AltWeeklies Wire
Maria Cantwell, Monday-Morning-Quarterbacking the Financial Crisisnew
It's a regular lovefest for Sen. Maria Cantwell, who recently teamed up with Sen. John McCain to try to re-regulate Wall Street. A week ago, Tina Brown's The Daily Beast declared Cantwell one of a dozen "rising political stars."
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
01-11-2010 |
Politics
Confined to His Home For a Decade, Doug Lindsay Knows What Ails Himnew
Doug Lindsay suspects his adrenal glands produce too much epinephrine (a.k.a. adrenaline). He wants to correct the problem by doing away with the region at the center of each gland, the medulla. It's a dicey proposition.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
01-08-2010 |
Science
Sautéed Chicken Breasts Over Fascism, From the Director of 'The White Ribbon'new
Dogmatic ideologies — religious, political and social — are central to Michael Haneke’s latest film, The White Ribbon, which unfolds in a rural German village during the year preceding the start of World War I.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke
Microstipends For Parentless Youths Got Slashed by Arnold. Will Kids Fight Back?new
A week after Schwarzenegger signed six bills touted to help foster youths, the state Department of Social Services told the public foster-care systems up and down the state that new cuts were coming, including one trim that wiped out the entire $3.6 million budget for so-called Emancipated Foster Youth Stipends.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Heimpel |
01-08-2010 |
Children & Families
'Daybreakers' Blends Action with Toothy Social Commentarynew
It turns out that Daybreakers not only excels as a visceral thrill ride, but it addresses issues of human greed and short-sightedness with rare skill and originality. This is definitely a film worth seeing.
Fast Forward Weekly |
John Tebbutt |
01-07-2010 |
Reviews
Quinn Peaks: Calgary-Bred Duo Reaches New Heights With Sainthoodnew
For every moment of unabashed sentiment in the pair’s music, there is a moment of calculated self-awareness, like the sisters are following their hearts. With their latest release, Sainthood, Tegan and Sara are finally letting go of their fixation on the mystery of their art, and just letting the songs be songs.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Matt Learoyd |
01-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Agatha Christie Meets the Chicken Ladynew
Though The Kids in the Hall has continued to tour since its TV series ended in 1994, its new mini-series, Death Comes to Town, is the first time the Canadian comedy troupe has appeared in front of the camera since filming the cult favourite Brain Candy in 1996.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Bryn Evans |
01-07-2010 |
TV
Calling for Intelligent Airport Securitynew
It is the duty of all public officials to “do something” whenever a new threat appears, even if there is nothing sensible to be done. If they don’t make a show of solving the problem, the media will punish them severely.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-07-2010 |
Commentary
Born Under a Blues Signnew
Lurrie Bell's nomination for a Grammy Award earlier this month was the latest confirmation of the blues inheritance that sustained his career and even saved his life.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Insurance Agents Are the Latest to Cater to Colorado's Budding Businessnew
Something magical is happening: Medical marijuana is starting to look a lot like a business. A real one. Dispensaries are paying taxes, they're following OSHA regulations, and, increasingly, they're buying insurance.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
01-07-2010 |
Drugs
Austin's Band of Heathens Offer Up Alt-Country for Catholic Tastesnew
Texans twang differently than their Tennessee counterparts, and rightly so. Blame it on outlaws like Waylon and Willie, Lubbock lunatics like Terry Allen and Joe Ely, or any number of insurgent country artists who get started on Austin's 6th Street and radiate outward from there.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
