AltWeeklies Wire
The Life and Death of coreweeklynew
Yesterday, coreweekly ceased publishing: Despite the work of its staff, its fate was guided by simple business calculations made by corporate executives with no passion for the paper itself.
Tags: free newspapers, faux alts
I Saw The Light: A Gay Man's Search for a Welcoming Church
After establishing an identity as a gay man, country musician and alternative journalist, the author realized that "just as preachers and Sunday school teachers used to tell me, I might have a soul, and it might need looking after."
Artery-Clogging Trans Fats Can Hide in Plain Sight
New label laws kicking in through 2005 will make trans fats somewhat easier to spot in pre-packaged foods. But eaters still need to pay attention in restaurants and look closely at labels and ingredients.
Seoul Survivor: Busted for Dope in South Korea
Teaching English as a second language in South Korea was a good gig for this recent college graduate and world traveler until he smoked hashish with the wrong people and found himself cought up in that country's draconian drug enforcement.
Isthmus |
Jason Storbakken |
01-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Spices Make Great Medicine
Spices can easily be added to your everyday foods to make you healthier and increase your sense of well being.
The Great Kerry Sex Scandal That Wasn't
While the right-wing press and blogosphere pillories CBS and ABC for their alleged liberal bias, it conveniently forgets how Matt Drudge kited a bogus story last February about John Kerry's supposed affair with an intern.
Dark Sorcery: Horrific Ritual Murders in Amazonia
Kanaima is a form of Amazonian assault sorcery. It is also a prolonged, torturous way to die. Neil Whitehead, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the power and perseverence of kanaima violence in the modern world.
