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The Price of Our Addictionnew

The interests who own the government see the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a symbol of resistance to a neoconservative society. In this worldview, there is no reason for the existence of undisturbed wilderness. Everything is a commodity.

Illinois Times | Rod Helle | 02-28-2005 | Commentary

On Abortion, a New Search for Common Groundnew

Thanks to Sen. Hillary Clinton for her recent attempt to reopen and reframe the abortion discussion. Everyone, she said, want to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies, promote adoption, and, in general, to reduce the number of abortions.

Illinois Times | Fletcher Farrar | 02-28-2005 | Commentary

Citizens Seek to Lower Mercury Levels in Vaccinesnew

Concerned scientists and patients' advocates are leading the push in Illinois to rid vaccines of a mercury-based preservative that some contend contributes to autism.

Illinois Times | Michleen Collins | 02-28-2005 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Tennessee Troops Patrol Volatile Eastern Iraqnew

Diyali Province is a potential battleground between Iraq's religious and ethnic groups, and between the West and Iran. The fear is of a full-on, all-out, 1,000-dead-per-day war, like the one between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s.

The Village Voice | David Axe | 02-25-2005 | War

Tags: Iraq War, kurdistan, Kurds

Stealing Isn't Best Way to Protest Nonprofit's Policynew

Someone who used money from a nonprofit organization for a weekend romp with his boyfriend asks "Karma Cleanser" whether this will haunt him.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tray Butler | 02-25-2005 | Advice

Tags: advice columns

Why is Syria So Deeply Involved in Lebanese Affairs?new

Syria has been occupying Lebanon for decades. It started innocently enough, with the infiltration of Syrian games, television and handicrafts. Then, in 1976, Syria began occupying Lebanon with soldiers.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 02-25-2005 | Commentary

Tags: WAR

Buck 65 and His Dark, Lyrical Hip-Hopnew

Richard "Buck 65" Terfry's approach is indeed one best described as wide open, featuring characters edging on absurdly imaginative. With fuzz guitar and vibraphone, he strives to conjure the palpable longing of the outsider, like an aural companion to John Fante's Ask the Dust.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tony Ware | 02-25-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Buck 65, This Right Here Is Buck 65

A Fan Remembers R&B Queen Jill Scott Without Her Roarnew

The singer's approach to her music has changed, and her concert audience is missing out on the intelligent nuances evident in her albums.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Bill Addison | 02-25-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jill Scott, Beautifully Human: Words and Music, Volume 2

Le Tigre on the New Album, the New Label, and the 'L' Wordnew

While it may not inspire a sexual awakening in everyone, This Island captures Le Tigre at its most accessible and body movin' (to steal a term from Hanna's boyfriend Ad-Rock's group).

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Nikhil Swaminathan | 02-25-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Le Tigre

Necessity Breeds Invention -- We Reap the Aged Resultsnew

Like brussels sprouts, port is an acquired taste. The robust unctuousness of dark grape juice tinged with dried fruit might affront the senses in the beginning, but once you realize its magnificence, ooh ... the warming pleasure it can bring.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Taylor Eason | 02-25-2005 | Food+Drink