AltWeeklies Wire
Consumers' Move Towards Smaller Cars Generates Less Tax Revenuenew
"By people buying less expensive vehicles, or by people not buying any vehicles because of the present situation in the economy, you're going to start seeing local governments get hurt."
Pasadena Weekly |
Jennifer Hadley |
09-29-2008 |
Transportation
Will the Chicago Tribune Endorse its First Dem for President This Year?new
I'm not at all sure the Tribune will endorse the Republican ticket. There are good reasons why it might not -- but also reasons anyone who wants to respect the Tribune should worry about.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-29-2008 |
Media
'Take Me Home' Takes a Clear Look at America's Foster Care Crisisnew
Jill Duerr Berrick, a faculty member at UC Berkeley's School of Social Welfare, assesses the shortcomings of child welfare and systematically sets an agenda for bettering the lives of the half-million children who live as wards of the state in Take Me Home: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children and Families.
Pasadena Weekly |
Daniel Heimpel |
09-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
John McCain and Friendsnew
While it may seem like he really doesn't know much about the economy, McCain knows who his real friends are. And considering the Republicans are planning on giving away all this money to those failed Wall Street lenders -- and nothing directly to help the people who are in trouble -- we can pretty well guess who those friends are.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
09-29-2008 |
Commentary
Why This Election Needs to be About Issuesnew
McCain's media brains don't want this election to be about issues or about who is advising whom.
Pacific Sun |
Editorial |
09-27-2008 |
Commentary
Climate Scientist Claims Stephen Harper's Government Has Muzzled Expertsnew
The lead author of three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports says the prime minister and his cabinet have ignored scientists while preparing Canada's response to global warming.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
09-26-2008 |
Environment
Silicon Valley–Based Clean Tech for Obama Spreads its Message -- and Moneynew
This well-organized and richly endowed organization represents the first time the green-tech movement has carved out a political voice in the presidential elections.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
09-26-2008 |
Politics
The Sparks Fail to Fly in 'Nights in Rodanthe'new
The plot of Nights in Rodanthe is sheer prefab, a retread of 1940s weepers.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-26-2008 |
Reviews
Can Electronic Voting Save Democracy?new
Halifax elections are going hi-tech, but while elections officials hope internet voting is the cure for voter apathy, skeptics say it is a threat to democracy itself.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
09-26-2008 |
Politics
Heroin Use on the Rise in Wisconsinnew
Heroin has always had a presence in southeastern Wisconsin, and there have always been some hardcore users in the area. But things changed in the 1990s, when Colombian cocaine traffickers saw the profits that Asian producers were making on heroin, primarily China White.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-26-2008 |
Drugs
Thomas Frank on McCain, the Wall Street Mess, and Voter Fraudnew
"These Republicans have acted for years as though markets work fine unregulated," Frank says. "But what you get is incredible rip-offs."
Shepherd Express |
Roger Bybee |
09-26-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Confessions of a Promo-CD Junkie: Who Will Stop the Music Industry Gravy Train?new
With so much music available at the click of a mouse, do tastemakers really need hard copies anymore? Is it worth the waste?
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
09-26-2008 |
Music
Reaganomics Meets the GOP-Bolshevik Statenew
The cratering economy has not only consigned free market voodoo economic theory to the dustbin of history, as Leon Trotsky would say, but has also transformed the GOP into the modern incarnation of the Bolsheviks.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
09-26-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain's 'Old Boys' Network' is Well-Connectednew
On the campaign trail, McCain has been promising to take on the "old boys' network," first in Washington, and now on Wall Street. But as Obama countered, that would be like calling a "staff meeting" of McCain's campaign. Indeed.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-26-2008 |
Commentary
'The Duchess' Inspires Modern Relevance in Keira Knightleynew
The screenplay is based on the Amanda Foreman biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and tells the story of a teenager who marries the duke of Devonshire, a leading force in the new Whig Party.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
09-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Saul Dibb, The Duchess
