AltWeeklies Wire
Oil Addictsnew
Peak oil proponents like Randy White see oil as the card that will bring the whole house down and change American life dramatically.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
02-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Conned Artist?new
An airbrush artist seeks millions from a famous sculptor's son in a fraud suit.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
02-22-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Waste Businessnew
Portland business bigwigs shelled out nearly $350,000 in a failed bid to kill the city's new public campaign-financing law -- here are some other ways they could've used the cash.
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
02-22-2006 |
Politics
A Taste For His Own Medicinenew
Dr. William Newton admits he took drugs from his own patient, but he's still in business.
Willamette Week |
Angela Valdez |
02-15-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Ill-Starrednew
Why hasn't Portland ever hosted the NBA All-Star Game?
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerald |
02-15-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Making of An Activistnew
An ex-soldier tells all about being gay in a "don't ask, don't tell" Army.
Willamette Week |
Toby Van Fleet |
02-08-2006 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, gay soldiers
XO XO XOnew
On To: Elliott From: Portland, musicians write a love letter to Elliott Smith, using his own words.
Willamette Week |
Mark Baumgarten, Michael Byrne, Casey Jarman, Amy McCullough and Jason Simms |
02-07-2006 |
Music
The Benefits Of Big Pimpin'new
As prostitution prosecutions soar in Portland, pimps are going unpunished.
Willamette Week |
Angela Vald |
02-07-2006 |
Sex
The Last Yipnew
Before his Jan. 30 death, Yippies founding father Stew Albert gave a final interview.
Willamette Week |
Carson K. Smith |
02-07-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Title Wavenew
A flood of new books about Hurricane Katrina are great for the publishing industry, but are they good for readers -- or New Orleans?
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
01-13-2006 |
Books
The Fuzz That Wasnew
An estimated 1.4 million Americans had laser hair removal last year, more than double the amount for 2003. While the practice of depilation goes back thousands of years, it has time-warped into American culture with a vengeance.
Willamette Week |
Richard Speer |
12-14-2005 |
Culture
Love as Revolutionnew
In Brokeback Mountain, the explosion of pent-up sexual desire and repression between the two main characters, equal parts mountain brawl and synergistic lovemaking, is likely to become the fuck heard 'round the world.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Curing Jamie Handleynew
One Portland, Ore., family pushes a fix for the autism "epidemic."
Willamette Week |
Angela Valdez |
10-13-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Confessions of a Dangerous Mindnew
Best-selling author Donald Miller writes Christian books and he's freaking out the religious right.
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
02-07-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Great Wall of Censorshipnew
An American reporter in China finds that the modernization of the economy doesn't extend to the free flow of information.
Willamette Week |
Mark Zusman |
10-04-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
