AltWeeklies Wire
Stealing Isn't Best Way to Protest Nonprofit's Policynew
Someone who used money from a nonprofit organization for a weekend romp with his boyfriend asks "Karma Cleanser" whether this will haunt him.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
02-25-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Why is Syria So Deeply Involved in Lebanese Affairs?new
Syria has been occupying Lebanon for decades. It started innocently enough, with the infiltration of Syrian games, television and handicrafts. Then, in 1976, Syria began occupying Lebanon with soldiers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-25-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Necessity Breeds Invention -- We Reap the Aged Resultsnew
Like brussels sprouts, port is an acquired taste. The robust unctuousness of dark grape juice tinged with dried fruit might affront the senses in the beginning, but once you realize its magnificence, ooh ... the warming pleasure it can bring.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
02-25-2005 |
Food+Drink
American Expressionistnew
The radical work of Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) spawned a liberating movement.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
02-25-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Fine "Free" TVnew
The ads aside, network TV offers pleasurable viewing options.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
02-25-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: 24, Law and Order
Congress' Class of '94 Turns on the Spending Spigotnew
Like an out of control consumer who cuts up his credit cards, pays off his debt, and immediately digs a new, deeper hole, the federal government is back in the red - big time. We're spending on everything from B-2 bombers to Viagra for Medicare recipients to indoor rainforests in Iowa.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
02-25-2005 |
Commentary
Take a Leeknew
Yancy dishes on perfecting the leek.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
02-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
Fear and Loathing in the Dirty Southnew
Love or hate rap? It's a hard choice.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-24-2005 |
Commentary
Maritime Messiah
Pirate Jesus fights all other theological interpretations to become the one true Jesus in a rollicking Web comic.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
02-24-2005 |
Recreation
The Clothes--and Gel and Lotion--Make the Mannew
Long overlooked by the appearance industry, guys are now a prime target audience.
Fight Nightnew
Deep in Oakland's postindustrial wasteland, writer A.C. Thompson takes you ring side to observe the spectacle of humans doing bad things to one another – for fun.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
02-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: fight club, underground culture
Diary of Aphrodisiac Testernew
Serious information about aphrodisiacs the author may or may not have acutally ingested
Tags: aphrodisiacs
Ira's Glass Menagerienew
With a stable of brainy producers and pop-star essayists, This American Life host Ira Glass is leading a revenge of the nerds, public-radio style.
Tags: radio
Proposed Bill Regulating Academic Speech Is Misguidednew
As they have in other states, conservatives in Ohio are pushing an "academic bill of rights" that would regulate professors' speech in the classroom. Here's some leftfield reasons why this loopy bill should be flushed.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Child's Value Can't Be Measured in Adoption Feesnew
A discount kid adopted in the 1960s considers what she'll tell her own adopted son if he ever asks what it cost to adopt him.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: African-American, birth parents
