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Great Lakes basin officials and environmental groups on both sides of the US-Canada border are worried about the fate of their water. But while all involved agree that more protections are necessary, Ontario officials made waves November 15, when they announced they won't sign the most recent draft agreements aimed at providing those protections.
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I watch those NFL pre- and post-game programs. Fox's James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson are so much fun. They yuk it up, act goofy, and then they joke about each other's shortcomings, particularly Bradshaw's perceived mental deficiencies. I wish those guys were my friends. We'd have so many laughs together, just busting on
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With its technological expertise, its abundance of talent in all areas, and its penchant for excess, the American cinema quite naturally excels at the grand gesture, which often translates as the epic mode. Some recent cinematic investigations of certain chapters in the distant past --- Gladiator, The Passion of the Christ, Troy, and now,
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"There are those who ask why this responsibility should be ours. The answer, I think, is simple: There is no one else who can do the job." Think that's George W. Bush defending the decision to invade Iraq? Think again. Those ultimately foreboding sentiments actually come courtesy of Lyndon Johnson as he justifies American involvement
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It's difficult to imagine a more entertaining activist figure than Jean Dominique, who over the course of 20 years battled impossible odds as a political broadcaster and the head of Radio Haiti. While Jonathan Demme's 2003 documentary, The Agronomist, does not flinch from depicting the horrific human costs of injustice and violent oppression, the film
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I was going to wait a week or so to make up my mind about the ferry rescue --- get more information, interview more people. But for pete's sake: The answer's as clear as day. We need to save the ferry
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There are few thrills as great as the one you get the first time you steal and get away with it. When I was in junior high, roughly my older son's age, I shoplifted some Necco Wafers from the little market near my school. I just slid the cylinder of colored disks into my
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Given its remarkable show of ability by local actors David Jason Kyle and Peter J. Doyle, I'm sorry to report that Blackfriars' production of Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets is attempting more than anyone involved can handle. The overall outlines of the comedy emerge intact, and the actors' commitment and understanding of their
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Metro Justice Organizer Jon Greenbaum is irked by what he sees when he glances at the headlines of his local daily newspaper. He's also irked by what he doesn't see: an investigation into voting irregularities during the 2004 presidential election. On the eve of a planned march on the Democrat and Chronicle offices to protest the paper's
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It's one thing to read about history; it's quite another to be staring down at a letter written by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862.In the letter, addressed to Senator James A. McDougal, Lincoln makes a bold suggestion: the Civil War could be ended if slave owners were compensated monetarily. In
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WHAT AILS US Regarding Krestia DeGeorge's two-part series with CornellUniversity urban planning professors Rolf Pendall and Susan Christopherson ("Ailing in Upstate," October 27, November 3): Professor Pendall hits the nail right on the head by saying: "Why is it so necessary for Syracuse and
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Everything old is new again The package, wrapped in white tissue paper with pictures from a magazine pasted on the top, arrived for my fourth birthday. The gift was a used book, a gilded-edged version of Collodi's Pinocchio. Many of its pages were dog-eared from frequent use, but it didn't matter. It was mine.
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To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of Iraq. The totals: 1,251 American soldiers, 146 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 14,563 to 16,742 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq (a recent survey published by
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Taking the family out to eat is the point at which my two City Newspaper beats intersect. What is it, exactly, that makes a restaurant "family friendly?" And which local restaurants do the best job handling children, and thus make going out with children a pleasant experience for parents? Most local food lovers wouldn't be caught dead
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Earlier this year, before the Republican and Democratic parties had selected their presidential candidates, folk singer-guitarist Ani DiFranco talked to City about the dilemma facing those who had voted for Nader in 2000. This time around, there was a growing sense among progressives that they would have to vote practically instead of support the
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I dunno. Maybe rock 'n' roll lost its punch with the introduction of grammar. As soon as songwriters got clever, or cleaned up their English, or started straying outside the jungle, the primal urge was lost. So the next time you sit down to bang out the next rockin' ode to whatever, here's a good
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Returning to Nazareth Arts Center November 30 through December 5, Garth Fagan Dance introduced new dancers and an already acclaimed new work and demonstrated again why they are Rochester's only performing arts group to receive annual plaudits worldwide. I'm not sure that departed company icon Natalie Rogers or the superb Chris Morrison can be
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Not only does Seven Steps to Heaven showcase Miles Davis in his prime; this seven-CD set tells a fascinating story. These 47 cuts, eight previously unissued, capture Davis at a juncture. Having left the band that produced Kind of Blue and other brilliant albums, Davis was searching for a new sound. He would eventually settle on
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A leader in alternative theater, Shipping Dock chose an offbeat gay Christmas comedy for the holidays. But The Crumple Zone by Buddy Thomas is slight and uneven and needs all the theatrical help it can get. On opening night it didn't get much. Under the pressure of a major case of amateur actors' opening-night
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Just picture it: state police swooping down on the capitol building in Albany, arresting Governor Pataki and members of the Senate and Assembly, and hauling them off to jail. It won't happen, of course. If you or I refused to obey a judge,
