AltWeeklies Wire
Larry Craig Exposed Himself, and the GOP, as Hypocriticalnew
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall to hear the advice-and-consent huddles among the GOP brass as they decided to muscle the senator out on what amounts to a morals charge.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lewis Whittington |
09-25-2007 |
Commentary
Ric Allison & Charles Barrett Make a Longboard Suitable for Hangingnew
Currently awaiting a patent, they've been toting the board to Maine, Cape Cod, Strathmere and Long Beach Island and letting surfers take it out for a ride to get their impressions.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
09-25-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
'The Hunting Party' is On the Wrong Tracknew
The film has less luck finding the right tone than its heroes have locating their quarry.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
Mike Quinn Works Overtime with No Quarter Recordsnew
The psych/drone/stoner rock label has been funded with up to 90 hours of work a week at temp jobs.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Parks |
09-25-2007 |
Music
Smiling for Dollars, the Fundraising Endgamenew
In the waning days before November's general election, campaign fundraising efforts for Philadelphia mayoral candidates Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger have increased, with funds needed to buy TV time and run print ads.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
09-25-2007 |
Politics
Gov. Rendall Wants Everybody to be Insurednew
But his isn't the only proposal in Pennsylvania -- state Rep. Kathy Manderino has introduced a single-payer system which is supported by 29 other Democrats.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
09-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Courtney Love Settles Last of Her Nirvana Money Disputesnew
Attorneys helped Kurt Cobain's widow win as much as $9 million.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-25-2007 |
Music
World-Champ Pole Vaulter Gets No Recognition at Homenew
Perhaps a gold in Beijing would get Brad Walker some Seattle love.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Teenage and Transgendered in Texasnew
As transgender girls and boys come out at younger ages, they're beginning to date and engage in relationships that further challenge the defined gender roles that most of us have grown up with, casting sexual identity as a broad spectrum with varying shades of gray.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
09-25-2007 |
Sex
Meet the New White House Press Secretarynew
"I've heard one former press secretary at another agency say they'd rather die than have this job," says Dana Perino, who recently took over for Tony Snow.
Tags: media
Indian Nations are Gambling with Traditionnew
A personal journey through New York's Indian Nations reveals an ongoing battle between traditional belief and present-day enterprise.
Long Island Press |
Jed Morey |
09-25-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Victory in Iraq, Now Certain!new
Yeah, right -- let your Democrats in Congress know that they were elected to end this war, and it's time they grew some backbones.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
09-25-2007 |
Commentary
Immigrants Stuck in Red Tape Sue for Citizenshipnew
Legally, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services only has 120 days to decide whether an applicant can become a citizen after completing the interview and the naturalization exam, but FBI background checks are so backlogged that some immigrants may wait years -- a lawsuit is often seen as the last remedy.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
09-25-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Tales of Disintegrationnew
David Peace, selected in 1993 as one of Britain's best young novelists by Granta magazine, sets his new novel in the rubble of post-WWII Tokyo. A detective story with a difference, it shows a city that doesn't need crime to destroy it. War is enough.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
09-24-2007 |
Fiction
'Songs Without Words' Captures the Tolstoys' Lifenew
The book, which includes 180 of Countess Sophia Tolstoy's photos and dozens of deeply personal journal entries, tells the story of a famous family living through the tumultuous times of pre-Revolution Russia.
Shepherd Express |
Heather Zydek |
09-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
