AltWeeklies Wire
Would Drilling for Oil Off Florida's Gulf Coast Lower Fuel Prices?new
Why wouldn't it? Just pump that stuff out and ship it a few short miles over to gas stations in Tampa Bay, ready to dispense at our local convenience stores. How cheap would that be?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
09-03-2008 |
Economy
A Transgender Woman's Difficult Job Searchnew
Prejudices compound the struggle to find employment.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
09-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
The Photoshop™ Copnew
Ken Kokotek mocked his superiors on the Internet. Now he's paying for it.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
08-27-2008 |
Policy Issues
Recessionomics: Why Did My Mortgage Payments Go Up So Much?new
If you are like many people, you have a fixed-rate mortgage, which means that your principal and interest totals don't change from year to year. Then why did your mortgage payments seem to jump $300-$500 more in 2008? Blame our friend Mr. Escrow, and his pesky pals Mr. Rising Homeowners Insurance and Mrs. Out-of-Control Property Taxes.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
08-14-2008 |
Economy
Politics needs a fix ... and here's where to startnew
both presidential candidates running so hard to pick up new voters to their cause that they risk alienating their original supporters; a swindler telling the FBI he allegedly raised thousands for a Tampa Bay politician with the explicit promise that the pol would vote for his zoning changes; a supervisor of elections who testified in a deposition that he really doesn't know a heck of a lot about how his office works.
Is there any wonder why voters aren't super-psyched for the primary?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
08-14-2008 |
Commentary
What Killed Tampa Bay's Zine Scene?new
You remember zines, right? Those self-published, cut-and-paste, photocopied booklets that resembled collated ransom notes? During the '90s and early '00s, you could find them in nearly every Tampa Bay coffeeshop, record store and music venue bathroom. But today you can find nary a one. What happened?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
08-14-2008 |
Media
Hunter S. Thompson: Behind the Shadesnew
A new biography from William McKeen -- Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson -- surveys the literary legacy of gonzo's guru.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wade Tatangelo |
08-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dirty Tricks and Registration Difficulties Impact Florida's Youth Votenew
College students on campuses throughout Florida are mobilizing for a big election year, but that doesn't mean casting a ballot will be easy.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Amelia Harnish and Ben Fry |
06-18-2008 |
Politics
Lunch with Comedian Doug Bensonnew
You probably know comedian Doug Benson as a Last Comic Standing 5 finalist. But there’s more to Benson than his TV appearances.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Leilani Polk |
06-13-2008 |
Comedy
"Slaves Among Us"new
AltWeeklies Award - Immigration
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Roxanne Escobales |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Throwing Out Darwinnew
The latest skirmish in the culture wars may be coming to a school near you.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
01-20-2006 |
Religion
Student Blogger Breaks Florida Political Newsnew
With dailies paying less attention to state politics, it's left to political bloggers to break news -- as a Florida State University student did when he noticed that certain state Democrats had registered Website names for future campaigns.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
12-17-2004 |
Politics
Source of Vet's Anxiety Is Hard to Talk Aboutnew
For Army Reserves Sgt. Dale Cage, driving causes great anxiety. In Iraq, there would have been a soldier looking out of each window, and now he's alone.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Max Linsky |
12-16-2004 |
War
LSD for OCD?new
A University of Arizona professor will study whether psilocybin, a mushroom-based chemical found in psychedelics, could be used as a therapeutic agent for some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Allyson Gonzalez |
12-14-2004 |
Science
Populist Pundit Molly Ivins Rides Herd on Washington's Big Dogsnew
Molly Ivins doesn't believe in conspiracy theories, but she does believe that there is such a thing as outrageous chutzpah. In an interview, she gives her take on political namecalling, Bush's use of the Christian right, new overtime rules and political advertising by 527 organizations.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
David Bramer |
09-14-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
