AltWeeklies Wire
Ticket to Ridenew
A speeder confesses: Some of us are just built to speed better.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
09-23-2004 |
Commentary
One Man's Journey on Route 66new
Frank Kohlrus and people like him define Mother Road. He keeps a picnic table outside his shop on Old 66 and sells sodas for a quarter, just to encourage visitors to stay and shoot the breeze.
Illinois Times |
Tom Teague |
09-23-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Force of Naturenew
After three serious hurricanes (and perhaps more on the way), how will Florida voters react?
Tucson Weekly |
Renée Downing |
09-23-2004 |
Commentary
Bar Owner Faces Hearing for Ejecting Lesbiansnew
The owner of Bob's Butternut Hut is on the hot seat. He's the first person to face a hearing in Springfield, Ill., for violation of a ban that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Mayor Fudges Numbers to Explain Minority Employment Ratenew
The city of Springfield, Ill., finally coughed up public records about city employment. Mayor Tim Davlin resorts to obfuscation to explain the shrinking percentage of minority employees.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Did Fear of Flying End Bush's Air National Guard Career?
A Jacksonville, Fla., woman says nerves ended George W. Bush's National Guard service in Texas.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
Two Views of 9/11new
Whose conspiracy theory to believe: the official one, or those of possible crackpots?
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
How Microsoft Excels in D.C.new
By spreading lots of money around. Microsoft is now the No. 3 corporate political donor.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
TV Fall-a-palooza!
A fair and balanced hit-and-rundown of every new network TV show this season.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
09-23-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Joe Glickman Makes a Career out of Sixties Musicnew
Joe Glickman is a 26-year-old guy from upstate New York who's obsessed with the era of doo-wop music — specifically Del Shannon. He went $50,000 in debt from making a music video for Shannon's So Long Baby complete with Shannon's original musicians performing on the track.
Metroland |
Erik Hage |
09-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Homeless 101
Changes in federal law are changing the way schools think about homeless youth.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nadra Kareem |
09-23-2004 |
Policy Issues
Don't Panic: Is the War on Terror™ Making Us Any Safer?new
The first reason that it can't be won is pretty simple. Terror is an emotion. Declaring war on terror makes as much sense as declaring war on shame or envy. Not even changing the name to "War on Terrorism" helps.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-23-2004 |
Commentary
Finally, an Album of Original Material from the Mulenew
Not only does it herald the arrival of new permanent bass player Andy Hess, but the once-proud power trio has expanded into a quartet with the addition of keyboardist Danny Louis. Both are talented and eclectic musicians who help diversify, but not dilute, Mule's established, bluesy hard rock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-23-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Gov't Mule, Deja Voodoo
Court Case Makes it Easier for Relatives to Adopt Kinnew
If the Harris decision stands, it could mean that a far larger number of adoptive parents -- many of them relatives to the children they've adopted -- will be able to collect Social Security benefits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-23-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Good News for Chattahoochee National Forest, For Nownew
A proposal seeks to modify what's called the "Roadless Rule." Under the change, protections from road-building would no longer be automatic. Instead, governors would have to request the stronger protection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
09-23-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
