Aunt Debra held the bullet between her fingers as if grading a diamond, then turned to my mother and said, “This has your name on it.” It was Christmas 1991, and we had gone to visit my grandmother, who lived with Debramy mother’s sisterin a steel house surrounded by a 10-foot chain-link fence topped with […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
Posted inNews
Karl Rove, in haiku
Karl Rove at Duke U. plays defense blocking questions regarding treason His story (and he’s sticking to it) don’t confuse this with history: Opinion polls dove So Rove called Dems hawks who pushed Bush into Iraq It wasn’t Condi or Rummy or Cheney or Wolfie or Tenet Reality bite: Andrew Card said Rove’s mouth gets […]
Posted inNews
James Hansen won’t be quiet
Read more Testimony from James Hansen Letter to the N.C. Division of Air Quality (PDF, 218 KB) Testimony before the Iowa Utilities Board about coal-fired power plants (PDF, 1.7 MB) Congressional testimony regarding political interference with government climate change science (PDF, 55 KB) Graphics Weather-related disasters and losses (GIF, 72 KB) Global warming winners and […]
Posted inNews
There’s nothing like lead for the holidays
Holiday caveat No. 1: Those twinkling lights you’re stringing on the tree or around the windows can be hazardous to your health. The element du jour, lead, is used in the ingredients to make the plastic coating for the wire. (And yes, many of these lights are made in China.) There should be a warning […]
Posted inNews
Election “irregularities” investigated in Chatham
Read more: Chatham County Election Protest Research Results (PDF, 190 KB) Protest of Pittsboro Town Election (MS Word, 57 KB) Public hearing set on ballot snafus (HTML link) Special interests, special handling (HTML link) On Election Day, Lelah Bennett sat down to a free meal of barbecue and sweet tea at Al’s Diner, the ’50s-flavored […]
Posted inNews
The shadow of hate
In August 1998, I met a white supremacist named Benjamin Smith. A member of the World Church of the Creator, Smith told me of the group’s plans to “rid America of the mud races”all non-whites and non-Protestantsas if he were reading names from a phone book. Less than a year later, Smith murdered two people […]
Posted inNews
When the well runs dry
Rural residents dependent on well water don’t have reservoirs or quarries to tap for their water needs. A workshop titled “Dealing with the Drought” will provide tips for those individuals. Sponsored by Orange County government, the session will be held Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of New Sharon United Methodist […]
Posted inUncategorized
It’s da bomb
If you’re looking for weapons of destruction, try a few back yards in Butner. In its latest round of sweeps, a U.S. Corps of Army Engineers’ contractor has uncovered at least four unexploded ordnances near several residences along Uzzle Road, which was once part of the Camp Butner military reservation. (See “Blasts from the past,” […]
Posted inNews
Action figures
I like to fight. Not with fisticuffsalthough as a kid I often boxed with my brotherbut for a cause. These days I’m hoisting the torch and pitchfork for restoring our civil liberties. Unfortunately, the issues outnumber the available torches and pitchforks. We need more fighters, or to put it in less pugilistic terms, activists. This […]
Posted inNews
Press 1 to recycle your phone book
It’s a yearly ritual as predictable as the solstice: new phone books. Instead of tossing these mighty tomes in the trash or stashing them in the desk (if you still have that 1988 directory, it’s time to move on), either place them in your curbside recycling bin or take them to a year-round recycling facility. […]
