AltWeeklies Wire
Ethics And Terry Schiavonew
The same Republicans that have blocked child health care, cut the education budget and supported the death penalty have moved in like vultures to grasp at whatever political gain they can at the expense of Terri and her loving family. How is this "pro-life"?
Jackson Free Press |
John Sawyer |
03-24-2005 |
Commentary
Let's Get 'Real'new
Rapper and columnist Kamikaze warns that a "Truth & Reconciliation Council" is a good idea in Mississippi—only if the players are willing to tell the real truth and not play "barbershop" politics.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
03-24-2005 |
Commentary
Thou Shalt Honor the F-Wordnew
Donna Ladd skewers "a bunch of dumbasses"—the Mississippi legislators who are, once again, using the Ten Commandments as a political toy.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-24-2005 |
Commentary
Redneck Eggsnew
Any time you enter a beer joint or beer store in the South, you’re likely to find a big jar of pickled eggs on the counter next to the beef jerky and all the other Bubbas that belly up to the Southern sideboard. They're awful—but properly pickled eggs are a treat.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
03-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
In God He Trustsnew
Progressive evangelical Jim Wallis says the religious left and middle are rising against the right. "[T]he privatizing of faith is the great evangelical heresy of our day. Again, God is personal and never private. Let’s talk about a public God who cares about the world."
Jackson Free Press |
John Sawyer |
03-24-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Court Rules on an 'Act of Bio-Piracy'new
A U.S. bid to patent the miracle neem tree was cut down by a European court.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Porn Pushers or Youth Prophets?new
Sweatshop-free fans get their panties in a knot over American Apparel's gritty ad come-ons.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-24-2005 |
The War on Women
Right to Zilchnew
Despite their sanctimony, Bushies routinely pull the plug on people's right to live.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-24-2005 |
Commentary
Frist in Commandnew
Dr. Bill runs the Senate with his eye on the White House, but is that a prescription for failure?
Nashville Scene |
John Spragens |
03-24-2005 |
Politics
Advice on Dealing With a Slutty Roommatenew
A tenant who's moving out of a shared apartment wonders how much to reveal to a friend's potential roommates.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
03-24-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
Why Is the Iraqi City of Kirkuk So Important?new
Iraq's Kurds currently have enough votes in the parliament to block the formation of a national government. And they likely won't stop blocking the formation of a national government until they get important concessions from the United Iraqi Alliance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-24-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: WAR
R&B's Tweet Returns to Bare Her Soulnew
Hopefully her sophomore album, It's Me Again, will help Tweet emerge from the shadows.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: It's Me Again, Tweet
Like His Dad and Granddad, Hank Williams III Does It the Hard Waynew
Hank Williams III's drawl carries with it the unmistakable echo of his granddaddy, the first Hank Williams. And like his father, and friends such as David Allan Coe, Hank is an iconoclast who bleeds rebel red.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
03-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Libertarian Sci-Fi
L. Neil Smith's sci-fi noir thriller about a police detective from the far-flung future of 1987 visiting the Libertarian America next door gets the easy-to-read graphic novel treatment.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
03-24-2005 |
Fiction
Green Thumbs Are the New Black
Yougrowgirl.com's Gayla Trail reclaims yet another "woman's activity" for a younger generation—puttering around in your garden.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
03-24-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Gayla Trail, You Grow Girl!
