Bittersweet Motel

"...looks less like a rock star than one of Bill Gates' microserfs -- the group takes its name from..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Beginning … Was the Command Line

"...is often contradictory (Stephenson can't seem to decide whether Bill Gates is a demon or an angel) and repetitive...."

April 7, 2000 Books Review by Sidney Moody

Tomorrow Never Dies

"...events, Carver (a chimerical blend of Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates) plans to dominate the breaking story with his..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Slaves to the Underground

"...bland pop culture and the digital Soma of Chairman Bill Gates. The principals are Shelly (Gross) and Suzy (Ryan),..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...right now as part of an omnibus telecommunications "reform" bill...."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...on the angry, magnificent ocean. Drifting.How Do You Know Bill? It is the Austin premiere of Cast Away, and..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The 2-D Stand-Up

Matthew Inman is The Oatmeal

"...that car, and he doesn't bump anybody. Like Melinda Gates, Bill Gates' wife – she came into the store..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...instability is built into the system. This is where Gates and his running buddies are, this is where the..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Microserfs Struggling in Legoland The Voice of a Generation Breaks

"..."campus" in Seattle, and the truly strange cult of Bill Gates around which it's built. It is a fascinating..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

You're a Mean One, Mister Governor

Bah, humbug! Abbott kicks Founding Fathers out of Capitol.

"...Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lady Liberty, and even the Bill of Rights kicked out of the Capitol...."

Dec. 24, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What a Dump

What Does Gov. Bush Have Buried in West Texas?

"...of George W. Bush to get the Texas-Maine-Vermont compact bill, now in its third attempt at passage, through Congress...."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...the Texas Tribune by Texas Assoc­i­ation of Business CEO Bill Hammond, who argued "we must stay the course" on..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Shemp, 'O Holy Night,' bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81

"...Together, Carlos Slim Helú, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Mukesh Ambani (the world's four..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...was a reference to Maxey's successful passage of the bill. Then, according to Maxey, Bush told the openly gay..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...A Miles Davis Reader edited by Bill Kirchner (Smithsonian Institution Press, $21.95 hard) comes with a..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM

Russia has gone from a crippled to a powerful nation, using the model of what might be called "national capitalism"

"...his arrest, Khodorkovsky was a guest of former Sen. Bill Bradley at an Idaho gabfest attended by the likes..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Luv Doc Recommends: Rock and Roll Free for All

Hole in the Wall, Saturday, June 12, 2004

"...is, “Will the death of Ronald Reagan open the floodgates of Eighties nostalgia?” Could this perhaps be the Great..."

June 11, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya's "tax rebate" was really a deceptive slight of hand; overworked doctors endanger your life; and a contest to rename Enron.

"...like a banty rooster crowing about his massive tax-cut bill. Yes, the richest Americans -- especially the richest 1%..."

March 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Gov. Bush suffers a legal defeat in trying to stifle protesters outside the Governor's Mansion; Congress passes a bill to import cheap foreign labor into the high tech industry.

"...4, when both houses of Congress rammed through a bill that will help destroy the middle-class future of the..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Environs Observer

"...to hold water then we are to believe that Bill Gates is no longer the effective leader of Microsoft...."

July 25, 1997 Column

Public Notice: Wealth, and How to Grow It

The rich are accumulating astounding wealth, while paying shockingly little in taxes

"...than 15 years" – including Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg –..."

June 11, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Moontower, Day 2: Dana Carvey

The 'SNL' star gave the Paramount crowd what they came for

"...in, along with Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, and George W – as well..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Dan Solomon

Luv Doc Recommends: Linucon

Austin Crowne Plaza, Friday, October 8, 2004

"...others – 70 at last count. Also on the bill are educational panels (panels are rarely entertaining, so they..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the wealth of the J.P. Morgans that created the Bill Gates and Michael Dells. It was the creation of..."

May 7, 2004 Column

State Budget Wars Spawn Tiff Over TIF

The Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund -- and the have-nots it supports -- fights to avoid an early death by budget ax.

"...1995 Public Utilities Regulatory Act -- the big telecom bill better known as HB 2128 -- called for the..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Money was never the most interesting thing about the Internet. Which is a good thing, since now it's gone.

"...And if Linux had a decent graphic user interface, Bill Gates would have no business model. Bill would have..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Top 10 Y2K Top 10 Lists

Our favorite things about the change of the millennium

"...fuel when you have no money to pay electric bill because of excessive party supply spending. 8. Open a..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...incredibly conservative, and rest assured no one -- unless Bill Clinton cobbled together a rag during his Rhodes tenure..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Fortunate Son

The Return of John Fogerty

"...album, Blue Moon Swamp. EPMD are Back in Business, Bill Gates bought Apple, the feds even balanced the budget,..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Opinion: The Conflict of Interest at the Center of AI Regulation Talks

Should Congress really be asking top tech CEOs how best to regulate their industry?

"...has undeniably become a buzzword. We've seen hundreds of billions of dollars poured into AI efforts and the word..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by Jane Bernhard

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