AltWeeklies Wire
How Idiocy Helped Doom the Afghan War
Americans' lack of knowledge about Afghanistan is virtually limitless. Which matters, because the U.S. is at war there. And which explains why the American military is losing its longest war.
Boise Weekly |
Ted Rall |
07-29-2010 |
War
Muddy Waters Run Deepnew
Big Bill Morganfield follows in his father's footsteps.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-29-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cruel and Unusualnew
Paul Rudd and Steve Carell deserve better material than they get in 'Dinner for Schmucks.'
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Carell, Dinner for Schmucks
The Tangelos: Greatest Hitsnew
There's a careful balance of folk-rock, soul and country in these 11 tunes, written by singer and guitarist Joshua Butcher.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Tangelos
Anatomy of an Advice Goddessnew
An interview with columnist Amy Alkon on her career, methodology and the scourge of rude behavior.
Illinois Times |
Scott Faingold |
07-29-2010 |
Advice
Tags: Advice Goddess, Amy Alkon
Coming Soon: Big Box Babycarenew
A developer-backed, for-profit childcare company with ties to a failed Australian daycare corporation is rapidly moving into the Canadian market.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Trevor Scott Howell |
07-29-2010 |
Children & Families
Tea Party Jittersnew
New York’s Tea Partiers aren’t the bigoted white guys you fear.
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
07-28-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party
Robert Ashley's Life Well Wastednew
A Life Well Wasted, by podcaster Robert Ashley, is hardly the only internet radio show devoted to video games. But it must be the only one regularly compared by fans to the beloved radio program This American Life.
East Bay Express |
Neal Soldofsky |
07-28-2010 |
Culture
Eric Who?new
If you're a huge Eric Cantona fan, you're not going to want to miss Looking for Eric, which may be the best Eric Cantona-oriented movie of the last five years If, like the vast majority of the human race, you've never heard of Eric Cantona, and wouldn't care about him even if you did know what he was famous for, then Looking for Eric might be a harder sell...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-28-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Looking for Eric
Columnist Banned for Opinion on Art Fairsnew
A Wyoming art association has banned a local columnist from its studios and classes after board members called for “consequences” to a column that criticized art fairs.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Matthew Irwin |
07-28-2010 |
Media
Educating Tomorrow's Employeesnew
Bay Area community colleges use federal funding to team up with local businesses on job-training initiatives.
East Bay Express |
Michele Ellson |
07-28-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Ron Dellums
Jonah Goldberg Loves Scatnew
I've got to hand to conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg: He is the King Shit of Bad Metaphors. The evidence? Goldberg's latest column on JournoList.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
07-28-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Jonah Goldberg, JournoList
Classified Addsnew
SFR investigates the New Mexico component of the Washington Post's intelligence project.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
07-28-2010 |
Policy Issues
Text Marks the (Oil) Spotnew
Gulf residents help map the oiled Gulf Coast from their phones and kites.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-28-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon
See Salt: I spy with my little eye ... a very good movienew
I'm fairly certain that Angelina Jolie could kick my ass.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-28-2010 |
Reviews
