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Lust Life: Playing the Mistressnew

Being the other woman is a common experience, but it is not usually openly discussed without defaming the O.W. as immoral.
New York Press  |  Stephanie Sellars  |  02-22-2007  |  Commentary

Dear Bitch With the New Cellphone:new

If I ever have the urge to listen to a frantic medley of garbles, ting-tings and cheesy laser gun zaps interspersed with bastardized electronic classical favorites, I will suffer them in privacy -- I strongly suggest that you do the same.
Dig Boston  |  Anonymous  |  02-22-2007  |  Commentary

NBGAY: Playa' Hatersnew

When the Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway said he "hates gay people," he was saying what almost any player might say in the locker room, even when their sportswriter acolytes are around.
Willamette Week  |  Byron Beck  |  02-21-2007  |  Commentary

100 Days to Hurricane Seasonnew

While memories and images of Katrina are still all around us, Congress should act to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) so that coastal and low-lying communities across America can have real protection from catastrophic floods.
Gambit  |  Editorial  |  02-21-2007  |  Commentary

The Death of Anna Nicole Smithnew

Smith was a creature of the media, proof that fame makes more fame, that we live in the age of the eternal feedback loop -- when she died, the media seized her passing as if a great part of the media itself had passed, and it had.
Gambit  |  Andrei Codrescu  |  02-21-2007  |  Commentary

'The Gift' That Keeps on Givingnew

Even with the amazing verbal skills she possesses, my daughter managed to pick the one adjective in the entire English language that would make any woman shudder when referring to her breasts -- "long."
Port Folio Weekly  |  Betsy Hnath  |  02-21-2007  |  Commentary

Out of Touch With Realitynew

The Grammys highlight why music is dead.
NUVO  |  Steve Hammer  |  02-16-2007  |  Commentary

Wall-to-Wall Wallsnew

Sooner or later our terror-mad world will be cut off from itself by security fences.
NOW Magazine  |  Gwynne Dyer  |  02-16-2007  |  Commentary

Time to Right a Wrongnew

It's time for the United States to officially apologize to black Americans.
Tucson Weekly  |  Connie Tuttle  |  02-15-2007  |  Commentary

Don't Panic: War Questions Answerednew

What does the latest National Intelligence Estimate say?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-15-2007  |  Commentary

Remembering Eric Weinbergernew

A pacifist lifer passes on.
Dig Boston  |  Dan Roche  |  02-14-2007  |  Commentary

Ted Haggard Should Say 'Show Me'new

Dear Rev. Haggard: Missouri is clearly the best choice for a disgraced minister -- that's especially true for someone like you, who, despite your sordid history with a male prostitute, has recently discovered that you're "completely heterosexual."
The Pitch  |  Eric Barton  |  02-14-2007  |  Commentary

The State We're Innew

For the first time since the Great Depression, Michigan has lost jobs for six years in a row.
Metro Times  |  Jack Lessenberry  |  02-13-2007  |  Commentary

A Valentine to Mollynew

If only Ivins had lived to see how the Bush administration turned out.
Birmingham Weekly  |  Courtney Haden  |  02-12-2007  |  Commentary

When the Clock Ticksnew

I used to use men like cigarettes -- a bad habit that nevertheless brought fleeting comfort. Now I've gone cold turkey.
Jackson Free Press  |  Natalie A. Collier  |  02-09-2007  |  Commentary

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