Tax bumps and rolls
by Curt Guyette
The importance of being Wayne County treasurer.
Stupak's stand
POLITICS & PREJUDICES
by Jack Lessenberry
Yooper congressman pushes for regulating oil speculators.
Letters to the Editor
Find out what our readers are saying each week.
The X! Factor
by Chris Handyside
X! Fest spotlights a Detroit-based brand of freaky and deranged punk noise.
ON THE DOWNLOAD
by Chris Handyside
Passports? We don't need no stinkin' passports!
MEDIA BLACKOUT
by Jeffrey Morgan
Where comics and hot rods get together.
Michigan melancholy
Wait, Skeleton - Chris Bathgate
review by Aaron Shaul
City of possibilities
by Rebecca Mazzei
Exhibit shows why Berliners embrace the Motor City.
Acting up
by Norene Cashen
Renaissance man Jeff Daniels does everything except tap dance (at least, so far).
Black and white TV
IDIOT BOXING
by Jim McFarlin
CNN's race relations series examined; more Fanchon sludge.
Muppets, music and magic
by Serena Donadoni
The enduring legacy of Jim Henson sparkles at the DFT.
COUCH TRIP
by Metro Times film writers
A Flemish horror gross-out, Andre Techine gets boxed, and a dung-ready massacre.
Only skin deep
SAVAGE LOVE
by Dan Savage
Girl says she's ugly; Dan says thinks will look better.
Comics
Check out the strange and clever antics of The Boiling Point.
Fish story
GRILLED
by Jeff Broder
Talking with June Cross of John Cross Fisheries.
