Tinkering With the Machinery of Death

The Texas Legislature moves slowly to consider alternatives to the death penalty

"...later proven to be innocent. (Comparing the eventual fiscal notes for those two bills should also tell us something..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...phallocentric prowess of a guitar god who plays more notes in his solos than another. I pity Mr. Pekar..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Somehow George W. Bush becomes president and takes Jimmie Vaughan with him. Swine.

"...little garden party over by the Governor's Mansion on Election Night (God, it seems like years ago, doesn't it?),..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

The Republican response to U.S. Supreme Court judicial activism

"...to federal and state courts' role in the presidential election has been consistent -- until Tuesday night, when the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

All Sprawled Out

"...their ideas. Trans Texas Alliance director Karen Akins, who notes that having two Texas cities at the top of..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Killing the Messenger

John C. Danforth's Indictment of Whistleblower Bill Johnston May Lead to a Nasty Courtroom Showdown

"...ago, but he decided to wait until after the election to release it. Why wait? Because, the former U.S...."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...Mixed Notes..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

FCC raids shuts down the third and last local microradio station.

"..."even-handed" as far as political commentary within their musical selections. Owens' tune is not unique in its point of..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Articulations

Director Don Toner makes his exit from the State Theater Company, and Austin creeps back into the pages of American Theatre magazine.

"...its pages. In the September 2000 issue, the mag notes: the hiring of Dan Fallon as the CEO for..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Gagging the Right

Republicans muzzled the Religious Right during the GOP convention

"...was holding forth while three or four reporters took notes. "Don't ask him questions about 'are you going to..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

In and Out

Controversial sodomy law may be struck down

"...and Steve Mansfield, do not plan to run for re-election. Republican Charles Holcomb, a former appeals court judge from..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Media Clips

Although he's catching heat in the national media, here in Texas, Bush has been given kid-glove treatment by the media.

"...share a laugh with him, jot down a few notes about the subject of that day's press conference, and..."

May 12, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music Commission chair Bob Livingston steps down, no one steps up; Man's Ruin returns to Austin; Michael Corcoran's suspension is puzzling.

"...What if they held an election and nobody came? That's the possibility facing the Austin..."

March 31, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

Ann Kitchen bests Mandy Dealey in the Democratic primary for Texas House District 48, and Jill Warren heads into a runoff with fellow Republican Scott Loras.

"...Kitchen notes that Warren's advocacy of building new roads while refuting..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Council Watch

sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement

"...would almost certainly, however, slow things down." Slusher also notes that Circle C would not have been developed to..."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Year of Being John Malkovich

Top 10 Films of the Year, Decade, and Eternity

"...movies such as The Straight Story, The Limey, Rushmore, Election, and Summer of Sam. The certainty of "sure things"..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting School to Work

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

"...program already, Baker says.Land of Opportunity But, as Fitzpatrick notes, Del Valle's enthusiasm for school-to-career programs hasn't always been..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...was former mayor Bruce Todd, who ran a bruising re-election campaign out of the vacant showroom that peered out..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...of 1998 after he decided not to run for re-election as mayor of Pflugerville, offers similar comments, saying Cap..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dancing About Architecture

The Lunch's Last Supper

"...the civil disobedients. Coming up for next May's mayoral election: bumper stickers reading, "Kirk Watson: He Tore Down Liberty..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

"...gather to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the SOS election victory. It'll be from 6-9pm at Barton Springs Pool...."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Feature

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...prose on this smallish town. At 30,000 people, he notes, Northampton is about the size of Plato's ideal city-state...."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...to plan for everything all at once." She also notes -- as do many neighborhood leaders -- that "maybe..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

"..."Mark Stiles Award for Excellence in Self-Inflation." Elsewhere, Wells notes that although "Legislators often complain that the 140-day session..."

March 5, 1999 News Column

On the 12th Day of Christmas

"...better turnout than many ballot boxes see on the election version of Super Tuesday. By the end of the..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

Unnecessary Roughness

"...to! Remember the surprise Democratic wins in the last election? Those were the results of people willing to fight..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Republicans' New Best Friend

"...expected to sweep all demographic groups in the upcoming election, analysts are speculating that an unprecedented number of down-ballot..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...birth of his son, Lyndon Baines Johnson. (The gubernatorial election was expected to hinge on the issue of prohibition.)..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...same time, the conflict in Vietnam escalates with the election of Richard Nixon to the U.S. presidency. Robert Kennedy..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Breaking the Code

Plain English Is the Goal for Land Development Rules

"...had a turnout of over 20% in a local election since 1994, and our per capita bond debt is..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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