AltWeeklies Wire
The Defenestrator: Against Typenew
The Philadelphia anarchist newspaper turns 10.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
07-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Women in Jail, Mental Illness, and Preferential Treatmentnew
Pampered Paris wasn't LA County jail's only mentally ill inmate staring into space.
Pasadena Weekly |
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
07-02-2007 |
Commentary
10,000 Losses: Roll the Lowlightsnew
The Philadelphia Phillies will soon become the first sports franchise to reach this many losses.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
07-02-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Reading Too Much Into Study Linking Birth Order & IQnew
The original story about the study in the New York Times never once used the word "smart" in any of its forms -- particularly the comparative phrase "smarter than" -- so why did other papers' stories on the study use that very language?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Dennis Kucinich's Uphill Fightnew
The underdog Democratic presidential candidate seems to keep going no matter what.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
07-02-2007 |
Politics
If We Want More Organic Meat ...new
We're going to need more places to slaughter organic livestock.
Chicago Reader |
Nicholas Day |
07-02-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Gorgeous Gorge
Science of Speed Eating shows how competitive eaters eat so fast and where the food goes.
Tags: TV
Herzog's Vietnam Escape Story Blisters the Screen
The sensational narrative version of the story he told in 1997's documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a wartime escape movie to top all others.
Tags: Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog
Maybe Some Regrets ...new
The problem with La Vie en Rose isn't that it takes liberties with the facts of Edith Piaf's life. So did she. But the reverence for allegory leads to a film that feels as long as Piaf's life.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
Catching Up With Margot and the Nuclear So and So'snew
Beyond malnutrition and empty pockets.
NUVO |
Josh Flynn |
06-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
On Call for Michael Moorenew
Dr. Jack Stanzler talks about being the medical consultant on Sicko.
NUVO |
Matthew Socey |
06-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
The Land of the Working Stiffsnew
The average American vacation is now a long weekend -- the Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that one in four of our workers gets no paid vacation at all and 51 million Americans (a third of our workforce) won't take all the vacation days they have coming.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
06-29-2007 |
Commentary
Toxic Indianapolisnew
Our city's air pollution problems are disproportionately harming our economy, our health and our natural environment -- they are also a direct result of competing political agendas and interests between state and city governments, as well as our own bad habits.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
06-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fiscal Terrorismnew
The last thing that the air-brushed presidential candidates want to talk about is the skyrocketing national debt or the looming bankruptcy of credit card holders -- that's a big problem.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-29-2007 |
Commentary
Don't Ask, Don't Tell in Memphisnew
Interim City Councilman Henry Hooper faces nearly $400,000 in federal tax liens -- so why didn't he volunteer this information and explain it to the council, and why didn't members ask him about it?
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
06-29-2007 |
Politics
