AltWeeklies Wire
Philly's Top 50 Barsnew
From upscale to down home, we really know where to knock 'em back.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
03-10-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Pittsburgh's Abortion Clinic 'Bubble Zones' Upheldnew
A protester thought the city's bubble zones around abortion clinics was infringing on her free speech. A federal judge recently told her she was wrong.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
03-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fingal's Fabulous Cavenew
My trip along Scotland's shoreline has mythological proportions.
NOW Magazine |
Kay Broome |
03-10-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Car Design for a Green Futurenew
A truly green vehicle will emerge out of collaboration, not competition.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
03-10-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Alt.Health: Skip Snips for Loose Lipsnew
Bypass vaginal "rejuvenation" surgery with Pilates and Kegels.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
03-10-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Dan Kennedy Nails the Music Industrynew
The former mid-level marketing executive's bitter and very funny account of his experience at a fast-dying music label zeros in on everything that's wrong with the old music biz.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-10-2008 |
Fiction
Abused Immigrants Trapped in Limbonew
In early 2006, President George W. Bush signed legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which contained a provision protecting undocumented immigrant women, children, and men who are victims of domestic violence. Yet late last year, Bush's own administration began to systematically ignore the law, according to immigration lawyers familiar with the process.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
03-10-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Music Vs. Messagenew
The Oaks donated half of the proceeds of their debut album to the Global Hope Network for aid to returning Afghan refugees. But by pushing that agenda as forcefully as they did, a moral dilemma was imposed on the evaluation of the Oaks' art.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
03-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Songs for Waiting, The Oaks
Pennsylvania Again Trying to Ban Gay Marriagenew
Some state legislators are again trying to pass a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, despite a losing effort in 2006.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
03-10-2008 |
LGBT
'10,000 B.C.' is 'Apocalypto' Made by Uwe Bollnew
Historical impossibilities aside, the film has enough plot holes to drive a herd of woolly mammoths through, which director Roland Emmerich does at every opportunity.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich
Evolution of the Caveman Movienew
On the occasion of the release of CGI epic 10,000 BC, we offer this caveman valentine.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-10-2008 |
Movies
Specter Says Fandom Alone Fuels His NFL Investigationnew
It's never a good sign when people start to whisper that your company is pushing a dignified 78-year-old U.S. senator to butt heads with a popular sports institution. Welcome to the increasing scrutiny accompanying Comcast's relationship with Arlen Specter in his investigation of the NFL, known as Spygate.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
03-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: NFL, sports & fitness
Is Fox News Backhandedly Promoting Obama?new
Hey, don't get the wrong idea. We think it's great that not everyone with this arch-conservative "news" network is howling disapproval over the first viable African-American presidential candidate. Then again, maybe it's good to be a little bit paranoid about what the folks at FOX are putting on the air.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-10-2008 |
Media
Gambling Addiction Affects More than Just Your Walletnew
For most people, gambling can be a fun source of recreation, but for between 6 and 9 million Americans, it is an addiction over which they have no control.
Boulder Weekly |
Dana Logan |
03-10-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A New Twist on an Old Tricknew
If Illinois has its way, a TIF on sales taxes means you'll be funding the rehab of Wrigley Field.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
03-10-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
