AltWeeklies Wire
High on Lifenew
This adventure story is also a melancholy reflection on what matters in a life: adventure or acquisitions, challenge or comfort, passion or position?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
01-19-2006 |
Fiction
Road Hog Suppernew
Georgians for Better Transportation, a lobbying group representing powerful highwaymen, brings K Street extravagance to Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-19-2006 |
Politics
Mercury Risingnew
U.S. Rep. James Gibbons, who grew up in Nevada during a time when rented scientists argued that atomic fallout is harmless, is coauthor of an article that now says much the same thing about mercury.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
01-19-2006 |
Science
Mercury in Fish? Baloney!new
Lobbyist Rick Berman tells pregnant women to eat more tuna.
The Village Voice |
Aina Hunter |
01-19-2006 |
Science
The Right to Be Left Alonenew
If you think only terrorists have been injured in the "war on terror," think again.
Reno News & Review |
Editorial |
01-19-2006 |
Commentary
Mining the Scandalnew
Nevada’s Harry Reid thinks the GOP scandal is a rich lode for Democrats -- if it is a GOP scandal.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
01-19-2006 |
Politics
Three Times a Crybabynew
Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself.
The Village Voice |
Michael Hoinski |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ryan Adams, 29
Hot-Towel Heavennew
An American Idol champ takes exurban road out with map and Bible.
The Village Voice |
Edd Hurt |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
The Ladies Who Munchnew
A new season of The L Word turns down the titillation and dials up the nuance.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-19-2006 |
TV
Tags: Showtime
Mobster on a Missionnew
A talented mafioso who helped the FBI beat the KKK still haunts his ex-handlers.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
01-19-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Why He Fightsnew
The director of the legendary film traces the history of the military-industrial complex.
The Village Voice |
Rob Nelson |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
Politics of Fear
A Canadian candidate pulls the Nader card as she talks about the progressive split.
Monday Magazine |
Andrew MacLeod |
01-19-2006 |
Politics
In Melinda's Memorynew
The Christmas Eve death of a homeless woman prompts questions about conditions in one of San Francisco's largest shelters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
01-19-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: homelessness
Evo Presidente!new
The election of a radical indigenous leader in Bolivia signals a major political shift -- for now.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Ross |
01-19-2006 |
Politics
Nanny Seattlenew
With new restrictions on stripping, booze, and smoking, Seattle's nannies are in full scold mode, and progressives are the biggest party poopers of all.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
01-18-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
