AltWeeklies Wire
'Taxi to the Dark Side': Too High a Farenew
Alex Gibney pulls the hood off of America's use of torture.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Portland's WiFi Cloud Headed Toward Evaporationnew
In the summer of 2006, the city partnered with Silicon Valley start-up MetroFi and launched a free wireless internet service. The WiFi network was supposed to cover 95 percent of the city by August of 2008. The problem is, the project is all but dead.
The Portland Mercury |
Jonathan Shapiro |
03-06-2008 |
Tech
Tags: WiFi, computers & technology
Between Barack and a Hard Placenew
So how is the tranquility coming in the Democratic Party? Oh, not so much.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
03-06-2008 |
Commentary
'Semi-Pro' is Semi-Stupidnew
Will Ferrell has arrived in that rarified dimension of comedy that Arnold Schwarzenegger reached in action flicks 20 years ago, in which the titles of his films are mere filler below the star's name.
Arkansas Times |
Sam Eifling |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kent Alterman, Semi-Pro
Can New Mexico Run a Successful Election?new
Although state officials, including Gov. Bill Richardson, have distanced themselves from the debacle of the Feb. 5 Democratic Party-run presidential caucus, that contest wasn't the first in which New Mexico's voting process fell short.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
03-06-2008 |
Politics
Doing More with Lessnew
I've been on unemployment three times in the past six years. Each time was better than the last, and each time I stayed on until the last cent was exhausted. I didn't even try to get a job; it was a paid vacation.
Washington City Paper |
Franklin Schneider |
03-06-2008 |
Culture
Same To You, Fellanew
Snarking back at self-righteous, passive-aggressive, thick-skulled dim-wits isn't as easy as you might think. But help has arrived.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
03-06-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Washington Post's Cozy Year with the Fenty Administrationnew
Just after the New Year, we submitted a records request for all e-mails sent to Washington Post employees from high-level mayoral aides and communications staffers during 2007. Call it the Year of Scooping Effortlessly.
Washington City Paper |
Mike DeBonis |
03-06-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Online Cameraderienew
The web has always been a playground for voyeurs and a landing pad for found items. Now there's a site that re-united orphan photographs with their owners.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin E. Curran |
03-06-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Medium Scarenew
In new films, truth is fluid -- and controlled by the click of a button -- because media itself is a major player.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
03-06-2008 |
Movies
DCIFF's Films Big on Fixing, Healing, & Coming of Agenew
Now in its 10th year, the D.C. Independent Film Festival is bookended by nostalgia trips: It kicks off on March 6 with a feature riffing on John Ford's The Searchers and ends on March 16 with The Clash Live: Revolution Rock, which captures the punk act from 1978 to 1982. But in between, DCIFF is still all over the place.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik and Mark Athitakis |
03-06-2008 |
Movies
'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' & 'Let's Get Lost': Bursting to Fixnew
Frances McDormand's heroine lands into high society; Chet Baker falls from grace.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Was a Portland Cop Fired for Snitching?new
Officer Lindsay Hunt is planning to sue the city over allegations she was effectively terminated in retaliation for "snitching" on an officer who was supposed to be training her.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
03-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sword Swallowers Show Their Scarsnew
To kick off the first international Sword Swallower's Awareness Day, Tyler Fyre plunges a 27-and-a-half-inch steel blade down his throat, rests it at the bottom of his stomach, wrenches it out, and delivers a punch line: "Well, that's all there is to sword swallowing, folks! Looks like we've wrapped up remarkably early here!"
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
03-06-2008 |
Performance
New Adventures in Sciencenew
Genetic testing for a particular condition is at best predictive -- but there are weighty privacy issues.
Tags: Health & Science
