Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, April 1-8

"...JACK GOLDSMITH ON TERROR PRESIDENCIES The former Bush administration official discusses Bush's counterterrorism program and Obama's embracing..."

April 2, 2010 News Column

What the Democrats Just Did Is No Different Than What the Republicans Spent Six Years Doing

"...past eight years, when both Congress and the entire Bush administration were doing both of those every minute, and..."

March 23, 2010 Postmarks

Point Austin: Scenes From an Election Day

A snapshot of one primary day's political doings

"...Dowd, since his belated apostasy from the Bush administration, has become a walking, ambivalent example of loss..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Drug Budget

What does Obama's new drug budget say about his administration's priorities?

"...Kerlikowske, declared that the new budget "demonstrates the ... Administration's commitment to a balanced and comprehensive drug strategy." The..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Feb. 25-March 4

"...Department of Justice official John Yoo (one of the Bush administration guys who wrote legal opinions justifying waterboarding and..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...arms linked, they stand determined to stop the Obama administration's mad dash toward socialism, communism, and fascism...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Reclaiming Education: Hoping for Sanity at the SBOE

Will it take a miracle to oust the religious right bloc?

"...As the years of the Bush administration showed, it takes quite a lot of right-wing..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Headlines

"...sent a Jan. 21 letter to the Federal Railroad Administration with word that the transit agency intends to open..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature

Disastrous Remains of Bush Doctrine

"...Dear Editor, The tentacles of the disastrous Bush doctrine have found a new host in the Obama..."

Dec. 26, 2009 Postmarks

Page Two: The Future Is Glacial

Revisiting change in rocky times

"...under his leadership for radical change, that instead his administration would be more of the same...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Afghan Thoughts

Elections and reconstruction expert Dan Grant discusses the presidential plan

"...effectively policy aimlessness and drift on behalf of the Bush administration for the majority of the time we have..."

Dec. 23, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Masters and Commanders

Meditations on moving forces

"...or so to make up his wishy-washy mind, the Bush administration successfully invaded Afghanistan in 55 days. If anyone..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Not Rocket Science

Public discourse has abandoned reasoned debate in favor of irrationality and insult

"...to allow in the argument that President George W. Bush's administration suffered psychotic, dishonest, hateful, and pathological attacks so..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Alien Invasion

"...Medicare. Here’s more proof: Remember how during the previous administration people who opposed him were arrested for any anti-Bush..."

Dec. 1, 2009 Postmarks

Steel Bluebonnet Determination

Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces

"...University of Texas at Austin, taking courses in business administration. To no one's surprise, she was an excellent student,..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Report

Smarting Over 'Smart Choices'; and Afghanistan's Biggest Loser

"...In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, finally awakening from its long Bush-induced regulatory stupor, is..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Treatment or Jail

Often rehab is the only way out of a jail sentence – even if you don't have a drug problem

"...reports the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...."

Nov. 3, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Texas Roots of the Hate Crimes Bill

Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

"...Crimes Act in Texas. And by context we mean Bush administration. As in Bush, the Texas governor running a..."

Oct. 29, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Point Austin: Clinton's Wars, Bush's Wars, Obama's ...

A peace prize, a peace rally, and more of the same

"...reacting as much to the promise of a new administration in Washington – and Obama's long-expressed opposition to the..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Haters and Promises

Whether it's in or it's out, the right twists reality to suit its own views

"..."Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Reefer Madness: Kicking the Drug War Habit

More of the same under Obama's new drug czar?

"...to win the endless war. Former President George W. Bush's so-called drug czar John Walters waged an all-out war..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Hard Filter

Has perception become reality?

"...Ancillary to this is the cry that the Obama administration is abandoning all the values that made this country..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Obama's School Daze

Local schools react to the hubbub over Obama's school speech

"...it unprecedented (both Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush broadcast similar speeches). What made it unusual was that..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Would Take Alex Jones Over NPR

"...Joseph Stiglitz. I'll sure take that over some former Bush administration hack I heard today on NPR justifying the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Postmarks

Page Two: Dreams for Sale

On magic, gremlins, and health care reform

"...did the same thing again and again during the Bush administration. Conveniently, in this debate Republican members of Congress..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Schieffer's House

Ranking Texas Democratic Reps come out for gubernatorial candidate

"...Schieffer, who some see as too much of a Bush pal to evade the DINO (Democrat in name only)..."

Aug. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Veterans' Clinic

Doggett and health-care reform opponents have a conversation

"...began his response by invoking former President George W. Bush's name, Dog­gett's critics let out a howl of protest...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Large-Scale Health Program Economical

"...out that much of the federal deficit happened on Bush's watch. The discussion helped me focus my opinions. It..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Postmarks

Point Austin: Work in Progress

Susan Herman of the ACLU on the long fight for liberty and justice

"...civil liberties and human rights under the Barack Obama administration, after eight years in the wilderness of the Bush..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...• Mixed fortunes for former Bushies: Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto "Gonzo" Gonzales (pictured) has..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature

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