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Will TRMPAC Mess Stick to Baxter and Stick?
The GOP freshmen play defense in the campaign-cash scandal
BY AMY SMITH
TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains
Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation
BY MICHAEL KING
Texas Joins the Inadequacy Club
School-finance decision consistent with national trends
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Planned Parenthood – Almost There
Choice supporters cut the ribbon on new facility
BY AMY SMITH
Changing Channel 15: Who's Got the Remote?
The AMN/AMP/ACTV saga goes down to the wire
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Weed Watch: Czar Stumps to Save Oregon
John Walters turns up the heat against medical marijuana initiative
BY JORDAN SMITH
Ashcroft's Porn Wars Come to Texas
Adult-video magnate's bust part of DOJ anti-obscenity effort
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Plead Ignorance
In the wake of the TRMPAC indictments, the big players are scurrying for cover
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: The Fall Season
Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
Get ready for the sweatshop tsunami; and Congress gives itself a raise
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
music
Rhapsody
Alejandro Escovedo pays tribute to 'Por Vida'
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
The Scenic Route
Bob Smeaton on 'Festival Express'
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Maddin Comes Alive
'Cowards Bend the Knee': the autobiography of an original in all senses
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
The Brown Bunny
Vincent Gallo's notorious film turns out to be an anti-action road trip that has the feeling of a fever dream.
Festival Express
Hurtling across Canada during the summer of 1970 was a trainload of musicians – among them Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Buddy Guy – who partied and played music ’til the very end of the line.
First Daughter
This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
This nonpartisan documentary seeks to identify the sparks that made John Kerry and so many others of his generation so eager to serve their country.
She Hate Me
Spike Lee strikes out with his new "joint" about an unemployed whistle-blower who makes a living impregnating sperm-deprived lesbians.
Zhou Yu's Train
Chinese romance stars beautiful Gong Li as a modern woman with two male lovers.
arts & culture
Arts Reviews
Austin Symphony Orchestra with Caitlin Tully
Two years after her debut with the Austin Symphony at age 14, Caitlin Tully offered a superb, assured performance, with a cool mastery of a demanding Sibelius concerto
columns
Page Two
State reps Jack Stick and Todd Baxter deserve their very own 'Best of Austin' category
BY LOUIS BLACK
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Strange ranchfellows; and the real king of the Jews?
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
About AIDS
Poz people and staph don't mix!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
In their behavior and beliefs, Ralph Nader and George W. Bush are twins separated at birth: Nader's candidacy is an act of perfidy
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Day Trips
The best small towns in Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
Are vitamin D supplements necessary for everyone?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Cash rental payments
BY LUKE ELLIS
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Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: Burlesque for Peace: Burlesque the Vote
Emo's, Sunday, October 3, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
UT against the ropes; first Europe, then the World
