AltWeeklies Wire
From Potatoes to Plutonium
The document manager for a project to bring all of the country's plutonium-238 production to Idaho says the project will actually make the process safer. But residents near the facility have their doubts.
Boise Weekly |
Leslie Fuger |
06-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: plutonium
Idaho Xenophobe Wants National Powernew
Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens. But can someone intending to run for a seat in Congress have a campaign based solely on an issue as divisive and difficult as immigration reform?
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
06-26-2005 |
Immigration
Group Accuses Grocer of Selling Info to Drug Companiesnew
Albertsons is heading to court on allegations that the grocer is selling confidential medical information to several pharmaceutical companies.
Boise Weekly |
Mike Belle |
06-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Give 'Em Heck, Howard!new
Once again, nice Democrats across the land feel like they have to apologize for something party chair Howard Dean said. But mild-mannered Democrats may still be confused as to why we need a pit bull to lead our party when many would prefer a poodle.
Boise Weekly |
Bill Cope |
06-26-2005 |
Commentary
Back in the Daynew
Newcomer Urban Mystic lives with a foot in the sacred church and another in worldly soul.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
06-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Touring Monsanto's Secret GMO Farmnew
Monsanto is one of the world's most powerful producers of Genetically Modified foods. At a tour of one of its Hawaii seed farms, friendly company officials and scientists offer rhetoric that doesn't come close to matching reality.
A Therapist for New York's Mayornew
Because of his role in the Independence Party, Dr. Fred Newman, the founder of the Social Therapy movement, may be able to save Michael Bloomberg's job.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
06-24-2005 |
Politics
Witchy Womannew
Again Nicole Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Zombie Nationnew
Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Retread Has Some New Groovesnew
This deluxe retread is sort of annoying, but it’s so scrappy and persistent that it seems kind of cute in spite of itself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Heatwavenew
This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
When Naughty Was Nicenew
In this comedy set in 70s Spain, a married couple makes porn movies for Scandinavian consumption.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pablo Berger, Torremolinos 73
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
HBO/BBC's 'The Girl in the Café'new
Writer-director Richard Curtis has managed that most difficult of movie feats, entwining the personal and the political without trivializing either.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
06-24-2005 |
TV
Families Protest Ground Zero Museumnew
The presence of anything not directly related to 9-11 on their sacred site -- like the proposed International Freedom Center -- puzzles and offends some victims' kin.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
06-24-2005 |
Politics
