AltWeeklies Wire
Will New Mexico's Gas Prices Always be High?new
Probably, according to a new study that says a lack of oil refineries and other factors -- such as high poverty rates, high gas prices and lack of public transportation -- contribute to the state's vulnerability state to high gas prices.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
07-11-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
AFSCME Faces Fracture in New Mexiconew
In less than a month, the state's largest and most influential union may confront the sputter of solidarity with the loss of its largest local affiliate.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
07-11-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hyphy and its Discontentsnew
Rumors of the genre's death have been greatly exaggerated.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
07-11-2007 |
Music
'Moral Relativism' Has Been Hijacked and Misusednew
The phrase has become a term of bludgeoning and marginalization, usually employed when discussing hot-button issues like gay marriage, abortion, drugs, prostitution and/or pornography.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
07-11-2007 |
Commentary
Harry Potter Grows Upnew
Phoenix is the best of the bunch.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-11-2007 |
Reviews
Beyond Bizarrenew
From black-eyed peas mixed with cornbread and mayo to peanut butter and cheese sandwiches, we all have our own food idiosyncrasies.
Jackson Free Press |
Crawford Grabowski |
07-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Telling It Straightnew
Mills devotes chapters to the "Three Kings of Tombigbee Country" (Elvis, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus), former legislators Butch Lambert and Jerry Wilburn, former state Supreme Court Justice Armis Hawkins and Mill's life as a young legislator staying at the old Sun-N-Sand Motel.
Jackson Free Press |
Jere Nash |
07-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
In Gratitude to Great Uncle Sunnew
After digesting their first LP and spending an hour with Wooden Finger, I have no doubt that this is a band that could transform resurrecting a bat into a gorgeously poignant song.
Jackson Free Press |
Cheree Franco |
07-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Discovery's Shark Week Attacks!new
Stop fronting like you don't love Shark Week.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
07-11-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'I Like Everything!'new
A new couple will likely unzip their pants for each other before unzipping their CD wallets.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
07-11-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Beatles
'Rescue Dawn': Welcome (Back) to the Junglenew
Werner Herzog revisits Dieter Dengler's great escape.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
07-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog
Some People Talkin'new
Anti-Semitism has a long, bloody history in Europe, far longer than the U.S. has history at all.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-11-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Captain Cutback Strikes Againnew
He's faster than a job outsourced overseas, more powerful than a mass firing, able to leap over a crowd of disgruntled, downsized middle-class workers in a single bound.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
07-11-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Three Candidates Vying for Ward 1new
Three Ward 1 residents are jumping up to replace former Jackson City Council President Ben Allen, since the councilman retired over health issues June 22.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-11-2007 |
Politics
Will Spanking Return to Jackson Public Schools?new
If some school board members have their way, it just might.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
