AltWeeklies Wire
Growing a Greener Inboxnew
OK, you've ditched the bottled water habit, unplugged all your home electronics when they're not in use, and started a compost pile in your backyard. Pat yourself on the back for making the effort to get greener at home -- but don't forget that some of your biggest waste may actually be at work.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Tech
'Mom, What Did You Do?'new
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." I don't know about you people, but I'm thinking it's time we did some learnin'.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory |
04-21-2008 |
Commentary
Norah Jones Wanders Through 'My Blueberry Nights' in a Dazenew
This is Wong Kar-Wai's first movie in a decade to be set in the present day, but it still feels as if it were retrieved from some other time and place.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai
It's 2008 ... Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?new
Better yet, do you know what they're plotting behind those closed bedroom doors, between cell phone texts and emails on MySpace or Facebook?
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
04-21-2008 |
Commentary
Morgan Spurlock Talks About His Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Mannew
"I expected to go find him," Spurlock insists, fending off any suggestion that his hunt for Osama bin Laden was a mere pretense. "I had a 50/50 shot, right?"
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Interpreting the Mad Dreams of Fire Museum Recordsnew
"All the music on the label shares a spirit of sonic inquiry, and often times elements that to my mind are psychedelic, as overused as that term has become. I suppose I'm referring to the altered and intensified sensory perception meaning of that word."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
04-21-2008 |
Music
Miami's Catholic Leaders Covered for a Priest Who Drugged and Sodomized at Least 12 Boysnew
By overlooking reports that Rev. Neil Doherty was a sexual predator, the archdiocese, it is claimed, made it possible for him to strike again. And again.
Miami New Times |
Thomas Francis |
04-21-2008 |
Religion
News Corp Dumps Fox Affiliatesnew
Two Denver Fox affiliates recently sold off by Rupert Murdoch are now enjoying their greatest success to date.
The War Vet Generation Gapnew
Camaraderie is in short supply between Iraq returnees and older veterans.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
04-21-2008 |
War
Cracking the Gangbangers' Code of Silencenew
Informants are blowing Seattle murder cases wide open.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Childrennew
Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-21-2008 |
Sex
Hush and Be Coolnew
Stimulus checks or "hush and be cool" money?
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
04-21-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Inmates Have No Right to Starve to Deathnew
Washington's State Supreme Court won't allow convict to "let nature take its course."
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Obama for Presidentnew
Obama should be regarded as the preferable candidate. His track record is more assuring, and, at this moment when the country seems prepared to rebuke the Republican party, his ceiling so much higher.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
04-21-2008 |
Commentary
Development-Mad Orlando Ignores Flailing Economynew
The $1.8 billion plan to build two new downtown venues and renovate a third that almost never gets used is rock-solid. Yes, it's based on rising property values, increasing tourism and people snapping up downtown condos, but it's rock-solid nonetheless. And that's all you need to know.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
04-21-2008 |
Economy
