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Single-Minded Media Focus on Iraq Has Its Costnew
Iraq dominates the news, squeezing out a lot of puffy stories, but some worthwhile reporting has become another casualty of the war. (Column also has local [Boston] items that can be cut.)
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
08-07-2004 |
Media
For Same-Sex Couples, May 17 Was Time to Get Marriednew
Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts, with after-dark revelry in Cambridge and business as usual (almost) at City Hall Plaza. A first-person report from Massachusetts the day same-sex marriage became legal is accompanied by three sidebar reports from Provincetown, Worcester and Somerville.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Dissent-Chilling Tactics Could Affect Summer's Anti-War Protestsnew
Ever since the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, law-enforcement officials have been perfecting a strategy to defang demonstrators, and they're likely to apply it at this year's Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Stycos |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Avril's Tunes Appeal to Young Girls Lost in Reverienew
This review compares Avril Lavigne's "Under My Skin" to her previous work. "Under My Skin" is a more directly confrontational album in both sound and substance. Avril may have unplugged herself from the Matrix, but she’s found the freedom to act her rage.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
The Real Rupert: Nice Guys Sometimes Finish Firstnew
Forget "The Bachelor," ditch "Average Joe" and fire "The Apprentice" -- "Survivor" is the granddaddy of all reality shows. And of the more than 100 players who have tried to "outwit, outplay and outlast" each other during the show's four-year run, by far the most popular (and definitely the most recognizable) is a burly, bearded, tie-dyed Hoosier named Rupert.
Tags: TV
"Shrek 2" Avoids the Expected Sequel Pitfallsnew
Freed from the need to be the cocky "anti-Disney," SHREK 2 gets hilariously comfortable in its own skin.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Adamson, Shrek 2
Feminist Folk Singer Tackles Tough Subjects
Has more than a decade in the spotlight faded Ani DiFranco’s brilliance? In a word, no.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
08-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
World's Oil Producers Have Trouble Keeping Up with Growing Demand
In the past month, gas prices have risen more than 20 percent. Two experts contend the world is running out of gas.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Business & Labor
Capitol Hill Talks about Reinstating the Draftnew
The prospect of nearly 67 million Americans--25 percent of the population--having conscription foisted upon them is curiously flying under the national radar. And this time around, the draft might include women.
Syracuse New Times |
Erica S. Brath, Walt Shepperd and Nathan Turk |
08-07-2004 |
War
Almond Takes His Candy Memories on the Roadnew
Steve Almond knows a thing or two about obsession. Fortunately for us, he writes about it so well that we’re invited to join him, and, like any slippery slope, we’re soon riding shotgun beside him on the premium chocolate highway.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
Robert McNamara's Son Pursues Passion for Social Justicenew
Raised during his father's war, California organic farmer Craig McNamara cultivates fields and minds.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
08-07-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Lebanese-American Peace Activist Tells What He Learned in Iraqnew
"Most of the people I know in Iraq believe the US will impose a government on them and they will then either have to accept it or fight it," says Ramzi Kysia, who was in Iraq before and since the U.S. invasion.
Monterey County Weekly |
Andrew Scutro |
08-07-2004 |
International
Tags: violence, oil, torture, military, Fallujah, Detroit, Saddam Hussein, Red Cross, Michigan, Iraqis, international, United Nations, 2003 invasion, Americans, Baathists, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Iraqi Governing Council, Moqtada Sadr, NGO, Oil for Food program, Paul Bremer, Royal Oak, sanitation, suburb, Voices in the Wilderness
Dropout Admits Running Mafia Gambling Ringnew
Anthony John Ascenzia Jr., aka "Tony," aka "Beaver," was handling millions of dollars a year running an illegal sports betting operation in New Haven, Conn.
Hartford Advocate |
Paul Bass |
08-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Flowers Discusses Myth behind His Newest Novelnew
Tentatively titled "Rest for the Weary," Arthur Flowers' new novel is based on the High John the Conqueror myth, first brought to literature by African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Syracuse New Times |
Martin Walls |
08-07-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Two Bills in Congress Aimed at Drug Users Who Drivenew
Soon, a driver may be convicted of "Driving Under the Influence of Drugs" or "drugged driving" if they've used illegal drugs at any time from a few minutes to as much as a month prior to getting behind the wheel.
Pasadena Weekly |
Dean Kuipers |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
