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January 30, 2004

Volume 23, Number 22

news

  • The Death of Ben Brownlee

    A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • 'Man Contempt'

    A poem by Tesía Samara / Ben Brownlee, suicide at 15

  • No Growth at the Growth Fund

    Despite charging millions of dollars in management fees, the Texas Growth Fund has returned zero to the state

    BY LUCIUS LOMAX

  • Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall

    The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Hispanic Chamber Honors Eastside Pioneer

    Mission Funeral Home's Lois Villaseñor earns honors from biz group

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Wheat, Chaff Intact in Sheriff's Race

    The seven candidates to replace Margo Frasier show few differences at forum

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Naked City

    The Statesman's editorial page editor eats his words

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    Travis Co.'s three House Democrats eagerly endorse Rep. Doggett

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Naked City

    The board adopts a new "compromise" principal-selection process

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Naked City

    In Austin, the national park's manager paints a dire picture

    BY LUCIUS LOMAX

  • Naked City

    The Texas death train rolls again, using chemicals deemed too cruel for dogs

    BY RITA RADOSTITZ

  • Naked City

    Bush pumps for drug testing, while the "noncontroversial" ads blare on

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    The DA catches heat from Jessie Owens' mother and from the NAACP

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    No charges pending against the insurer and its best friend in the Lege

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    The SOS Alliance files a federal court challenge against the EPA

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    No end to elections in the west, and Ratliff scolds campaign tactics in the east

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Naked City

    Kay fiddles, Baghdad burns, and Dean gets what Bush deserves

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • The Democrats, Scrambled

    Climb on the roller coaster, the ride has just begun

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Austin @ Large: A Bad Precedent

    The courthouse deal is another chapter in Austin's same old sad Downtown saga

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • The Hightower Report

    Exploring Mars trumps health care; and Bush's tax cuts have spurred spending … by the rich people who got one

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

music

screens

the arts

  • Are We on the Edge?

    Getting the answers to timely and timeless questions at the 2004 FronteraFest Long Fringe

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • How to Belly-Dance for Your Husband Starring Little Egypt

    Tongue and Groove Theatre's silly How to Belly-Dance for Your Husband Starring Little Egypt starts off delightfully enough but winds up as a handful of sesame-flavored cotton candy

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

  • 1 Performer, 2 Shows, 19 Characters!

    Two solo shows of Gemma Wilcox show the artist's imaginative approach to theatricality, a rich sensitivity to character, and a winning sense of humor

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • The Bateman Trilogy

    In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

    BY ROBI POLGAR

  • Dance Carousel 2004

    In the choreographic sampler Dance Carousel 2004, 10 local dance makers show how much dance they can create in a mere 60 seconds apiece

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Will Power: The Course of Love

    The Austin Shakespeare Festival's Will Power: The Course of Love, a compendium of Shakespearean scenes, songs, and sonnets, is as short and sweet as a chocolate heart

    BY BARRY PINEO

  • Black Things

    Spank Dance Company's Black Things, in which black-clad dancers dance in near darkness, is original, striking, and resonant of the shadow side of our interior and exterior worlds

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

  • Behind America's Funnyman

    For rare comedian Neil Hamburger, it's all about the laughs – and keeping the bug spray close

    BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM

  • Articulations

    Choreographer Allison Orr pops up on the National Geographic Channel, and Ballet East and UT professor Bion Tsang are honored

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Arts Reviews

    Pythia Dust, and Mozart Birthday Celebration

columns

  • Page Two

    The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    Our readers talk back.

  • After a Fashion

    Our Style Avatar arches his well-coifed eyebrow at local eyebrows, wonders why Britney can get drunk and married and he can't, and solicits … errrrrrr … polls local teens

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    The Alamo address, an angry Anglo, and anal a-bombs

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • To Your Health

    I need some ammunition to convince my husband to stop smoking. Recently he has been talking about quitting, but hasn't yet. Also, in case he continues to smoke, are there nutrients that are protective?

    BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.

  • About AIDS

    Law closing in on serostim abuse

    BY SANDY BARTLETT

  • The Common Law

    Personal Finances – Should I consider personal bankruptcy?

    BY MARVIN SPROUSE

  • Daytrips

    The lasting legacy of Sam Rayburn

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

    • The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch

    How to cure your attention deficit

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

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