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Microsoft's not the only Web host that wants your content; George W. is a puppet and a paper tiger.
Letters to the Editor
July 9, 1999
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The Village Voice pronounces Generation X as dead as Kurt Cobain and as irrelevant as a Cheesy Poof. Plus: Alternative health stories that don't suck.
By Jenn Shreve
July 9, 1999
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Unconventional remedies are ripe for journalistic inquiry, but are weeklies up to the job? Plus: The secrets of mosquitoes, Osama bin Laden's hiding place and Internet IPOs revealed!
By Jenn Shreve
July 2, 1999
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Gay Pride marches on, leaving its lesbian sisters to cough up the dust. Plus: The Boston Phoenix reports on Starbucks' latest conquest and why pheromone perfumes only make you stink.
By Jenn Shreve
June 25, 1999
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Four feminist zines give their anti-Cosmo versions of the modern woman. Plus: The Stranger celebrates the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Willamette Week makes one writer cry on her keyboard.
By Jenn Shreve
June 18, 1999
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The Village Voice takes Jar Jar theorizing too far; a quasi-national alternative glossy editor's cri de coeur; new theories on love and marriage.
By Jenn Shreve
June 11, 1999
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Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary."
By Jenn Shreve
June 4, 1999
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Saul Landau argues war has had its chance; Dr. Laura is trying to destroy our libraries.
Letters to the Editor
June 3, 1999
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Sex ed. takes a beating in Minneapolis; Slovenia hires a PR firm; black Sam Spades take the whodunit stage.
By Jenn Shreve
May 28, 1999
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The Dallas Observer exposes telecommunications madness; rumors of carcinogenic tampons may be greatly exaggerated.
By Jenn Shreve
May 21, 1999
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Political consultants make for better copy than the candidates; one writer's Brontk-inspired hell; enough with the "enough with 'Star Wars'" stories!
By Jenn Shreve
May 14, 1999
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The L.A. Weekly gets spiritual; poo falls from the sky in Salt Lake City.
By Jenn Shreve
May 7, 1999
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The Seattle Weekly combines politics and home and garden advice; Baltimore reporters explore the origins of movie trailers.
By Jenn Shreve
April 30, 1999
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The Boston Phoenix wins the "oops" award for a piece claiming that the gun-toting teen is a media myth -- one day after Littleton.
By Jenn Shreve
April 23, 1999
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Plus: Why Gore may flop in Washington; sex assaults up in Boston schools; and more tales from the alternative press.
By Jenn Shreve
April 16, 1999
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An opinionated roundup of the most interesting stories in the alternative press.
By Jenn Shreve
April 9, 1999