AltWeeklies Wire
The Stylist Will See You Nownew
A longtime Cleveland social worker turned hair stylist tries to get her clients to open up about their problems.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-06-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Ultrasound Reveals Doctor's Unorthodox Viewsnew
Dr. Dinesh Shah's views about measuring the amniotic fluid on pregnant women's ultrasounds were controversial -- and may have led to a baby's death.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
12-06-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Environmental Emergencynew
With the most closed or abandoned mines in the nation, Arizona faces an environmental crisis. Polluted river headwaters and groundwater cause activists to fear what will happen to the water table.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-03-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Media Maneuversnew
As Pulitzer's newspapers are for sale and Gannett leads as a media giant, the future of some local newspapers is uncertain.
Tucson Weekly |
Chris Limberis |
12-03-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
How the Masses Took Back Christmasnew
The Waltons once loved Christmas! The whole Christmas season! / Just look at their Wal-Marts, you'll see the reason. / This time of year they sell stuff not quite right: / Crappy toys, censored music, shoes a little too tight.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
12-03-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic
Saving Jesusnew
In the aftermath of the election, progressive Christians' faith has been called into question by fundamentalists, their religion is being ridiculed by those who blame them for the GOP victory and many feel that their God has been reduced to a political marketing scheme. Where does the Christian Left go from here?
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
12-03-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Faces of Deathnew
That video of a Marine shooting an Iraqi insurgent has already begun to fade. Here's why.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
12-03-2004 |
Media
Smelling a RATnew
Like a diseased rodent in a shipping container, a very nasty little RAT -- the acronym for the new Recreation Access Tax -- was slipped into the federal Omnibus Spending Bill as a rider last weekend and the consequences are not pretty, especially for those of us living in the West.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
12-02-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Politicized Espionage at the CIAnew
Insiders fear that Director of Central Intelligence Porter J. Goss's restructuring -- and his unflinching support for partisan Capitol Hill imports -- will weaken the agency.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
12-02-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Cumberland Island Will Be Open to Autosnew
Until recently, the north end of Georgia's Cumberland Island was one of the more remote places in the Southeast. Most people could reach it only by foot. Now automobiles will be widely allowed on previously protected parts of the island, due to the work of U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
12-02-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
When It Comes to Bogus Mortgages, Atlanta Leads the Nationnew
For more than a year, Georgia has raced past Florida, the usual state of first resort for real estate scumbags, in mortgage fraud. Our fraud rates are more than two-and-a-half times what they should be for our population.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-02-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: business
How Fanning Island Got a Toilet and Other Tales of Development
The arrival of the Norwegian Cruise Line's mammoth Norwegian Wind is turning isolated Fanning Island from a fish-and-coconuts economy to one of cold, hard cash.
Honolulu Weekly |
Catharine Lo |
12-01-2004 |
International
Tags: international
Weight-Loss Surgery Can Be a Lose-Lose Situationnew
The mortality rate for obese patients who have bariatric surgery may be much greater than thought.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
12-01-2004 |
Science
Media Come Out Slugging After NBA Brawlnew
The tabs and the custodians of "serious journalism" applied their cultural critique of choice to the Artest-incited brawl in Detroit. Why isn't a similar moral lens cast on the war in Iraq or the scenes of mad shoppers trampling each other on the first day of the Christmas shopping season?
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
12-01-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Jonathan Franzen's Imaginary Friendnew
The novelist's fine essay in the Nov. 29 issue of The New Yorker is about the comic strip "Peanuts" and his own depressing childhood. How many people would admit to identifying with the loser Charlie Brown?
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
12-01-2004 |
Media
