Books
Busting the Bailouts
I don’t drive, but every time I bike or walk past a gas station I can’t help reflecting on the fact that the price Americans pay for one gallon of gas is literally more than Exxon Mobil Corp. pays in taxes. In fact, due to federal subsidies — as Jim Hightower ...
Stone cold and striking hot
There will always be stories that slip through the cracks. Whether a function of human capacity, or our proclivity for comfort over truth, the...
Legal briefs and legal drama
Jeanne Winer and Rachel Stein share a common worldview. Adrenaline junkies as well as staunch feminists, they both grapple with “spiritual tantrums” in their compulsive pursuit of justice. Though these women rally against the world, they are always searching for a ...
Fifty shades of grey
Alot of books get sent to the BW newsroom. So many that we play the pre-Christmas game of feeling the manila envelopes and trying to guess their contents, the most popular answers being supernatural young adult romance, TV talking head’s unified theory of something ...
Animal instinct
David Sedaris has an odd relationship with animals. By his own admission he has no use for them in close quarters, but is infatuated with the raw and often ugly lives of creatures in their native habitats...
