Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...novelist and psychedelic man about town Bill Brammer; and Dallas' literary gadfly A.C. Greene. King's classic piece evoking his..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Naked City

"...politics for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the late Dallas Times Herald. Her new job, as the Wildflower Center's..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Howard Swindle, Reporter

'Dallas Morning News' reporter loved a good mystery

"...bars; he directed three Pulitzer Prize-winning stories for The Dallas Morning News and, in his spare time, wrote works..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Cast of Characters

"...MacCormack, who has been a reporter for 25 years (Dallas Times-Herald, Miami Herald) is now following other leads in..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...one who had been here then not miss the times when this city was remarkably easy to get around..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...writer first for the Fort Worth Press, then the Dallas Times Herald and finally The Dallas Morning News. In..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Point Austin: What Molly Wrote

Ivins and her kind

"...her career. She was writing a column for The Dallas Times Herald three times a week, and it was..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Dave Denison

In Memoriam: Gary Cartwright

Time to "Turn Out the Lights" for the Texas Mad Dog writer

"...War; and prior to those, covering sports for the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald, and Fort Worth Press..."

March 2, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Summer Solace

More From the May Bookshelf

"...I've driven Route 27 many times, at all hours of the day and night -..."

May 23, 1997 Books Feature

Obituary for Molly Ivins

Ivins' obit from the Texas Observer

"...She worked as a reporter for The New York Times (1976-82) in New York and Albany and later as..."

Feb. 1, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Newsprint in Spanish

Sizing up Austin's Latino newspaper players

"...in cities where there's competition. I worked for The Dallas Morning News, and I say it was a better..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...want to be as good as The New York Times or the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...conviction. She carried her pregnancy to term in the Dallas County Jail, and had her baby at Parkland Hospital...."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Kerry Year One

No surprises at the Texas dailies – one good failure deserves another

"...and Ashcroft, whose collective judgment "has been cloudy at times." That's telling him. And then there's the heartfelt wish..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Picks & Sleepers

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"...last year's stellar, criminally ignored CD, Knocked Down Seven Times Got Up Eight. If the title doesn't clue you..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...studios; HarperCollins Books; over 130 daily newspapers, including The Times of London and the New York Post; TV Guide;..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

After a Fashion

Stephen takes on 'Project Runway'

"...to a pleasant stay at the Hilton Garden Inn ("Times Square!"). While the hotel name conjured up something lovely..."

March 31, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...though TDCJ inmates have rates of HIV infection five times higher than the general public, making the disease the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Casting Votes Against Development

"...by Austinites. We have been let down too many times......."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

All in the Family

Director of micro-indie Krisha turns his aunt into a star

"...vibe. The fact that locals like Wise or the Dallas-based filmmaker Augustine Frizzell (whose daughter Atheena also appears in..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...willing to reduce the size of their homes – sometimes radically – if it means they can also reduce..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Media Clips

Media misses the boat when it comes to quizzing Bush on foreign dictators.

"...to America's foreign policy. His statement would seem to herald a return to the shameful policies of his father..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Report From L.A.

"...Proof: Davis quotes from the now-defunct Herald Examiner's editorial after one onslaught in 1993: "A series..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...attracted enough votes to win their primary outright. Former Dallas Coun­ty Sher­iff Lupe Valdez, an openly queer Lati­na with..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

From the Desk of ... Big Nuke

Tracing the daisy chain of nuclear PR recycling

"...the country ..." – Dr. Samuel H. Mehr, Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 4, 1990..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature

Why We are Here -- Working to Defend Texas

The "quorum-busting" Democrats defend their actions.

"..."Texas should ignore DeLay's redistricting plan." Dallas Morning News, 05/11/03..."

May 16, 2003 News Column

Dancing About Architecture

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

"...dead at 2:58am Sunday. A report in the Waco Tribune-Herald quotes friends of the guitarist as saying Shaver had..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...and the other lawyers for the Davidians tried many times to get the civil trial transferred out of Smith's..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce