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The Revolutionaries Inside the 1968 DNC Didn't Get Much Inknew
You've heard plenty lately about the action outside the '68 Democratic National Convention. How much do you know about what was going on inside?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-02-2008 |
Commentary
Lobbyists and Corporate Money Fuel the Other DNCnew
It could be said that the national conventions function as a microcosm of our political system: the party elite gather inside the big building publicly to take action, separated from the citizenry by security guards and apathy, while special interests vie for their favor beyond the cameras of network news. And all the American public knows is what it sees on television.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
09-02-2008 |
Politics
Superlame: Slow Motion Frat Comedy Hazes its Audience
Compared to last year's "Superbad," sophomore director Deb Hagan's coming-of-age teen sex comedy should be called "Superlame."
Nicolas Cage Stars in the Pang Brothers' 'Bangkok Dangerous'
Sure, he's had a few flops recently, but Nicolas Cage is still a bona fide movie star. At such a critical point in the aging actor's career though, was starring in an obscure action flick a good choice?
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
09-01-2008 |
Movies
Meet Sarah Palin
How a "hockey mom" out of politics four years ago became the GOP vice presidential nominee.
Tucson Weekly |
Krestia DeGeorge |
08-31-2008 |
Politics
No Room for Doubtnew
Kehoe, 59, met Jimmy Buffett at the University of Southern Mississippi in August 1967 while pledging Kappa Sigma, which was Buffett’s fraternity.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Doyle |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Kehoe
Disaster: A Growth Industrynew
Klein exposes—with razor-sharp investigative reporting—the damage done by the fundamentalist economic theories of Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, who said: “Only a crises actual or perceived produces real change.”
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Time to Enfranchise Youthnew
If teens are responsible enough to handle vehicles, hold down jobs and get married, then they are probably responsible enough to cast a ballot for the candidate of their choice.
Jackson Free Press |
Laura Rayburn |
08-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Media Fix Is Innew
As I’ve been penning my column and watching this city’s growth, I’ve thought more often about the real responsibility of the fourth estate. Why does it exist? What are we, the public, supposed to get from media?
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
08-29-2008 |
Commentary
Rise of the Ghettocratic Partynew
Nurse Tootie McBride: “Brothers, sisters and ghettocratic delegates, welcome to the first Ghettocratic convention, held at the Clubb Chicken Wing Multi-Purpose Complex.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
08-29-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Political Bickering Could Start a New Cold Warnew
There is still no good reason to have a new Cold War, and I still think it won't happen. But as the politicians posture and the stupidities accumulate, I'm less sure than I was that it won't happen.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
08-29-2008 |
International
Deeper Dancenew
Listeners are in for something special with this debut album by this New York City-based dance-music project.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hercules and Love Affair
Fall Trends Go Grunge, Knitted, and Bohonew
This year, these industry bibles (guided by designers' runway shows, of course) suggest a resurgence of a number of trends, some of which haven’t been this big in over a decade.
The Georgia Straight |
Rebecca Tay |
08-29-2008 |
Fashion
Ahhnold Rocksnew
Is the world ready for comedy death-metal albums? Evidently As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis thinks so.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Belugas Charm in Manitoba's Churchill Rivernew
There's only one place in the world where you can watch hundreds of beluga whales cavort in the wild, their gleaming white bodies arching above the surface of the water.
The Georgia Straight |
Lauren Kramer |
08-29-2008 |
Travel
