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Pride & patriotismnew
The fight for the right to serve
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
07-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Wearing the Message: Politics + Culture + Art = A T-Shirt Revolutionnew
The new generation of the T-shirt is increasingly defined by message, meaning and personal propaganda. In this presidential election year, such content is reaching a fever pitch.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
07-03-2008 |
Fashion
Werner Herzog Ponders the Last Place on Earthnew
Speaking to the legendary German filmmaker is like speaking to God -- a crazy and pessimistic God, perhaps, but one capable of making divine films.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is the surge in Iraq working?new
Don't Panic! ... Your war questions answered
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-03-2008 |
Commentary
Mass Gun Laws Now Target for Debatenew
Good news, Bostonians: you can own guns! The bad news: so can your weird neighbor.
Boston Phoenix |
Kim Liao |
07-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Taking a Shot at the Supreme Courtnew
This past week's Supreme Court ruling, invalidating Washington, DC's handgun ban, demonstrates just how far afield "movement conservatism" has taken our country.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
07-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Sex Files: Questions About Sex Abound for New Momsnew
Unless you adopted your child, you got to this point by having sex. Many new parents want to know when it is O.K. to have intercourse again after a vaginal or cesarean delivery. The basic answer is: There really is no specific time frame. It all depends on how you and your partner feel about it.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
07-03-2008 |
Advice
Conservatives are Missing the Mark on Obama's Vulnerabilitynew

Say what you want about Obama, he's no radical. So if the company he keeps continues to be the GOP's principal criticism through to November, it will ensure Obama's election. They'd be better off to stick to the flip-flop.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
07-03-2008 |
Commentary
Moodswing: How to Survive a Flaming Forkliftnew
And other tips for the end of the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
07-03-2008 |
Comedy
Corkscrew: Wine in a Box!new
This girl takes a look inside.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
07-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Icelandic Beauty Export: Anita Briem Makes a 3-D Debut in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

An example of the famed Icelandic fact that its women are stunningly beautiful, Anita Briem is also a stage-trained actress, perfectly at home on a green screen set for a big Hollywood action/adventure movie.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
07-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteernew
Across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to the smallest rural towns, are often-scrappy companies with a handful of employees who work contracts from the low thousands to the low millions. Some estimate the number of companies doing defense-related business in the state at numbers as high as 2,000.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
07-02-2008 |
Business & Labor
Soundwave's AudioBus Series Offers Road Trips with San Francisco Composersnew
Alan So, artistic director of the experimental music festival Soundwave>Series, decided to have a portion of this year's Move>Sound theme on an AudioBus, a stage that moves to the rhythm of traffic lights and stop signs.
Chronic Underfunding is Leading Rural Schools to Desperate Measuresnew
Most rural districts are graduating more students than they are enrolling because of the declining and aging population in outstate areas. Because Minnesota funds schools on a per-pupil basis, declining enrollments can affect small schools disproportionately. But schools still have to heat the buildings; they still have to staff the school. And rural schools often have higher transportation costs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
07-02-2008 |
Education
Thoughts on Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl'new

"I Kissed a Girl" (currently the number-one single on Billboard) is a love-it-or-hate-it proposition, but if you’re not careful, it'll shatter your critical faculties.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
07-02-2008 |
Music