AltWeeklies Wire
Kerry's Best Campaignnew
Will his new biopic make John Kerry president? Not likely, but it's one of the very best of the Democrat-friendly docs stampeding in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
09-29-2004 |
Reviews
Citizen Microsoftnew
It's time Washington state stopped acquiescing to the behemoth in Redmond, because what's good for big business isn't necessarily good for the rest of us.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
09-29-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Watt, Me Worry?new
The legendary bassist risks everything by releasing his new album, a sprawling opera that draws on Dante's Divine Comedy and Watt's brush with death, which was caused by an abscess on his perineum.
Riverfront Times |
Paul Friswold |
09-29-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black-Owned St. Louis Ad Firm Stirs the Political Potnew
Fuse advertising agency in St. Louis, Mo., has produced a series of racially charged ads that accuse the Bush administration of opposing civil rights, wanting to eliminate overtime pay, and attempting to suppress black-voter turnout.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
Two Years After Alleged Hazing Tragedy, Families Have No Closurenew
Two families allege that their daughters drowned on a beach because of a sorority pledge ritual gone awry. They're suing Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest black sorority, for $100 million and are calling for an end to hazing.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
09-29-2004 |
Education
Kerry Speaks! Why This Election Is Far From Overnew
Until Sept. 20, John Kerry seemed unable to put together his criticisms of George W. Bush and his war in a compelling way. Now he's finally found his theme. Your credibility gap on Iraq, he effectively told the president, is a helluva lot bigger than mine.
L.A. Weekly |
Harold Meyerson |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
Among the Hebrews of Maui
When Orthodox Jews known as Chabadniks get married, some of them choose to be slichim, which means that they go to live in a distant outpost -- like the Hawaiian island of Maui -- and dedicate their lives to helping Jews live Jewish lives.
Tags: religion
Environmental Defense Fund Embarks on Shame Campaign Over Damnew
To obtain a pristine water supply, San Francisco dammed the Tuolumne River a century ago, filling the Hetch Hetchy Valley with water. Now an Environmental Defense Fund study argues that the valley could be restored without harming the city's water and electricity supplies.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-28-2004 |
Environment
Professor of Punk Pens a Piece of Historynew
The punk musician's debut memoir is about his childhood misadventures. They take place in the wealthy, WASP-y town of Greenwich, Conn., where he never fit in.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
09-28-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Can We Trust These Infernal Voting Machines?new
The answer depends somewhat on how much you trust your government and the free-market democracy it leases. The truth is that the standards for accuracy and accountability have always been pretty low in American elections.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
09-28-2004 |
Politics
Shooting Underlines Flaws in Assault Weapons Bannew
An AK-47 attack on police officer Keenya Hubert illustrated precisely why a national ban on certain assault weapons had been created in the first place. That it happened the day before the ban's expiration was a bloody coincidence.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-28-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Brothers in Armsnew
This is the kind of big-screen opus that Michael Bay only wishes Pearl Harbor could have been. Foreign films often feature intellectual alternatives to homegrown cinema, but rare is the foreign blockbuster that can go toe-to-toe with the big American studio action franchise flicks and clobber them on their own terms.
Houston Press |
Luke Y. Thompson |
09-28-2004 |
Reviews
Siamese Villagers Blast Burmese Oppressorsnew
Veteran Thai director Thanit Jitnukul arranges his version of this classic national tale in two stacks: humanity and warfare. Then he gradually topples them into one another. Those sensitive to graphic violence should note that he doesn't skimp on putting it all on the screen.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bang Rajan, Tanit Jitnukul
Activist Meets Hedonist in Romantic Wartime Dramanew
Despite some carnage, this isn't really a war film. It's a John Duigan film -- a brilliantly conceived and delivered extension of the obsessions that have driven one of our finest directors to create excellent cinema for years.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Head in the Clouds, John Duigan
An Iran-Contra Conspirator Joins the Swift Boat Crowdnew
Felix I. Rodriguez, who ran Ronald Reagan's mission to arm the Nicaraguan Contras, claims John Kerry has lied about him. In 1987, the Democrat's committee concluded that Rodriguez had helped steer drug money to the Contras.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
09-28-2004 |
Politics
