Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin

A week in the life of local government

"...First came the strident campaign hammering the AISD board..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

Falsely Maligned in Postmarks

"...Dear Austin Chronicle, I greatly appreciate your excellent coverage of the evolution..."

Dec. 1, 2008 Postmarks

More and More of the Same

"...Dear Editor, Even though Louis Black painfully laments Chronicle letter-writers spewing a “constant stream of vitriol” and “mean-spiritedness”..."

Aug. 2, 2007 Postmarks

Zodiac

The director of Fight Club and Se7en switches gears here from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural.

"...years-long murder spree during which the killer sent taunting letters and ciphers to the area newspapers before turning dormant,..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle readers need to be aware that TxDOT and the..."

July 9, 2004 Column

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...same, with only their spellings inconvenienced by two different letters of the alphabet...."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Overreaction to the Ozomatli incident ignores years of outstanding police performance during SXSW

"...on because of my clear conflicts of interest as Chronicle editor and SXSW director, but it's become unavoidable...."

April 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...Pointing Out Flaws in Anti-Property Tax Letters..."

March 26, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Falls," Aug. 1] is laughable and further demonstrates the Chronicle's simplistic need to portray everything as good guy vs...."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Page Two

As horrifying as the war in Iraq is, the wages of peace could be worse, and for longer.

"...on Fridays (currently 5-6pm). On 1370AM, I host The Chronicle Hour, our call-in show on that conservative talk-radio station...."

March 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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.

"...you think you'd like. With that in mind, the Chronicle has come up with just over a dozen suggestions..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...until we went weekly, were a golden period of Chronicle editorial. This is Chapter 2...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...begin his mission of drafting several years' worth of letters and writs he hoped would someday clear him of..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...I'd like to suggest that The Austin Chronicle consider assigning one of its environmental reporters to do..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Urban Legends: Final Cut

"...Lawrence, Matthew Davis and Jennifer Morrison. Recently, in the Chronicle letters column, it was suggested that I was perhaps..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...portrayal of events and trends if published in the Chronicle? I will refer to the piece on the World..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

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Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...Why does The Austin Chronicle support rattlesnake roundups? Such articles as the recent "Hissing..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

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Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...Dear Chronicle: Thanks for the "Page Two" [Vol.18, No.50] response to..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

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Still Pissed

"...Dear Austin Chronicle: I rarely want to spend my precious time to..."

July 9, 1999 Column

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"...to a head by writing my letter to the Chronicle that said things everyone thought but would not say,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Column

A Commercial Venture

Preempting Shania Twain

"...back to the spring of 1997. Prompted by the Chronicle's cover story detailing management problems at the channel [Vol..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Neon Austin

South Lamar

"...old technique, that of mounting neon tubing behind cut letters or standouts to create a lush bed of background..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature

Postscripts

Chronicles of a Chronicler

"...blues great Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter. Lomax's life was recently chronicled in Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John..."

March 21, 1997 Books Column

Off the Desk

"...Cunningham's resignation came the day after Freeport sent letters to Boyer, UT computer science professor Alan Cline, and..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Page Two: Printing the Legend

A brief history of Austin's improbable weekly, 28 years on

"...feud that's decorated the almost three decades of the Chronicle. There are precious few biographical details here. Instead, it's..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...abuse with most readers. On the other hand the Chronicle mirrors the city's methodology, which understates the disparity in..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...The Austin Chronicle's endorsements for the Commissioners Court should leave its readers..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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

"...Hamzeh, who has shown her colors, but for the Chronicle include:..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

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Contradictions Exposed

"...Chronicle Editor:..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

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