AltWeeklies Wire
Geeked: Imperial Glorynew
Despite good graphics and a strong concept, this war strategy game does not live up to its name on the battlefield.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
06-15-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Overqualifiednew
Broke and out of work, two Harvard-educated actors tackle the tutoring racket.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
06-15-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Free at Last?
If the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals rules in his favor, Curtis Edward McCarty’s date with death could be reversed. The death row inmate hopes to lead a normal life after 20 years behind bars.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Scott Cooper |
06-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jackson Free Press Blogs from Killen Trialnew
The Jackson Free Press is blogging live every day from the trial of Edgar Ray Killen for his alleged involvement in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. The blog also links to a full archive of the paper's stories and blogs on the case.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd and Natalie Irby |
06-14-2005 |
Commentary
David Horowitz: American Gladiatornew
Culture warrior David Horowitz is an American original, a strange blend of Che Guevara, Whittaker Chambers and Puck from Real World: San Francisco.
Valley Advocate |
Daniel Oppenheimer |
06-14-2005 |
Commentary
A New Beginning for Oasis and a Brave New World for Coldplaynew
Perpetual Britpop hopefuls Oasis have found inspiration in bashing Tony Blair while Coldplay have gone off the deep end in pursuit of U2.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
06-14-2005 |
Reviews
Separating the Insane from the Fakers on Death Rownew
It isn't that hard for a state like Missouri to kill a retarded inmate -- not if it has a cooperative psychiatrist.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
06-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Flag-Bearer Takes Heat for His Anti-Immigrant Standnew
Tom Tancredo, a Congressman from Colorado, sees illegal immigration as a scourge that's capable of sucking this great nation of ours straight into the sewer.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Head of the Class Dare Not Speak His Namenew
With his grades and high school activities, Pablo is an ideal candidate for college, except for one hitch: He's illegal.
Westword |
Helen Thorpe |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Congressman Will Make Immigration a 2008 Campaign Issuenew
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican of Colorado, promises to go around the country firing up the troops on the subject of immigration reform during the next presidential campaign.
Tags: illegal immigrants, Karl Rove
Student Stands Up for Illegals' Higher Educationnew
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado honored a recent high school graduate for his work advocating for illegal immigrants' education rights. But it didn't dare engrave Pablo's last name on the award.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
06-14-2005 |
Immigration
Addicted To Abuse: A Woman In Hellnew
A writer describes what it's like to be gripped by such a destructive emotional and sexual force that she's willing to follow a man as far down as he'll take her.
Flagpole Magazine |
Anonymous |
06-13-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
A Seminal Summernew
The writer saw a penis for the first time at a Cape Cod beach, creeping out of a sleeping sunbather's shorts, and she remembers the impression it made on her when she was five.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-13-2005 |
Sex
Feel Like Suicidenew
Best-selling author Nick Hornby talks about writing, rock 'n' roll and learning how to live after deciding to end it all.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
Elevating Your Sleaze-Rock Quotientnew
Sunset Strip throwbacks Tsar pass the Nikki Sixx Standardized Test with their trash-glam opus, Band Girls Money.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Band Girls Money, Tsar
