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Temporary Insanitynew

A proposed change to Portland's city charter has drawn little notice on the May ballot but could have an outsized impact.

Willamette Week | Nigel Jaquiss | 03-14-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

From Azure to Bluenew

When Taylor tells you that music has been her life's only passion, it's easy to believe.

Dig Boston | Chase Stauffer | 03-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Maria Taylor

French Ticklersnew

Probing the cast of Exterminating Angels.

Dig Boston | Martin Tsai | 03-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Exterminating Angels, Jean-Claude Brisseau

'Money' Talksnew

Fast Money turns three years of incarceration into fuel for his rhymes.

San Antonio Current | M. Solis | 03-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fast Money

Pardon My Frenchnew

Chris Rock talks about marriage, comedy and why he'll never stop using the "n-word."

San Antonio Current | Cole Haddon | 03-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Chris Rock, I Think I Love My Wife

The Sea Around Hernew

This succinct volume traces Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's life, from her birth near Pittsburgh in 1907 to her death in Maryland in 1964.

San Antonio Current | Steven G. Kellman | 03-14-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Mark Hamilton Lytle, The Gentle Subversive

I Think This Movie Blowsnew

Was watching this movie really any better than staring at a blank wall for an hour and a half?

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 03-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Chris Rock, I Think I Love My Wife

Barbers Are Red Over Blue Lawsnew

A working stiff now has to endure his razor-stropping without State Street Barbers' complimentary bottle of beer, because the Commonwealth's Board of Registration of Barbers has just put the kibosh on barbershop alcohol.

Dig Boston | Julia Reischel | 03-14-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

On Barack Obama and Blacknessnew

Black voters haven't quite joined Obama for President because, more than anyone else, they know America can't handle a black president.

Dig Boston | Baratunde Thurston | 03-14-2007 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election

A Reductionist Take on Media Reformnew

What bothers me so much about Chester is that I share his passion for issues of media choice and personal privacy, but he makes enormous logical leaps and engages in gross oversimplification and ad-hominem attacks.

San Antonio Current | Aaron Delwiche | 03-14-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy, Jeff Chester