AltWeeklies Wire
The Supreme Court's Injustice
One whistleblower's legal saga highlights the radical restructuring of American jurisprudence.
Dayton City Paper |
J.T. Ryder |
07-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Baby Boyz
Although John Singleton is recognized for his socially conscious dramas, he has been known to cut loose and have some no-strings fun every once in awhile.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
08-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
Embryonic Death
Che Guevera would've been proud of the Eastern European sensibility Walter Salles brings to Dark Water, written by a guy who apparently has some buried, unresolved issues with his Mama's womb.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
That Obscure Object of Desirenew
This second directorial feature by Agnes Jaoui is just as ambitious and character-centered as her first.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Agnès Jaoui, Look at Me
Romero Walks The Line
Romero's typical themes are present, but there's a greater emphasis on action this time.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
06-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George A. Romero, Land of the Dead
Mars Attacks
Despite what you've heard, the genocidal Martians are just as cuddly as E.T.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
06-29-2005 |
Reviews
Learning the Art of Journalism in Bolivianew
The Narco News School of Authentic Journalism is a 10-day exploration of authenticity and reality in the context of the "Drug War in the U.S. and southward, held this time in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and the coca-growing Chapare jungle outside that colorful Andean city.
Dayton City Paper |
Amy Casada-Alaniz |
11-23-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Why George Bush Won
An examination of the election data shows that the primary reason red states voted for the president was simply this — of the two candidates, they felt that Bush could be counted on to protect them.
Dayton City Paper |
David H. Landon |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Moral Politics: Democrats Can Play, Too
The 2004 election map of red and blue states eerily mirrors the pre-Civil War map of “free” and “slave” states and territories. Only now we can refer to the red states, the former slave states, as “anti-gay” states.
Dayton City Paper |
Gabrielle Williamson |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Electoral Hangover
It’s going to be fascinating to see whether the Democratic Party becomes a Zell Miller Democratic Party (basically a Republican Party clone) or the Howard Dean Party that clearly differentiates itself.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election, postmortem
Officers Get a Taste of Their Own Tasers
Getting tased really, really hurts, a writer finds when he takes a 50,000-volt "hit" from a weapon police use to control agitated and violent individuals. Most officers who took Taser hits at a training class fell to protective mats, yelping like abused dogs.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
10-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Stops in For a Bitenew
If there is any political party that shows how inadequate political labels are, it is probably the Libertarian Party. Michael Badnarik, its dark-horse presidential candidate, sounded to the right and to the left of the political spectrum when he visited a Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 22.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
10-04-2004 |
Politics
Death in the Restraint Chair
The restraint chairs used in many county jails have resulted in an alarming number of deaths nationwide.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson and Brett Cherry |
09-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Being Arab or Muslim in a Post-9/11 World
Area Muslim and Arabs in Dayton, Ohio, are feeling the heat in the post-9/11 environment of fear and suspicion.
Dayton City Paper |
John Lasker |
09-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
