AltWeeklies Wire
Which Side Are You On?new
Carl Oblinger had a special interest in the coal
mining battles that tore central Illinois apart in the '30s: Dad was a G-man who helped sabotage the Progressive Miners and dash the hopes of democratic
unionism in the mines.
Illinois Times |
Roland Klose |
11-30-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Special Perspective on Adoptionnew
For a limited time only, it's OK to take a break from controversial current events and simply say something nice for a change.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
11-30-2004 |
Commentary
The Axmannew
Illinois' Democratic governor, Rod Blagojevich, gets slammed by labor for deep cuts in state employment. Illinois now ranks second-to-last in the nation in per capita state employment.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
11-30-2004 |
Politics
The Reawakeningnew
Central Illinois is the site of one of the nation's most ambitious floodplain restoration projects. The Nature Conservancy has assembled a 7,000-acre preserve called Emiquon where two lakes were drained
80 years ago for agriculture.
Illinois Times |
Jeanne Townsend Handy |
11-30-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Soul-Scorching Redemption in 48 Minutesnew
One of those rare groups that conjures up a host of impossibly disparate influences (Pavement, the Velvet Underground, the Talking Heads, Neutral Milk Hotel) without relinquishing its originality, the Arcade Fire contains multitudes. Also reviewed is Smoosh's She Like Electric.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: funeral, Arcade Fire
About a Boynew
Eighteen-month-old Kyran Leigh Gaston-Voss died in an explosion of rage. But was the killer his mother or her chief accuser?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Building Robots That Protestnew
At the Institute for Applied Autonomy, a five-man collective creates robots and computer software for the purposes of political activism.
Tags: Health & Science
Red Road Tripnew
If you follow our travel guide, you'll discover that the residents of Red States are not so scary after all.
Tags: humor & satire
Polygamous Prophet Plays Role in School District Fiasconew
In October, payroll checks started bouncing at the Colorado City Unified School District. New Times has uncovered evidence that Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a hand in the district?s financial ruin.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
11-30-2004 |
Education
Tags: Education
Up the Down Staircasenew
When they had their third child with Down Syndrome, a Mormon family decided Santa Claus would be coming to their home forever.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
11-30-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Space Casenew
This book proposes startling histories for the image resembling a human face found on the surface of Mars while debunking the more outlandish theories of out-there Mars prophets.
Here's Lookin' at Younew
A company with a checkered past, Applied Digital Solutions Inc., makes microchips that can be implanted in workers and children to keep track of them.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
11-30-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Chief Walking Eaglenew
Battered, broken, living in obscurity, quasi-hermit Robb Tiller was once a linchpin in the fortunes of one of Florida's biggest businesses: the Seminole Indians' gambling operations.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
11-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Doc Offers Miracle in a Bottlenew
Dr. Edward McDonagh has been fighting Missouri’s medical establishment for years to defend his practice of treating all kinds of maladies with chelation therapy, which removes potentially harmful metals from the bloodstream.
Tags: Health & Science
Boxing the Rocknew
A music reviewer names six of the year’s best multi-disc sets, and one of the worst.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
