AltWeeklies Wire
Chest Pains: Heart Attack Bandnew
Older punks with cardio conditions finally find each other.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
08-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elizabeth Dole's Bad Foreign Policynew
By voting for CAFTA, Dole ignores the link between U.S. economic policy and the throngs of immigrants crossing our southern border.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Internet Disconnectnew
As Verizon unloads its landlines in rural parts of the country, local officials are missing an opportunity for real economic development: fiber-optics.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
08-23-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Kennebunkport Protest Hopes To Draw 5000 Peoplenew
Cindy Sheehan seems unable to stay away from the peace movement that she publicly cut ties with just over two months ago.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-23-2007 |
Politics
The Courageous Thing to do in Iraqnew
We broke it -- let others fix it.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee's Pulpit Politicsnew
Churches aren't given their tax breaks to spend the money on politicians, but tell that to the Baptist minister who recently used church stationery and an internet radio program to endorse a fellow Baptist minister for president. It's time for Huckabee to speak out against this.
Arkansas Times |
Editorial |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Illinois Scientsts Get the Poop on Pig Powernew
Using a technique he developed known as thermochemical conversion, Yuanhui Zhang thought he could turn something that smells awful into products that have no smell -- he was thinking about something like odorless fertilizer, but he may have stumbled on something much more valuable.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-23-2007 |
Environment
Tags: energy, environment
Silicon Valley Searches for Real Answers on Tasersnew
The San Jose Police Dept. is more confident than ever in its Taser program, but several groups want to see more documents about how they're being used and on whom.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Tasers, crime & justice
Pay Gap for Women at Arkansas Collegesnew
One thing women want is equal pay for equal work, and there's considerable evidence they aren't getting it in an area where one might expect the most enlightenment on this issue -- higher education.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
08-23-2007 |
The War on Women
Home-school: Not a Revolution, but a Movementnew
We joined the ranks of home-schoolers a year ago, with my middle son (then a rising fifth-grader) as the guinea pig -- things went so well that we subsequently withdrew our two youngest daughters from first grade and pre-school in January.
NYC Continues on Path of Congestion Pricingnew
Westchester Democrat Richard Brodsky talks about leading the charge in the State Legislature to beat back what he calls a regressive tax on poor and middle-class New Yorkers.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
08-23-2007 |
Transportation
Reinventionnew
Soulive seems handcuffed on most of this compact, jam-free material.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: No Place Like Soul, Soulive
Nick Lowe: Man Out of Timenew
At My Age is a mesmerizing collection of songs for adults.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
M.I.A.'s Neon Funknew
Kala could have been the party album of the summer
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Corey Licht |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Jose Padilla: A Corrupted Trial
As the pundits argue over the "winner" in the case, the loser is clear: democracy.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-22-2007 |
Commentary
