July 21-27, 2005	[2005 issue index]
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PressureCookers A Penn undergrad says clutch hitting can be measured mathematically. But will math and science help the Phillies thrive in the stretch run? by Neil Gladstone

news

Birth Rights: Why do reunion advocates oppose a bill to improve the state's adoption registry?—Doron Taussig

Liquid Assets: Renters may get squeezed as water rates increase.—Jenna Portnoy

Shock and Law: A Temple Law grad will help prosecute Saddam.—Mike Newall

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

columns:

Political Notebook:Zoning In—Mary F. Patel

Cityspace:HIYYYYYY-YA!: New York's Asian fusion lounge Haru chops off a piece of Old City.—A.D. Amorosi

Cityspace:Imminent Domain—Lee Norsworthy

opinion

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel
This Used to Be Their Playground

Slant by Kevin Haney
Rite and Wrong

Letters to the Editor: by the readers

special section

arts

Killing Yourself to Write: Chuck Klosterman explains why it's OK to be 15 percent wrong.—Frank Halperin

artspicks

Gene's List—Shaun Brady

The Twilight Zone—Susan Hagen

Prose and Cons—Patrick Rapa

10 Most Wanted—Toby Zinman

Hang 10—Karen Williams

movies

Savage Innocence: Yes and Me and You and Everyone We Know are as complicated as they are simple.—Sam Adams

Opening Up: The uneasy honesty of Miranda July.—Sam Adams

Still Rolling: Murderball's quadriplegic athletes don't let partial paralysis keep them from contact sports.—Cindy Fuchs

Screen Picks—Sam Adams

music

Watch It Happen Again: Mazarin rises from the grave with a bone to pick.—Brian Howard

Jaguar Reloaded: Philly's gritty, pretty queen of soul divorces her record label (and the "neo" label).—A.D. Amorosi

DJ Nights—Sean O'Neal

musicpicks

The Rosebuds—Neal Ramirez

The Puzzlebox Experiment—Shaun Brady

Pelican/ Big Business—Andrew Parks

Legends of Hip-Hop—Deesha Dyer

Esthero—John Vettese

October Project—Nicole Pensiero

Nate Wooley Quartet—Shaun Brady

naked city

Net Gains: Why are activist artists stringing up golden b-ball nets at area playgrounds?—Doron Taussig

Tragedy Plus Time

Running Numbers—Nick Norlen

Your Mother Has a Smooth Forehead—Brian Howard

The Boy In the (Dirty Doody) Bubble: Being Bobby Brown and the crisis at hand.—Joey Sweeney

Icepack—A.D. Amorosi

mixpicks

Soap is Dope—D.J. Short

Delta Blues—Sam Adams

Rubber Necking—A.D. Amorosi

food

Seven Heaven: Bistro 7 may be small, but makes up for it with an ever-evolving menu.—Maxine Keyser

Now and Hen—Tami Fertig