Letters @ 3AM

The archetypes in this Democratic primary are Mama and He Who Can Free the Sword From the Stone

"...This paper, The Austin Chronicle, endorsed Obama (Feb. 15, p.8), stating that "on policy..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

The real election is being decided in the primaries, and unless disaster intervenes, the next president will be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama

"...OK, I'm a relic. In a missive to my Chronicle e-mail (mventura@austinchronicle.com), one of my younger readers addressed me..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Steve Erickson's new novel Zeroville shows what you have to go through to see how monotheism screws up your consciousness

"...The Los Angeles Times (favorable but superdumb), San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, Toronto's Globe and..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

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.

"...of charge, as long as you credit The Austin Chronicle...."

July 7, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Apart from the boycott, and separate from it, the theme of May 1 was, over and over: Register and vote.

"...of charge, so long as you credit The Austin Chronicle...."

May 12, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Granting Permission for 'Chronicle' to Be a Liberal Publication While Castigating Ventura for Being Ill-Informed

"...illegality of the NSA eavesdropping program is remarkably ill-informed [“Letters @ 3am,” Jan. 6]. A good case can indeed..."

Jan. 12, 2006 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, Micahel Ventura revisits the column he wrote at the time of Lennon's murder when the pain was fresh

"...25 years ago to the day that this Austin Chronicle hits the stands. The writing is touch-and-go, but it..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

With two storms, nature has increased the speed of America's decline by several years. This series of columns sketches what we're in for (for good as well as for ill). The focus of this column is air travel and the tourist industries.

"...In a column titled "$4 a Gallon" (The Austin Chronicle, April 29) I wrote, "Gas prices can only go..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

And We've Gotten Better Letters From High School Kids

"...Editor, “Romeo” was the best [“The 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest,” Books, Feb. 18]?! What a piece..."

Feb. 24, 2005 Postmarks

Why Is 'Chronicle' So Afraid of Alex Jones?

"...you tell us that you've banned someone from your letters forum because they "think name-calling is the same as..."

Aug. 16, 2004 Postmarks

The 'Chronicle' Is Not an Academic Journal: Rather Than an 'Oversight,' Sometimes Space Limitations Restrict Material

"...failed to mention what Jesus said about the Pharisees ["Letters @ 3am," March 5]. Also, there was no mention..."

March 12, 2004 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...Our "best-of" lists in the last Chronicle concurred that 2002 was an exceptional year in cinema...."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Capitol Chronicle

Despite John Cornyn's jokes and the end of the Ruiz suit, Texas prisons still need reform.

"...of "prisoners' rights" as an oxymoron is commonplace in letters to the editor, and one of the reasons that..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

NMD is a bad idea, says Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg.

"...Books and all I collect is a few angry letters. It's very hard for members of Congress or people..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...words -- attributed to Satchel Paige -- in blue letters on a birthday card. He wasn't even looking for..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...from Dr. Zelda Austen, and in defense of the Chronicle, (who certainly need no defense from me). Dr. Austen,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...from Dr. Zelda Austen, and in defense of the Chronicle, (who certainly need no defense from me). Dr. Austen,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Page Two

We're now posting our ever-expanding letters section online, with new letters daily. This, of course, brings up a whole new set of quandaries.

"...regularly found here. As soon as they are received, letters are now being posted online...."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

A First Amendment primer for Alex Jones' faithful and others in need

"...The Chronicle's online "Postmarks" forum is now in its second official..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm sure you are receiving hundreds of letters these days, but I thought I'd send you one..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...Updated 8-4 5:15pm In an explosive pair of letters sent to City Manager Spencer Cronk, Travis County District..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Page Two: Free to Be You and Me

'Chronicle' letter-writers and the editors who love them: a field guide

"...I stand watching storms thunder in the distance. The Chronicle does not have nor offer any absolute truths. We..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Column by Louis Black

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...I can't remember the first time I heard the Chronicle referred to as "the island of misfit toys" (hat..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Celebrated for the Least of Reasons

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

"...Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eyeedited by Richard A...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Page Two: For the Fun of It

Reminiscing on 25 years of 'The Austin Chronicle' and looking forward to what's next

"...office. During the first couple of years of the Chronicle, I vowed never to look back at that time..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

A tainted prayer for the new year

"...Now, here are excerpts from some recent Chronicle letters, which note that the writers are longtime Democrats..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...V. First issue of The Austin Chronicle was published in September 1981. The cover was a..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...In roughly five weeks, The Austin Chronicle will begin its 25th year of publishing. Certainly, time..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

UPDATED: Austin Aquarium Gets the Fisheye

Owners’ checkered past raises red flags; city says no animals on site

"...UPDATE: In response to a pair of letters sent today by People for the Ethical Treatment of..."

Aug. 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Page Two

When Rush Limbaugh reinvented the blindly loyal conformist as a daring, oppressed, truth-seeking revolutionary, he also re-created the mainstream in his image

"...when a significant percentage of unsolicited submissions to the Chronicle were faux Hunter Thompson: long, methamphetamine rants – hallucinations,..."

July 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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