AltWeeklies Wire
The Paper's Trailnew
Across the country, workers at chain-owned newspapers are coming to the aid of management at a family-owned daily in Youngstown, Ohio.
Tags: labor
Does Woody Allen Just Write Like Rick Moranis?new
There are startling similarities between the Disney parody written by Woody Allen in the December 13 issue of The New Yorker and a 1999 piece authored by comedian Rick Moranis and novelist Howard Kaminsky that ran in the Los Angeles Sunday Times.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
12-14-2004 |
Media
LSD for OCD?new
A University of Arizona professor will study whether psilocybin, a mushroom-based chemical found in psychedelics, could be used as a therapeutic agent for some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Allyson Gonzalez |
12-14-2004 |
Science
Marketing of Forest Floor Goes Unregulatednew
More than 32,000 people work harvesting forest plants and mushrooms in British Columbia each year. The growth of the industry raises questions about its impact on the forests and on the First Nations people who depend on them.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Efron |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Environmental Watchdogs Withdraw While Farms Pollutenew
The issuance of pollution-prevention orders to Fraser Valley farmers has declined drastically since staff was reduced in British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. The results are toxic.
The Georgia Straight |
Ben Parfitt |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Season's Bleatingsnew
Plenty of celebrities are looking to pad their bank accounts via Christmas recordings, and few appear to have broken a sweat while making them.
Great Balls of Firenew
One thousand acts play the CMJ Music Marathon each year, and thousands of fans, journalists, and record executives converge on New York City like a frothing crew of Ahabs. This year's Moby-Dick: the Arcade Fire.
Haiku News: Year in Review
Each year, NUVO Managing Editor Jim Poyser culls through the hundreds of published news haiku to select the 50 best haiku that sum up the year.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
12-14-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: 2004, yearinreview
Respected Small-Town Paper Struggles to Survivenew
The Point Reyes Light is among the nation's most respected small-town papers, having won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its work in exposing the Synanon cult. But the inheritance money Editor/Publisher Dave Mitchell used to keep the weekly alive is running out.
Arizona Water Issue Doesn't Restrain Urban Sprawlnew
Central Arizona has enough renewable surface water to build and sustain a metropolis of at least 10 million people. But planners should discourage sprawl by restoring the dried-up Salt River.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Bush Beats the Rap...for Nownew
A Vancouver Provincial Court judge ordered a Georgia Straight reporter and other observers out of his courtroom on Dec. 6 prior to cancelling torture-related criminal charges against U.S. President George W. Bush.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
12-14-2004 |
Politics
George Bush Charged in Vancouver Provincial Courtnew
On Nov. 30, a Vancouver lawyer charged President George W. Bush with seven counts of counseling, aiding, and abetting the commission of torture in connection with the actions of U.S. armed forces at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
12-14-2004 |
Politics
Taking on the Sacred Cows of the Leftnew
The left's underlying problem is buying into the idea of counterculture, the longtime leftie authors assert. "Rebelling" is another way to distinguish yourself, and another reason to shop.
The Georgia Straight |
Dorothy Bartoszewski |
12-14-2004 |
Nonfiction
Wykyd Specter
Six years after cancellation, Mr. Show With Bob & David is the star of 2004.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
12-13-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Smells Like Clean Spiritnew
The 85-minute documentary on the spirtual gathering Kumbh Mela espouses enlightenment, but it's sketchy on how to get there.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-13-2004 |
Reviews
