Nice Web site, Bow Wow, but what’s with the slave chains?
Tag: Vol. 36 No. 12
Issue of Dec. 14 – 20, 2006
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Good Ol’ Boys
Two recent box sets serve as bookends to the country music legacy of Texas.
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Is ‘corporate social responsibility’ a dead end?
Getting corporations to do the right thing isn’t easy.
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I sold the house so we can buy groceries!
The public got screwed on the Skyway privatization deal.
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The Gospel According to the Press Box
Chris Sprow on sportswriters turning molehills into mountains.
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Hardest Working Critics in Showbiz
Rosenbaum is one of Variety’s “greatest generation” of film critics.
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Playing games with statistics
The Heartland Institute fudges the numbers on home workers vs. transit takers.
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The finest Brazilian music (from Brooklyn)
The five-year-old Brazilian Beat Brooklyn night makes its Chicago debut at Sonotheque on Thursday.
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Psst, Hey Kid, Want Some Fattened Duck Liver?
Foie gras ain’t gone. It’s (just barely) underground.
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New Hope for Merlot
Sideways sent merlot sales into a slump–but that might not be such a bad thing.
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The new Nigerian scam
Lots of Episcopalians in Virginia now answer to a Nigerian Anglican bishop who thinks gay marriage is satanic.
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Four Reasons Not to Trust Ten-Best Lists
Do we really love lists, or are critics’ polls an industry tool to resell and presell goods?