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The Brett Favre Archetype Remains a Restricted Clubnew
For many in and out of the press corps, Favre is the classic white American archetype: the flawed hero. This archetype is crack cocaine cut with catnip for a sports media blissed out on their own addiction to macho nostalgia.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dave Zirin |
03-24-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Liberal Fascism?new
It's more than an oxymoron and less than Jonah Goldberg's new book makes it out to be.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Solot |
03-24-2008 |
Nonfiction
Darren Joyner Just Wants a Jobnew
In the last three years the Army vet with accounting experience has sent out more than 450 resumes, and has had only three job interviews.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
03-24-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
A Slow Build-Upnew
More riverfront development will transform Penn's shores -- eventually.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Meir Rinde |
03-24-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tapped Out: Surviving in a World Without Waternew
Some 18 percent of the world's population wouldn't know clean water if they saw it, and roughly 2.6 billion people, says the UN, don't have access to basic toilets. Beyond that, scientists have been telling us for years that greenhouse gases are enveloping the planet, which is only getting warmer and drier.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Rust Belt Readernew
Could a regional newspaper improve the midwest's prospects?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
03-24-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
'Boys Don't Cry' Director Returns With Soldiers' Untold Story
Co-writer and director Kimberly Peirce returns after her impressive 1999 drama Boys Don't Cry with an equally empathetic film centered around the U.S. military's current backdoor-draft, responsible for forcing 81,000 soldiers back into war after multiple tours of duty.
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
The Sex Ain't the Problemnew
Spitzer's real crime was hypocrisy.
Steamroller Out, Facilitator Innew
Key Democrats in the New York State Legislature are cautiously optimistic about their prospects for restoring function to state government -- and winning back the Senate -- under Gov. David Paterson.
Whodunit
Eliot Spitzer screwed up -- but why was the federal government listening in?
First-person Shooters Leap Up to New Levelsnew
The reason 2007 stands out is the variety and excellence of the first-person shooters that were released, due in part to the processing power of the next-generation PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and to the increasing emphasis that developers are placing on story and character development.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
03-21-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Carbon/Silicon: A Clash of Titansnew
Punk survivors Mick Jones and Tony James prove they're just as relevant as ever with Carbon/Silicon's forward-looking sound.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carbon/Silicon, The Last Post
Vampire Weekend Bites Backnew
After scoring an appearance on Saturday Night Live and a cover story in Spin in the same month, Vampire Weekend is doing better than just all right.
The Georgia Straight |
Shawn Conner |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Canadian Screen Actors Guild Strike May Echo 2007 Statsnew
If the Screen Actors Guild goes on strike over the same issue as the recent U.S. screenwriters strike -- residuals from new media platforms -- the B.C. film industry could experience a repeat of 2007's drop in foreign production.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
03-21-2008 |
Movies
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Brings Dark Tourism and Tripletsnew
The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival shakes it up with cinema about Holocaust-related trips and motherhood with a twist.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
03-21-2008 |
Movies
