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Sins of Commission: Alabama's Jefferson County Approves Absurd Lobbying Contractnew
"Like flushing money down the toilet." Now there’s an expression just about everybody in Jefferson County understands. Just about everybody — with the exception of three county commissioners.
Birmingham Weekly |
Kyle Whitmire |
02-03-2009 |
Commentary
Liberals Drink Here: An Interview with Richard Lingemannew
About 10 years ago, Richard Lingeman, The Nation’s senior editor and longtime executive editor, came up with the idea of providing readers with a way to connect with the history of the left, as well as with other like-minded Americans.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
02-03-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fucked Up Incites Pandemoniumnew
The band elicits visions of a car crashing into a phone pole, or a mob of angry drunks knocking each other to the ground. The melee can be dangerous, but there are some surprisingly tuneful moments tucked away under Damian Abraham's barking.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Skepticism, Hume and the Burden of Proof: 'Amazing Grace'new
It’s very easy to make a claim about something, while thoroughly investigating that claim can be a difficult job.
Weekly Alibi |
Benjamin Radford |
02-03-2009 |
Nonfiction
A Bill to Repeal Capital Punishment in New Mexico Breathes New Life into a Fierce Debatenew
Albuquerque Rep. Gail Chasey’s bill to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole made it past the New Mexico House in 2005 and 2007. Chasey expects her legislation to clear the House again this year. Several new senators, Chasey says, should vote in favor of her bill.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-03-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: New Mexico, death penalty
Claude Miller Themes the Holocaust With Some Tact and Family Dramanew
Leave it to the French to show Hollywood how to tastefully handle the Holocaust. While far from perfect, Claude Miller's affecting and intimate family drama A Secret captures the complexities and challenges of being a Jew in France in the run-up to World War II.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
02-03-2009 |
Reviews
A Piece of Many Rock Bands, Eric 'Beats' Hoegemeyer Digs His Dub, Monnew
Detroit is blessed with countless incredible musicians, of all types of music. Add Deep See Sound System to the list.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
02-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Biggest Losers: A Desert-Island Serial's Fading Shinenew
Like the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, ABC's Lost has found the world a very different place upon returning to civilization.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
02-03-2009 |
TV
Music, Myth and the Spiritual in the Poetry of Kim Hunternew
Detroiter Kim Hunter's new collection of poems, edge of the time zone, is a winding road lined with imagery, political thought and courageous dreaming. That beautiful stretch of imagination parallels a real-life journey.
Metro Times |
Norene Smith |
02-03-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Insulting Sellers: Steve Martin and Company Cash In Again
The second installment in the "Pink Panther" do-over franchise is enough to make you wish that the ghost of Peter Sellers would come back to haunt every human and animal that contributed to what amounts to cinematic sacrilege.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-02-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Harald Zwart, The Pink Panther 2
Gitmo Status Quo: Business As Usual Inside the Campsnew
In Washington, the ink has barely dried on President Obama's order officially closing Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta detention facility. But for a legion of Gitmo guards on the Cuban waterfront, nothing has changed.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
02-02-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, civil liberties
'Coraline' Turns a Dark Fairy Tale into a Dazzling Stop-Motion Horror Film
What potential viewers will need to wrap their heads around is that while Coraline may be about childhood, it isn't really for children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-02-2009 |
Reviews
At the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, Sandra Boyd IDs the Deadnew
Hundreds of bodies need names. The contessa of the dead finds them.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
02-02-2009 |
Science
Tags: coroners, Sandra Boyd
Developer Tibor Hollo Helped Build Miaminew
Tibor Hollo knows Miami real estate as well as anyone — he has been through its booms and busts — and he is convinced the city will bounce back. Indeed, he's betting everything he's right and plunging millions of dollars into his next project: a thousand-foot tower downtown on Biscayne Boulevard.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
M83's 'Saturdays=Youth'new
M83 explains its John Hughes love.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
02-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
