to American power politics.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
Persepolis's Reel Revolutionnew
In her graphic novels and now in the film based on her Persepolis books, Marjane Satrapi -- the character -- comes across as one helluva shit disturber. But even those vivid, ink-drawn images can't prepare you for Satrapi in person.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt.Health: Where There's a Will ...new
So it's like almost halfway through January and your New Year's resolutions are so busted, right?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-11-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Uwe Boll Bores Againnew
In the Name of the King is long on visually confused, thrill-free action and short on everything else that makes a movie pleasurable. Except CGI-enhanced scenery.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Science Spottingnew
Author Paul Halpern has a razor-sharp eye for the science tidbits that have popped up in 19 years of The Simpsons.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Winter's Talenew
There's a section of The Architects Are Here that really got to me. Reading it gave me that feeling I love -- a thundering in my head that I don't notice until I've finished the passage and my brain calms down.
NOW Magazine |
Susan B. Cole |
01-11-2008 |
Fiction
Kid Sister’s Kanye Bouncenew
Chi-town rising star Melisa Young makes the most of unlikely Kanye West boost.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kid Sister
The Second Coming of the King of Queennew
Handsome Ned has an upcoming movie, a U.S. CD release and new young fans -- but he won't be touring.
NOW Magazine |
Michael Hollett |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Handsome Ned
Why a Hike in Food Prices is a Good Thingnew
Cheap food has been one of the leading causes of global poverty, hunger, disease and pollution -- that's why one of the biggest stories of 2007 is also one of the best: food prices are shooting up.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Perhaps We Can Make Ourselves Invisiblenew
Invisible cloaks like the one imagined in the Harry Potter books are in the realm of possibility.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
01-04-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007new
For all that's been written posthumously about his eight Grammys and numerous citations, awards never mattered much to the humble man who was Canada's greatest jazz musician, who died of kidney failure December 23 at the age of 82.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
01-04-2008 |
Music
Satan's Choicenew
This colorful, well-crafted historical tale of a bad cop and the corrupt system he served to death shows that the U.S. has been executing innocent people for a long time.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
01-04-2008 |
Fiction
