AltWeeklies Wire
In a Time of Great Challenge: Kerry for President
In less than a week, the country will select a president. For the health and security of us all, that president must be John Kerry.
City Newspaper |
Mary Anna Towler |
10-27-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: endorsement
The Circle Game: Pluses and Pitfalls of Local Recyclingnew
Recycling isn't as simple as putting plastics and glass in the recycling bin. Cecil Bothwell describes what works in local recycling, what doesn't and why bottled water is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment, lead, carcinogen, glass, MRF, murpf, PET, phthalate, plastic, plastic film bags, recycle
Treasure Mapsnew
Now is the time to take a good look at this year's garden and take notes so you can plan your gardening strategy for next spring.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Gardening
Oh, I Could Read a Case of You!new
A book looks at famously drunk writers, their habits, their battles and their very rare recoveries.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-27-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Give 'em the (Free) Birdnew
How Lynyrd Skynyrd saved the South -- or at least one Southern-rock writer. Memoir of a former Rolling Stone editor.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
10-27-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Look Homeward, Big Brothernew
Secret files show the FBI spied on North Carolina's finest writers and politicians over decades.
Mountain Xpress |
Jon Elliston |
10-27-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Bill Clinton Cries Foulnew
Bill Clinton made a sharp and perhaps surprising attack on George W. Bush this week, saying in a speech Monday in Philadelphia that the president may be using the war on terror to scare voters away from the polls.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Bush's Courting of Saddamnew
George W. Bush has had several business intertwinings with the dark side, starting way back in 1974, when he was 28 years old. Each of these tales has CIA ties, which touch virtually every Bush business venture until 1990.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Nathan Deuel |
10-27-2004 |
Politics
Killing Timenew
The Killers are taking the best parts of the music they were influenced by, putting them in their songs and making them their own, says drummer Ronnie Vannucci.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Look at Sports Records to See Who's Most Fit to Lead the Countrynew
John Kerry is a fanatical windsurfer and recently took up kiteboarding, but there is no evidence George W. Bush likes playing in the water.
Candidates Are Positive Their Ads Aren't Negativenew
Associates of a given candidate decry blistering assaults made upon their guy, yet identify their own responses that have a similar tone as informational opportunities that merely point out discrepancies in their rival's public stands.
Look Inward, Voyagernew
Los Angeles buzz-band Midnight Movies stands out from the pack with its love of '60s rock and spiritual themes.
SF Weekly |
Mosi Reeves |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bay Area Political Groups Get Out the Nation's Votenew
A massive national voter-registration, vote-canvassing and poll-watching operation organized by Bay Area political groups will have an unpredictable effect on the presidential election.
Developmentally Disabled Boy Kicked Out of Cub Scoutsnew
Cub Scout pack leaders wrote to Christopher Lowe-Irby's mother and said her 7-year-old would be barred from meetings and activities "for both his safety and the other children's safety."
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
10-26-2004 |
Children & Families
Kansas School Board Member Reports Filmmaker to FBInew
After documentary filmmaker Ranjit Arab tried to interview anti-immigrant Kansas State Board of Education member Connie Morris, she reported him to the FBI "to ward off any possible stalking or terroristic behavior."
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
10-26-2004 |
Immigration
