AltWeeklies Wire
Gary Locke: A Corporate Champion at Commercenew
Washington's former governor takes to D.C. a record of favors for Boeing and Microsoft.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-16-2009 |
Politics
Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacynew
Jones' mesmerizing coffee-table history is cobbled together from the scraps of a life collected by his sister-in-law Gloria and bookended by a Maya Angelou preface, a Clint Eastwood foreword, a Bono introduction and a Sidney Poitier afterword.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-16-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
With T.O., the Cowboys' Loss Is Buffalo's, Um, Lossnew
Without the sabotaging, self-aggrandizing receiver who for the last three seasons has constructed impressive stats while imploding the locker room, the Cowboys are a less talented team. They're also a better team.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-16-2009 |
Sports
From Harvest to Home: Rethinking How We Eatnew
What if all outside lines into the state were severed -- would we have enough food to survive? Even an agricultural state like Idaho might have a harder time than anyone imagines.
Boise Weekly |
Rachael Daigle |
03-13-2009 |
Business & Labor
Simplify, Simplifynew
Voluntary simplicity is not just good for your budget and peace of mind; it's also good for the planet.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
03-13-2009 |
Culture
Tennessee Republicans Think $2.13 an Hour Is Adequate Paynew
State House Democrats are attacking Republicans for opposing an increase in the minimum wage for hardworking waitresses.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
03-13-2009 |
Economy
Tags: Tennessee, minimum wage
A Tough Churchgoing Mom Is at the Center of the Los Angeles Serial-Killer Mysterynew
L.A.’s elusive Grim Sleeper has murdered with impunity for 23 years. The strange journey of his only surviving victim began with a rape and shooting that at the time seemed tragically commonplace.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-13-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Military Deserters Again Flocking to Canada to Avoid Warnew
Of the estimated several hundred deserters living in Canada, just around 40 have come forward to file asylum claims. The others, living under the radar without legal status and likely waiting to see how their peers' cases pan out, have little to stoke their hopes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Megan Feldman |
03-13-2009 |
War
LiveNation Battles Neighbors Over Big Concertsnew
LiveNation is re-envisioning the landmark landscape of San Francisco's Nob Hill to include a more regularly booked concert hall.
How Federal Home Loan Banks Exacerbated the Banking Meltdownnew
There are plenty of bad guys in the current banking collapse, but I want to introduce you to some unsung villains: the executives running little-known, federally chartered bankers' cooperatives called Federal Home Loan Banks.
Tags: finance, Federal Home Loan Banks
Faux-Star Reviews!new
A negative review on Yelp is bad for business. That's why some merchants feel they must keep Yelpers happy at any cost.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
03-13-2009 |
Business & Labor
Reboot America: A Lesson from Post-Consumerist Cubanew
It sucks that it took a depression to get us here, but historians might just look back on this depression as the event that saved the ecosystem just when we were on the brink of flopping over a climatic tipping point.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
03-13-2009 |
Commentary
Why Do We Bail Out Wall Street Bankers?new
Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve and Timothy Geithner's Treasury Department continue to sink billions of dollars into the black hole of Wall Street, but those billions have not prevented the US economy’s nosedive toward a crash and burn ending. And what is Bernanke's solution? More of the same.
Tags: finance, economic issues
Will Protesters Block the Fast-Track to the Future?new
Some Silicon Valley residents are nervous about plans for the future of rail transportation.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
03-13-2009 |
Transportation
Bruce McDonald on His Small-Town Ontario Zombie Filmnew
Here's the bit of brilliance that lies at the gut of McDonald's latest movie: Pontypool is truly horrifying for what it doesn't show us.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
