AltWeeklies Wire
The Definition of Healthnew
The FDA relied on outdated science when it sent a rather unkind letter to the makers of Kind Bars, telling them to stop calling the product "healthy." They may not be, but not for the reasons FDA gave
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
05-01-2015 |
Food+Drink
Dying to Lose Weightnew
Diet pills are basically unregulated. They are also dangerous—especially the ones that work. That's a bad combination.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
05-01-2015 |
Food+Drink
The Hart is a Lonely Brothernew
Kevin Hart is one of comedy's biggest stars—so where's the critical love?
Tags: Kevin Hart, comedy
The Great Homeless Debatenew
Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
05-01-2015 |
Commentary
Is there anything to hate about San Diego?new
A compilation of pet peeves about America's so-called Finest City.
San Diego Reader |
Siobhan Braun |
04-30-2015 |
Commentary
Unlocking the Secrets of that Flamenco Musicnew
When I was not yet quite a teenager, I spent a few years studying the classical guitar under Dorothy De Goede. She was a strikingly beautiful woman who had been a student of Andre Segovia.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
04-24-2015 |
Culture
Tags: flamenco
Unlocking the Secrets of that Flamenco Musicnew
Dorothy De Goede was a strikingly beautiful woman who had been a student of Andre Segovia. I was, of course, in love with her even though I was barely a decade old.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
04-22-2015 |
Culture
Taking Sidesnew
We can be pro-business and pro-labor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-17-2015 |
Commentary
New Orleans Bar Owners Prepare for Smoking Bannew
Local bar owners on what they plan to do when it’s butts out.
The Real Vampires of Houstonnew
The Houston subculture that drinks blood and chases psychic energy.
Houston Press |
Chris Lane |
04-15-2015 |
Culture
How Sweet it Isn'tnew
How the sugar industry is looking alarmingly reminiscent of the tobacco industry, both in terms of its tactics and the safety of its product.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
04-13-2015 |
Food+Drink
Teeth & Bonenew
On the eve of a major retrospective, a dive into the world of Rick Bartow, Oregon contemporary artist and national treasure.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
04-10-2015 |
Art
Welcome To L.A. Arts District: An Insider’s Viewnew
Anna Broome Of The Broome Room At L.A. Art Share–With Princess Frank
Random Lengths News |
By Anna Broome |
04-09-2015 |
Culture
The Law of Unintended Consequences Part IInew
>The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
—Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936).
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-02-2015 |
Commentary
No foolin' — 2nd annual 'Stranger than Fiction' pre-April Fools' Day foddernew
The Secret Service wants millions of dollars to build another White House.
The highest elevation in Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s state is just 345 feet above sea level, but state employees can’t refer to “climate change.”
The U.S. military says elephants might be better at detecting explosives than dogs.
OK, now, are you double-checking the calendar? Wondering if we're feeding you April Fools Day fodder? But no, we’re not putting you on. Read on through our second annual celebration of silly, strange, comical and confounding stories that are true.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
03-31-2015 |
Culture
