AltWeeklies Wire
Coming Homenew
Former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth on fire, frustration and the future of the woods, with a look also at new chief Abigail Kimbell.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
02-22-2007 |
Environment
Forbidden Groundnew
Recent avalanche deaths cast a shadow on backcountry boundaries and whose responsibility it is to enforce them.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
02-22-2007 |
Commentary
The Year in Reviewnew
Eugene Weekly's movie critics pick the best of 2006.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair and Molly Templeton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
'The Astronaut Farmer' Doesn't Get Off the Groundnew
It may be most self-consciously old-fashioned and straight-up corny motion picture to come out of Hollywood in years.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Adams v. Oregonnew
City commish sues for equality.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
02-22-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Lies, Lies, and Statisticsnew
Numbers worry racial profiling committee.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
02-22-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Will Spray Paint Be Outlawed?new
As graffiti explodes around Portland, harsher punishments are debated.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy Jenniges |
02-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
College (Fish)Bowlnew
This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story's characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Just in Time for Nader '08new
Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: An Unreasonable Man
Consuming Ralph Nadernew
This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Fission Decisionnew
Illinois anti-nuke activists oppose plan for fuel reprocessing site.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
02-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Richard Blum's Plumsnew
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is not the only one in her family with an ethics problem.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-22-2007 |
Commentary
Emotional Rescuenew
Despite the fact that Tyler Perry relies on contrivances and sentimentality, he manages to spin a good yarn in the process.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Rocking the Rinknew
Roller derby mania hits Montreal.
Montreal Mirror |
Andrea Zanin |
02-22-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hot Wheelsnew
The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ghost Rider, Mark Steven Johnson
