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Dirt Track Nationnew
In the sport of baseball, if you throw a 96-mile-per-hour fastball and a wicked curve, you are going to get your chance with the big club. In auto racing, however, if a terrific driver doesn't have the connections or resources necessary to upgrade his equipment, he's relegated to the dirt ovals for life. If there's a baseball parallel to be drawn here, it's to the Negro Leagues, whose stars shone in relative obscurity owing to circumstances beyond their control.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
07-28-2004 |
Sports
Day 2: Report from the DNC Floornew
A thousand delegates getting down is not a pretty sight.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Wright |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Driven to Distract: An Interview with Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader talks about "viral liberals," the GOP’s help in getting him on state ballots, and the impossibility of Democratic Party reform.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
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What Lies Ahead for John Kerry
The kumbaya party: George W. Bush has united the Democrats. Now it’s up to John Kerry and John Edwards to translate that unity into victory.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
The 9/11 Report: Is That All There Is?new
In the end, we’ll have spent far less time and money investigating a world-changing event than was spent investigating Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
07-27-2004 |
Commentary
Exploring Paul Simon's Solo Catalognew
Listening to this compilation CD, it becomes clear that our most nostalgic songwriter has an uneasy relationship with time.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
07-27-2004 |
Reviews
Fahrenheit 9,011new
Sacrilege? No, for once a remake makes sense—and will make more people mad than Michael Moore.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-27-2004 |
Reviews
This Election Is Out of Our Handsnew
It’s hard to imagine that there is anyone truly undecided at this point. But both major parties are targeting micro-constituencies, including confused, indifferent, or blockheaded voters.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
07-27-2004 |
Commentary
Mock the Vote: Machinery of Democracy Is in Troublenew
Florida made it clear in the last presidential election that the old punchcard system of voting is susceptible to serious mechanical flaws, but new computer-driven touchscreen voter machines may be much worse.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
07-27-2004 |
Politics
Rocking the Vote in Boston
Bill Clinton was a no-show for 20-somethings in Boston.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Bradley Meacham |
07-27-2004 |
Politics
God's Countrynew
Thomas Frank engages the most important political question of our time: why do so many of America’s working poor vote persistently against their own economic interests?
Boston Phoenix |
Catherine Tumber |
07-27-2004 |
Nonfiction
Hydraulic Mack: Intense, Tattooed Barber Promotes River Surfingnew
Bad-ass California surfer heads north, starts a black barber shop and energetically promotes the frontier sport of river surfing.
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
07-26-2004 |
Sports
A Tale of Two Y'allsnew
The dictionary of Southern dialect is simple, concise and respectful. It stands in contrast to Maureen Duffin-Ward's Suddenly Southern: A Yankee's Guide to Living in Dixie, a breathtaking collection of every cliché and stereotype ever promulgated about the South and Southerners.
Mountain Xpress |
Cindy Burda |
07-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Bright Lights Tonightnew
Generally positive review of the band's latest disc, includes conversation with band members, look at their history.
Mountain Xpress |
Marsha Barber |
07-23-2004 |
Reviews
Ansel Adams: Environmentalist As Sentimentalistnew
Professional photographers comment on Ansel Adams' prophetic social agenda and artistic legacy in this review of "Classic Images: From the Ansel Adams Archive" at the Asheville Art Museum.
Mountain Xpress |
Connie Bostic |
07-23-2004 |
Art
