Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Wednesday, October 12,2005

On visiting the cooler

Where you check your dignity at the first heavy steel door

Today I’m going to take you somewhere you never want to go. Don’t fret; just reading about it won’t hurt you. Besides, it’s the only painless way to

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, September 29,2005

A moving experience

How I became obsessed with a little film you probably never heard of

By Dusty Rhodes

When I told my editor I wanted to write a column about Crash, he yawned. “You’re going to do a movie review?” As usual, he had a valid point. I’m no film critic;

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, September 15,2005

The Springfield Syndrome

What’s best — and worst? — about the capital city

By Dusty Rhodes

I once lived in a place so fresh that people could express their pride in residency simply by the way they put their renewal stickers on their license plates. Most motorists

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, August 18,2005

One for the books

The city shows its tough side by humiliating a library scofflaw

By Dusty Rhodes

Nothing about last Thursday’s press conference was by the book. The announcement was hasty (less than an hour’s notice) yet the cast included the mayor, the polic

Dusty Rhodes: Fresh Ink | Thursday, August 4,2005

Unhealthy alliances

If you follow the money, you will find that the health-department merger really was about patronage and politics

By Dusty Rhodes

You might be surprised to learn how much Andy Van Meter cares about your health. He’s so concerned about protecting you from salmonella and meningitis and diseases bor