AltWeeklies Wire
Gov. Rick Perry Strikes Againnew
Perry has proved again that the 61 percent of Texans who voted against him in the last election were right - the governor is more than willing to put revenge and ideology before sound public policy.
The Texas Observer |
Editorial |
07-03-2007 |
Commentary
Erard Mines Applied Bluderologynew
The subtext -- and pretext -- of this book is that in 2007 you don't need a blunderologist to tell you that the most powerful man in the world is a gaffe factory.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Water From Stone': The Grass is Greenernew
Jeffrey Greene outlines J. David Bamberger's winding career, from door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman to Church's Fried Chicken co-founder to internationally lauded conservationist.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Solving the Gas-price Mysterynew
Don't rejoice about gas prices going down in June -- the real story is that we've been paying summer prices for months.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
07-03-2007 |
Commentary
Children of the Revolutionnew
The latest movies from Michael Moore and Bruce Willis offer two very different views of our great nation.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
07-03-2007 |
Reviews
Ultra Nate is Queen of the Housenew
Her dance music fills clubs the world over -- everywhere except where she calls home.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
07-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ultra Nate
Let's Pray Each Presidential Candidate is Perusing 'Second Chance'new
Brzezinski soberly explains how the United States has cumulatively squandered its top-banana world's policeman status since the Cold War ended -- with increasingly dire results.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
07-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Iraq War Vets Feel They're Being Cast Asidenew
In their own voices, three veterans speak of the inadequacy of what the military calls reintegration counseling, of the immediacy of their worst memories, of their helplessness in battle, of the struggle to rejoin a society that seems unwilling or unable to comprehend the price of their service.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
07-03-2007 |
War
How Big is Harry Potter?new
Considering all the hype surrounding the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, you would think that the July 21 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is one of the most anticipated events in human history. Well, almost.
Portland Phoenix |
Joel C. Theriault |
07-03-2007 |
Books
'Later, at the Bar' Suffers from a Flat Narrative Arcnew
Barry's first novel is a series of interconnected short stories, each loosely based around regulars at an upstate New York dive.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
'The Killing Jar': An Unsparing Account of a Disastrous Childhoodnew
Why is it that we take such joy in reading fiction about the degradation of children?
Baltimore City Paper |
Stephen Peterson |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
Go Way Out With 'Space Opera'new
After falling on hack times in the 1970s, the space opera makes a comeback.
Baltimore City Paper |
Adrienne Martini |
07-03-2007 |
Fiction
Investigation Launched into Fort Carson's Medical Carenew
The Evans Army Community Hospital prescribed methadone to Staff Sgt. Mark Waltz, which was added to his morphine prescription -- combining the two drugs caused an overdose.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
07-03-2007 |
War
The Housing Authoritynew
Kansas City's public housing officials want you to think everything's great -- Miss Lizzie Brown knows otherwise.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
07-03-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
