AltWeeklies Wire
It's a Boy! We Made Sure of Itnew
Mass marketing of a way to choose your baby's gender opens an ethical can of worms, critics of the technology say.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
11-04-2004 |
Science
In Cities and Suburbs, It's Man vs. Animalnew
At the risk of offending both groups, the problem of animals in the city is a lot like the problem of drug dealers in the city: You can kill them and cage them up all you want, but they'll never go away. We're just starting to realize, in both instances, that education and reform are needed in a big way.
Syracuse New Times |
Justin Park |
11-04-2004 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Flavor Flav Speaks on His Surreal Lifenew
Flav's decision to go on Surreal Life, a show for celebrity has-beens, is confounding to longtime fans. As much as Public Enemy's current relevance has waned in recent years, its legacy is enough to make Flav more than some nostalgic figure from pop culture's past.
Long Island Press |
Kenny Herzog |
11-04-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Silkwood
Thirty years ago, Karen Silkwood drove down State Highway 74 to meet her boyfriend, a union representative and a New York Times reporter for an interview in Oklahoma City. She never made it.
Oklahoma Gazette |
April Marciszewski |
11-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Library Internet Filters Solve Nothingnew
If libraries want federal funds for discount internet access, they gotta censor -- or at least pretend to. Don't blame them. Blame the Children's Internet Protection Act and its huge legal loophole.
New York Press |
Norman Oder |
11-04-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Endless War: Gaza Sinks In a Sea of Blood
A Palestinian student and journalist gives a gruesome first-hand account of life in the embattled Jabalya refugee camp. Artvoice publisher Jamie Moses writes an introduction.
Artvoice |
Mohammed Omer |
11-04-2004 |
International
Arrested Development's First Season DVD Releasednew
TV's best comedy recaps the tribulations of the conniving Bluth family with such a hot-foot pace that it looks more like the high-speed prologues of Raising Arizona or The Royal Tannenbaums than a conventional sitcom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Documentary Charts Parallel Paths of Two Bandsnew
Members of the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre started off as friends, grooving on shared interests and the contact high of close collaboration with like-minded souls. Then fame strikes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Dig!, Ondi Timoner
The Guy's Chick Flicknew
This Alfie feels like Bridget Jones with a sex change or "Sex and the City" from the guy's perspective. According to chick flick formula, Alfie's Englishman chauffeur in New York learns various life lessons as he progresses from a playa seducing every woman in sight to a vulnerable charmer who's been schooled and chastened by all the girls he's loved before.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfie, Charles Shyer
Film Demonstrates How to Drown in a Wineglassnew
Perhaps the filmmaker identifies more with Jack and Miles as struggling artists -- he torments them only because they should know better. But when the director ultimately treats them with generosity, Sideways suggests that, like a fine wine, Payne's sensibility is turning less sour with age.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Incredibles Proves Super; Express Fails to Impressnew
No doubt future films will improve on The Polar Express' technology, but The Incredibles finds true innovation simply by wrapping wild effects around a thoughtful metaphor. Superman's not the only one who's more powerful than a locomotive.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
South Surrenders its Economy to Yankeesnew
That similarity is shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot backwardness. We face the rear and give the Rebel yell, "Charge!" Put another way, just as the Rebel flag wavers are still fighting a war we lost 140 years ago, so, too, is our economy rooted in decades-out-of-date thinking.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2004 |
Politics
Don't Panic: Who is Abu Musab Zarqawi?new
Osama bin Laden is so yesterday. He is to terrorism what those damned ponchos are to women's fashion. Anybody who is anybody knows that Zarqawi is terrorism's "it" boy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-04-2004 |
Commentary
Lawsuit Seeks Payback for Overcharged Paroleesnew
A parolee's daily fees for an ankle monitoring device had been $3 a day, and paid for by the state, but now are $9 a day, to be paid by the parolee. In at least one case, the daily fee was $22. How, a lawsuit asks, could parolees be expected to make a fresh start when they were paying close to $300 a month for electronic monitoring?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
11-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Report Eviscerates Tort Reform Logicnew
A "smoking gun" report filed last week by the nation's largest provider of medical malpractice insurance found that capping pain and suffering damages in malpractice cases -- a proposal known as tort reform -- won't lower doctors' premiums after all.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
11-04-2004 |
Politics
