AltWeeklies Wire
Jumping the Cutnew
Even as Bitterroot National Forest officials continue taking comment on a controversial timber cut, they've already spent $160,000 toward enacting a plan that 98 percent of the public says it doesn't want.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-22-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Huckabee for President?new
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has been raising his national profile lately, traveling around the country to promote his book on obesity, taking over as chairman of the National Governors Association, and proving himself capable of managing post-hurricane relief efforts.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
09-22-2005 |
Politics
Moral Mendacity
In his new book -- a stocking stuffer for the pissed-off liberal in your family -- first-time author Bryan Harris lays out the facts about moralistic rightwingers who have their own skeletons. Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, you've been served.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
09-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
War Pornographynew
Gore-for-porn swap by U.S. soldiers in Iraq makes Abu Ghraib look like kid stuff.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-22-2005 |
War
Read Menace
Author salvages a story about that other time we almost had a nuclear war with the U.S.S.R.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Insane On The Airplane
Jodie Foster loses her daughter, her mind and probably her luggage in Flightplan.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Re-Animator
Tim Burton's nightmare after Christmas maybe more of the same, but it's still a delightful Day of the Dead celebration in animated form.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Oh, Canadanew
The Toronto Film Festival unveils a preview of the coming year’s art house offerings.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-22-2005 |
Movies
Haunting Romancenew
Despite a hackneyed-sounding premise, Just Like Heaven is a pleasant surprise.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Waters, Just Like Heaven
Not Another Teen Movienew
Pretty Persuasion is the brutally honest teen pic that Mean Girls should have been.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marcos Siega, Pretty Persuasion
Down by Lawnew
Angry border-area residents claim the feds -- particularly the Border Patrol -- aren't listening.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-22-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Squatters' Dilemmanew
A writer calls for much of America to adopt an official language -- Spanish, that is.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
09-22-2005 |
Commentary
Poverty Revealednew
Katrina exposed an ugly fact: there's a Third World inside America.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
09-22-2005 |
Commentary
A Self-Described Liberal on Liberalsnew
Hurricane Katrina has raised some serious questions about Dems and liberals in this country.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
09-22-2005 |
Commentary
A Reflection on Fatherhood
After growing up with an absent father and controlling stepfather, the author makes an attempt at redemption by taking in a foster child damaged by fetal alcohol syndrome -- and then turns to his dad to help raise the child.
The Source Weekly |
Tanya Ignacio |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Craig Lesley, Burning Fence
