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Libby indictment evokes more scapegoating and hypocrisy from the right

"...The independent prosecutor has spent years and millions of dollars on the investigation. The only indictment is for perjury...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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"...telling the government that just for a few billion dollars more he can make his already behind schedule, overpriced..."

July 8, 2005 Column

Lege Notes

"...or union money. "These anonymous attack ads poison our democracy," said Phil Strickland of the Texas Baptist Christian Life..."

March 25, 2005 News Column

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"...late Eighties. Back then, wristbands were five and 10 dollars; I never had to wait more than 10 minutes..."

March 18, 2005 Column

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"...TV rights earned each team more than a million dollars. They were just a little ahead of their time...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

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"...tourism industry is now pulling in over $3 billion dollars a year, almost double from the year in which..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed

George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.

"...kit airplanes can be built for a few thousand dollars and converted into remote control weapons. These planes can..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...those darlings of the aristocracy that created our false democracy in the first place: the Senate ... a passel..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

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In the wake of the Republican Dream Team's electoral sweep, expect the governmental services you depend on to be diminished.

"...and voted on by most of those affected above. Democracy is a beautiful thing, but as with all art,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

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"...An informed vote is what this country is about, democracy...."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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"...the City Council votes to hand out your tax dollars on corporate welfare scams like Tax Rebates and Fee..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The Supreme Court, by supporting vouchers, removes another brick from the church-state wall.

"...underwrite private religious education with their public school tax dollars. If you're keeping score, that means that at the..."

July 5, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Bush wants to spend your taxes on missile defense, but won't tell you if it works; and, WWJD -- What Would Jim Do?

"...boondoggle, Bush is demanding ever more of our tax dollars to finance his fantasy of a missile defense system..."

July 5, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The Business Roundtable fights for CEOs' rights to rip off stockholders; Bushites fight for more bureaucracy and big government; and Tom DeLay fights for the rich.

"...These executives have sacked up gabillions of dollars in the past decade in off-the-books paychecks called "stock..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...If you want to make your dollars count, "buy something" to help the environment or to..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

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"...the off-site costs for the city of Huntsville. No dollars are going to our project -- just saving the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's Little Helpers; The Drug War's Dr. Strangelove

"...to "help you" by giving away your Social Security dollars to Wall Street bankers, allowing them to privatize our..."

May 25, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...prices, often for medicines developed with our own tax dollars. Work to change the system!..."

June 23, 2000 Column

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"...itself is a platform. They work for peace, grassroots democracy, social and economic justice and, above all, ecologically sustainable..."

April 14, 2000 Column

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...by the census in 1990; the number of federal dollars Travis County lost as a result of that undercount;..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Man of the Hour

Superintendent Pat Forgione discusses his goals for AISD in a Q&A interview with reporter Kevin Fullerton.

"...I believe public schools are the greatest invention of democracy. I eventually had three boys, and they've gone through..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...consider ponying up for this boon to small "d" democracy...."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...because the public process itself includes some serious deal-killers. Democracy, for one. Standards like city council discussion, bid-taking, citizen..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Military Hospitality

Austinites Warmly Received at "School of the Assassins"

"...officers learning here? U.S. taxpayers spend nearly $20 million dollars annually to train 900-2,000 Latin American soldiers each year...."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Joshua Fisher

Media Bills Chill

Reporters Get the Cold Shoulder From Legislators

"...authority to oversee the spending of its own tax dollars, and less ability to hold the private providers accountable...."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

A Bird in the Hand

"...the Council should stop to consider the millions of dollars per year the city may be forfeiting by going..."

April 4, 1997 Column

Countdown, 2001

"...mismanagement. As Barton Springs Pool produces (nets) a quarter-million dollars in revenue each year, our city can afford to..."

March 14, 1997 Column

With Cronk Out of The Way, Council Goes For a One-Year Cop Deal

Decision allows voters to consider police oversight in May

"...CMs supportive of the decision primarily focused on the democracy angle. Come May 6, Austin voters will decide on..."

Feb. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Travis County Midterm Elections Live Blog

Abbott secures reelection, mayoral race goes to run-off

"...we use our money... I've learned how to stretch dollars"— Lina Fisher (@11nafisher) November 9, 2022 "We came really..."

Nov. 8, 2022 News Post by the News Staff

Grassroots Bakers Effect Change, One Cupcake at a Time

From suffrage to City Council races, flour power abounds

"...of this cupcake activism – apart from, you know, democracy and society as we know it – have been..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

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