July 5-11, 2002	[2002 issue index]
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Ashcroft's America He lost an election to a corpse. Now he's got enough power to undermine the constitution. By Brian Doherty illustrations By Joe Rocco|ashcroft's america Once by Brian Doherty

news

Copping an Identity: It's easy to look like a police officer —which makes real officers very uneasy. —Daryl Gale

Hitting the Hit Men: Even alleged killers can be beaten up by a gang of thugs. —Brendan McGarvey

One Hall of a Dilemma: Have the feds gone too far in securing Independence Hall? The city’s former top cop weighs in. —Daniel Brook

The Bell Curve: City Paper's weekly gauge of Philly's Quality of Life

opinion

Pretzel Logic by Howard Altman
Fit to be Thai-ed

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
Eyes Wide

Slant by Bernie Sanders
Conglomovision

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

More Letters to the Editor : by the readers responding to "Big Trouble in little Thailand"

Regular Letters to the Editor: by the readers

Unsigned Letters to the Editor: by the readers responding to "Big Trouble in little Thailand"

arts

American Beauty: Celebrate the Fourth by taking in the works of the Hudson River School painters. —Robin Rice

artspicks

Roker Face —Meredith Broussard

Roman Britten —David Shengold

Going to Commercial —A.D. Amorosi

March of the Falsettos —Steve Cohen

movies

Shot by Both Sides: Pumpkin tries to have its pie and eat it, too. —Cindy Fuchs

Preschool Confidential: The Powerpuff Girls’ ass-kicking toddlers hit the big screen. —Sam Adams

Screen Picks —Sam Adams

music

Searching for Zen: Local electronic label Zenapolæ will not go looking for you. —Sean O’Neal

Tom Keifer —A.D. Amorosi

Summer Monster: The package tour -- something wicked this way comes. —Patrick Rapa

DJ Nights —Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

Sneaker Pimps —A.D. Amorosi

Aereogramme —Paul Burress

Paul Oakenfold —Sean O’Neal

Warmth —A.D. Amorosi

Serious Fun —Peter Burwasser

Chris Isaak —A.D. Amorosi

Metalheadz Album Tour —Sean O’Neal

naked city

Life Stories: This mother-daughter team will capture your family history -- on DVD. —Debra Auspitz

Icepack —A.D. Amorosi

food

It's Only Money: Lunch at the Saloon will set you back, but it's hard to care when eating food this good. —Michele Greenberg

OfftheMenu —Karen Williams