AltWeeklies Wire
Can You Feel It?new
Some of cinema’s most erotic scenes could score a PG rating—sometimes it’s what you don’t see that turns you on
Three's Company, Toonew
Threesomes are an ever-present fantasy—and for some, they’re a living arrangement
Tags: Threesomes, Triads
I'm Sorry, All Agents Are Busy Organizingnew
Employees at one office of Ticketmaster, the company we love to hate, are organizing against work conditions that include required doctor's notes for any absence and disciplinary points for being seconds late.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
02-23-2005 |
Business & Labor
Size Matters: SUVs Break the Law Just By Driving Down the Streetnew
Unbeknownst to most drivers, and most municipalities, the weight of common SUVs has surpassed the capacity of many local residential streets.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
02-23-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: SUVs
The Man Who Shot Too Muchnew
What took octogenarian auteur Sidney Lumet so long to get an Oscar? He made too many movies.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Wilder |
02-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet
Convict Has Little Chance in Hell of Cheating Hangman
There was plenty of motive indicating Jimmie Ray Slaughter killed Melody Wuertz and her baby, Jessica. Now important evidence is in question as he faces a date with death.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
02-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Last Laugh
Does Fox’s Arrested Development really need to continue on? Probably not.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-22-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Ira's Glass Menagerienew
With a stable of brainy producers and pop-star essayists, This American Life host Ira Glass is leading a revenge of the nerds, public-radio style.
Tags: radio
Writer Left the World the Way He Lived -- With a Bang
A journalist who fell under the spell of "gonzo" writer Hunter S. Thompson recalls an encounter with the author.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce VanWyngarden |
02-21-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hunter S. Thompson
Proposed Bill Regulating Academic Speech Is Misguidednew
As they have in other states, conservatives in Ohio are pushing an "academic bill of rights" that would regulate professors' speech in the classroom. Here's some leftfield reasons why this loopy bill should be flushed.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Brooding Euro-style Electropopnew
The Amsterdam-based group's Attagirl is more obviously experimental than its predecessor, Log 22, but it represents an evolution in the band’s sound rather than an entirely new direction.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-21-2005 |
Reviews
Super Bowl Sponsor GoDaddy.com Hosted Extremist Web Sitenew
GoDaddy.com, the Scottsdale, Ariz., company that
gave us the Super Bowl commercial with the curvy brunette, can take credit for making a different kind of impression. For weeks before
the big game, GoDaddy.com hosted Mawsuat.com, an Islamic-extremist site.
Illinois Times |
John Lasker |
02-21-2005 |
Science
Rape Victim Sues Her Interrogators for Defamationnew
A rape victim sues an ex-cop, a police lieutenant, and their attorney for defamation. The defendants' lawyer, Don Craven, warns that if the lawsuit proceeds, the victim may have to "re-live
what could not have been happy times, over and over again."
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Child's Value Can't Be Measured in Adoption Feesnew
A discount kid adopted in the 1960s considers what she'll tell her own adopted son if he ever asks what it cost to adopt him.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: African-American, birth parents
Adoption Fees Vary by Racenew
Many respected, licensed agencies openly charge significantly higher adoption fees for white infants than for children of any other race, making African-American babies available at a fraction of the fees charged for the adoption of white babies. Even the agencies know it's wrong.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-21-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Utah, Michigan, American Adoptions, An Adoption Alliance, Beth Hall, Catholic Charities, Cradle, Dallas-based Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services, executive director of Pact, Heaven Sent Adoption Services, Multi-Ethnic Placement Act, Sunny Ridge Family Center, Transracial adoption, Washington state
