Concept Theater
Mixing rock and drama
Radio Jingo
Resorting to racism to celebrate war
Spins
Watching in Silence CIRCLE II CIRCLE AFM Circle II Circle frontman Zak Stevens replaced Jon Oliva in Tampa operatic-metal institution Savatage and spent nearly a decade recording and touring with them. The songs on his new project were all co-written by either Oliva, Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery, or both. And sometimes even Savatage touring keyboardist…
Letters
A modest proposal Re: The Pentagon's terrorism futures market, now suspended My father told me that the reason truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to stay in the realm of the plausible. So I should have long ago stopped being astounded by the bizarre machinations of the Bush government. I suppose that…
A summary of domestic spying activities in the war on terrorism
Since 9-11, domestic spying projects have become as American as apple pie, the Fourth of July and baseball. And like baseball in the age of free agency — when eligible players can switch teams when their contracts expire — it's difficult to follow the multitude of spy ops without a scorecard. With "The Domestic Security…
Culture-trafficking for the 21st Century
Musings of a conceptual coyote
Chip Off the Old Block
Serving great food runs in the family at Pappas’
Ask the Advice Goddess
If The Shrew Fits … Every woman I know complains about fighting with her boyfriend. The battles range from irritated bickering to terrible screaming matches. I'm worried because my boyfriend and I have been together a year, and we've never had an argument, big or small. In fact, we seem to be the happy couple…
Pinot Envy
Some families have it all
Down ‘n Buggy
Bugs!: A thrilling 3-D invasion of personal space
Feel the Beat
Cold Joon mixes traditional and modern rhythms
The government can search your home and e-mail without permission or notice
In speaking with a large group of student interns on Capitol Hill recently — students from across the country and the ideological spectrum — I asked a simple question: "When you communicate with others by e-mail, do you consider your communications private?" All raised their hands in the affirmative. I asked a follow-up question: "Do…
In Defense of Liberty
Wouldn't it be ironic if the main result of 9-11 is that Americans would choose to be less free? If terrorism is, at heart, a form of psychological warfare designed to break the will of the enemy, then those who perpetrated the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings would surely be pleased to see us…
Freebie
Art for Earth’s Sake
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Aug. 12
When it comes to mindless FBI interrogations, Marc Schultz is not alone
It was a sleepy afternoon in June, and in the Atlanta office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, agents were amusing themselves the best they could — shredding obsolete field reports about strange Arabs in Florida flight schools who didn't want to learn how to land, or reframing pictures of J. Edgar Hoover in his…
This duck smells
Why the Ethics Commission ruling won’t stop Butch Ellsworth
Don’t Panic
Your war questions Answered
