Letters at 3AM

The United States military is moving inevitably toward reinstating the draft

"...we can't get in and out quickly, we're in bad trouble. Iraq has proved us vulnerable, and the whole..."

May 14, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

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Paying taxes adequate to meet social needs is a necessary hedge against a frightening future

"...by businesses, nonprofits, and/or social institutions (charities and organized religion)...."

April 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Time to End War on Drugs

"...act as if it were a hundred times as bad. Is it because the government (CIA) controls the hard..."

Jan. 29, 2004 Postmarks

Best-Ofs

"...a band equally adept at plumbing the zeitgeist (new "Bad Day") and plucking indelible melodies out of thin air..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...creation stories as the basis for science abuses both religion and science. Hillis said there are "a lot of..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Take Me, Instead

An interview with SWT's Arturo Mancha, whose novel in progress was a recent break-in casualty

"...of drafts. They say manuscripts don't burn, but the bad guys sure can put a dent in them: Vanished..."

April 25, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

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Songs of democracy in distress

"...citizens, regardless of their beliefs, we've degenerated into good guy/bad guy crap...."

April 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...different just causes, I know that usually only the bad aspects of the police department are pointed out. I..."

April 11, 2003 Column

Capitol Chronicle

A farewell to Maury Maverick Jr.

"...the gravesite. Maury had long since given up organized religion, instead describing himself as a "pantheist," or a "deist,"..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...saying is that the separation of people by race, religion, sex, creed, class (sound familiar?), and, maybe the simplest..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

Ralph White

Full Disclosure

"...Fish (Terminus) Ralph and I played together in the Bad Livers. We did about 1,500 shows together, all over..."

July 26, 2002 Music Review by Danny Barnes

Comics Worth Spending Money on

Three Chronicle writers recommend 14 current comics, from standard superhero fare to funny-animal satire to slice-of-life drama.

"..."a world he never made." Fights, firings, an unfathomably bad movie, and lawsuits kept the man and the Duck..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye

Technology is making great strides in the development of interactive TV. Now when are TV execs going to start paying attention?

"...felt obligated to tune in to the finale. How bad could it be?..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...was big business on the order of the state religion, football. And with numbers that huge, the show had..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...taxes haven't ballooned, and the ill-fated jail project wasn't badly botched. Yet you endorse all the incumbents in the..."

March 1, 2002 Column

Luminarias

Teatro Humanidad's production of Evelina Fernandez's play Luminarias has a hip, urban style and flair, but more importantly, it has characters who are individuals, distinct personalities who draw us into their lives with the feelings and thoughts they express.

"...with a good boy from a good familia going bad, being sucked into the gang life and/or screwed by..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Lone Star Panthers

A profile of Austin's New Black Panther Party

"...statement within our movement that can make everyone look bad," he said. "Later on, you'll probably see changes." Informed..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...the label "felt there were too many references to religion and the Middle East, and [the song] had too..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...the Chronicle publishing one-sided views of this lummox. Too bad our elected official tried to set things straight. He..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

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Defending Georgetown, and other political considerations.

"...The sky black with American helicopters headed toward the Bad Guys' hideout. It isn't going to happen. There is..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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More letters about music, art, and urban planning

"...journeys will be magic and endless. It's not so bad in the clouds...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column

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The libraries hit the books, and environmentalists speak out.

"...We can choose networks that cater to our ethnicity, religion, or political orientation and avoid that which offends us...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

CEO pay surges, George W. recycles at the Pentagon, & Tom DeLay quacks like Daffy Duck.

"...requires a massive support force, it can't fly in bad weather, and it's a maintenance nightmare. Bush's bloated Pentagon..."

July 13, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Fuckemos

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...unlike the 1985 Kiss hit, "Tears Are Falling." More bad Eighties rock references can be found in the title..."

March 2, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Rides of the Midway: A Novel

"...quickly to the other side. The kid's got issues. Bad luck. Crises, even. Lee Durkee's teenage protagonist in Rides..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Public Notice

From race riots in South Florida to the MLK Day March in Austin, "Public Notice" reflects on how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.

"...for years and years and watched us grow. Not bad for a new neighbor. Even our parents liked Mrs...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Standing Next to a Mountain

Examining the 3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set.

"...of the other many reasons his death hurt so bad. At the time, he was so optimistic about just..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Full Franklin

It's been 60 years since a biograpy of Benjamin Franklin has been written; Austin author H.W. Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin makes up for lost time.

"...sayings, "There never was a good war or a bad peace" and that sort of thing -- and to..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...the best feeling I ever imagined. Heroin became my religion, my peace and tranquillity, the veil between me and..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...form is both a legal imperative and a civic religion, that was considered, by at least a bare majority..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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