AltWeeklies Wire
Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2005
Here are the 14th annual P.U.-litzer Prizes, awarded for the foulest
media performances of 2005.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-20-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: yearinreview2005
A Teacher Suspected of Preying on Students Disappearsnew
A teacher at a Cleveland high school has been charged with sexual battery, but he never showed up for his arraignment.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Angel Montanez, Michael Gonzalez
Selling Kabbalahnew
An Orthodox rabbi wants to bring mysticism to the masses, but other rabbis say his new book on the Kabbalah may reveal secrets not meant for the outside world.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-20-2005 |
Religion
When Is a Political Blogger a Journalist?new
In his blog, Fired Up! Missouri, true-blue Democrat Roy Temple takes potshots at Republicans. Some advocates of campaign finance reform are unhappy that the site was granted a press exemption by the Federal Election Commission.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-20-2005 |
Politics
Shot Like an Animalnew
Americans cared about Rigoberto Alpizar, the man who federal air marshals shot on a jetway in the Miami International Airport, for about a day. But Alpizar's family and the citizens of his native Costa Rica still grieve. Leland Baxter-Neal reports for Eugene Weekly.
Eugene Weekly |
Leland Baxter-Neal |
12-20-2005 |
International
Beers for a Racist
The man behind one of Florida's most notorious hate crimes has spent years dodging the media -- but he's relatively easy to find.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Nancy Had Two Mommiesnew
Nancy Drew has lasted 75 years as a childhood favorite. Melanie Rehak chronicles a character who influenced at least two generations of women in an exhaustive literary biography designed to give the perky teen her due.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
12-20-2005 |
Nonfiction
Gangsta to Gangsternew
Two books about hip-hop expose and explain the scenes in New Orleans and New York.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-20-2005 |
Nonfiction
Juelz Santana Takes the Keys from Cam’ronnew
In Santana, the Dips have found their Golden Child. One of the youngest of the bunch, he has the charisma and the good looks to pull the ladies, an audience key in translating street-level success into mainstream acceptance.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
12-20-2005 |
Reviews
Teddy Baernew
With the hit movie Cinderella Man being released on video, Max Baer Jr. is objecting to its portrayal of his father, boxer Max Baer, as a brute.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
12-20-2005 |
Movies
Activist's Criminal Past Divides St. Louis Gay Communitynew
When Pride St. Louis committee members elected Chad Saenz as their vice president last August, few knew he was a convicted felon.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-20-2005 |
LGBT
Pray the Gay Awaynew
Pastor Jim Venice, who was once gay himself, says he can turn homos into heteros. Credit cards are welcome.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-20-2005 |
Religion
Merry Xmas From the Dead Mallsnew
Once kings of the retail jungle, malls have lost customers to the Internet and big-box retailers. But malls can't slink off into a cave and die. They just stand there, huge and vacant.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
12-20-2005 |
Housing & Development
Declaration of Independencenew
Def Jux reasserts its status as this decade's most artistically vital and commercially viable independent hip-hop label.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Chennault |
12-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Littlest Felonsnew
"Superpredators" under the age of 12, armed with pebbles and raw eggs, get zero tolerance in Palm Beach County schools.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
12-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
