AltWeeklies Wire
Supersized Competitionnew

Fagone is hungry to find deeper meaning in the growing popularity of competitive eating -- but is it there?
Seattle Weekly |
Molly Lori |
07-19-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Rejection Connectionnew
Would-be New Yorker writers build an online village of their own.
The Village Voice |
Dan Schulman |
07-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Headed for a Heartbreaknew
Camera Obscura are delighted to be unhappy.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
07-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Camera Obscura
Happy to Play Nannynew

Margarita Prentice is behind the controversial state crackdown on online gambling in Washington -- but what kind of hand is she really playing?
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
07-19-2006 |
Politics
How Not to Pay Rentnew

We look at the lofty ambitions of tenants of illegal apartment buildings.
The Village Voice |
Maria Luisa Tucker |
07-19-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fear of Clothing in Las Vegasnew
Seattle's Greg Thompson, the Cecil B. DeMille of sex and schlock, knows what turns Middle America's crank.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
07-19-2006 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Prisoners of Lovenew
Federal abstinence-only requirements handcuff state education official in teaching kids about sex.
Pasadena Weekly |
Elizabeth Zwerling |
07-18-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Restlessnew

Charles Gayle went from saxophone prophet to piano-playing frontiersman.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
07-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Gayle
One Bodynew

LGBT Christians make themselves a place in the church.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-18-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
A Lesson From Nixon’s Playbooknew

Tricky Dick could have handled North Korea better.
L.A. Alternative |
Robert Scheer |
07-18-2006 |
Commentary
Psych Jobnew
A gypsy fortuneteller pulls one over on publishing giant Judith Regan.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
07-18-2006 |
Books
Old Schoolnew
Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician -- these days that's a problem.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-18-2006 |
Politics
Matchheadnew
Carlos Arredondo did the unthinkable with gasoline, a Marine van, and a propane torch -- two years later, he still burns.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
07-18-2006 |
War
Foie Warsnew
Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?
Miami New Times |
Lee Klein |
07-18-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues