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July 7, 2006

Volume 25, Number 45

news

  • Political Realist

    An Interview With Ben Barnes

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Ben Barnes on Barn Building

  • PSEM: City Coy About Coy report

    In wake of public release of assessment report of city's Public Safety and Emergency Management forces, officials announce Park Police Chief Darryl Lewis will step down to division manager, but dance around saying much else

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Media Watch

    "Austin" mags wrestle for naming rights, and Snoop gets a shot on The Beat

    BY KEVIN BRASS

  • AISD: Students Rein in Recruiters

    Austin students yank the chains of over-aggressive military recruitment

    BY MICHAEL MAY

  • Naked City

    Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

  • Cold Case Charges

    Mexican native charged with capital murder in connection with two old cases

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Fight Against Cervical Cancer Advances

    National Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends routine vaccination of 11- and 12-year-old girls with new drug that prevents cervical cancer

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Weed Watch

    U.S. House of Reps once again votes down measure that would prevent Department of Justice from spending tax money to raid, arrest, and prosecute sick people using medi-pot

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Louisiana Lege Tries Outlawing Abortion, Flag Burning

    Gov. Kathleen Blanco signs bill criminalizing access to safe and legal abortion services; Lege also passes ban on flag burning

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Town Lake Park Update

    Artists want some credit

    BY KIMBERLY REEVES

  • Point Austin: Supreme Confusion

    The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • The Hightower Report

    Axing Our National Parks; and Connecting the Dots to CEO Pay

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

music

screens

the arts

  • Energy Abounding

    Few words better encompass what the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Company is all about

    BY BARRY PINEO

  • Bernadette Nason

    When Onstage Theatre Company was founded 10 years ago, Bernadette Nason told Michael Stuart he'd direct her in the one-woman comedy 'Shirley Valentine' one day – and now that day has come

    BY BARRY PINEO

  • Radio: 30

    Hyde Park Theatre revives its production of Chris Earle's play Radio: 30, which creates a pitch-perfect rendering of emotional breakdown in the recording studio

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

  • Culture Flash!

    Deadline for the Texas State Auditions, Armadillo artist Danny Garrett gets his own day, proposals for the Mueller public art project are presented, and Ann Adams' 'Big Chiller Blues' gets hot press

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Arts Reviews

    The Hollow, 'HEAT', and 'Candace Briceño: Nevermore'

columns

  • Page Two: Flip It and Reverse It

    Bush abandons troublesome action for the sanctity of meaningless battles and ideological purity

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    Our readers talk back.

  • Letters at 3AM

    The pattern repeats across the country. Talk tough against immigrants for the redneck vote, then stop any anti-immigrant operation that costs businesses money – which means all of 'em.

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    Why did Stephen get back into the clothing-design business?

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Day Trips

    'Day Trips' visits Paris, France

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • To Your Health

    What's new in vitamin D research?

    BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.

  • The Common Law

    Annulment – as if the marriage never happened?

    BY LUKE ELLIS

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    Ancient wines, the Texas Whip, and the truth about tequila

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

    • The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch

    How to cure your attention deficit

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

books

sports

  • Soccer Watch

    Italy and France move on to the World Cup final with impressive semifinal victories

    BY NICK BARBARO