'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...time, with little regard for the legal rights of ordinary citizens nor even the necessity of balance and fairness...."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Microbrew Renaissance

It's a good time to drink beer in Texas

"...a secondary fermentation and maturation in the keg, without extra nitrogen or carbon dioxide added), a real treat for..."

July 4, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

Bearly Making It isn't your ordinary chain-saw sculpture operation

"...Bearly Making It isn't your ordinary chain-saw sculpture operation. Cam Dockery started the business despite..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Messy Investigation of a Mess

Did Austin Police Sgt. Michael Olsen use excessive force when he shot and killed 25-year-old Kevin Brown? According to Internal Affairs, the answer is "inconclusive."

"...response Futrell concurred, but what might have been an ordinary and uneventful recommendation has sparked the ire of the..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Day Trips

The Crandall Cotton Gin Restaurant offers comfort food cooked all sorts of ways

"...Crandall Cotton Gin Restaurant isn't your ordinary roadside diner. The menu is built on the usual..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Point Austin: Budget Time

Running all the numbers, we have to pay for what we need

"...that political capital (and a good deal of the ordinary kind) to beat up the council for months –..."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Embrace Your Wipe-Assness

Trolling SXSW Interactive 2006

"...I don't think anyone wants to live those extra 30 years planning their funeral.Increasing Women's Visibility on the..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and credibility get in the way. I added an extra "X" just to jazz it up. The lineup: Phil..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

TV Eye

Like most filmmakers, New York-based Shola Lynch is attracted to a good story. Enter Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to successfully run for congress in 1968 and, in 1972, to enter presidential campaign,

"...the best of the American spirit. She was an ordinary woman who pulled out the extra chutzpah. That's the..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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Our readers talk back.

"...on Special Ed?," News]. Ms. May reports, "Adding an extra layer of concern is the fact that the federal..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Children Left Behind – a Correction

"...on Special Ed?," News]. Ms. May reports, "Adding an extra layer of concern is the fact that the federal..."

Dec. 1, 2004 Postmarks

Day Trips

Boondocks Cafe on TX 36 south of Caldwell isn't your ordinary Texas roadhouse

"...Cafe on TX 36 south of Caldwell isn't your ordinary Texas roadhouse. The little seafood restaurant resembles an eatery..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...especially for health and human services, and just plain ordinary folks in an often hostile or indifferent environment. Since..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...fight; and their car is a clunker. But their all-too-ordinary house is flooded by pastels, the evening sky drenched..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...And it means exultant plundering of extra-artistic realms like technology, psychology, and the new physics. As..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

TV Eye

Fall TV is dead; long live fall TV!

"...Sunday, as did Angel (WB) on Wednesday, gaining some extra oomph with the addition of Spike (James Marsters) brought..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Lowdown

George talks the macho talk, soldiers walk the deadly walk; and Congress says "Health care for me, but not for thee."

"...than what they had doled out so stingily for ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill seniors...."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

To Your Health

Are organic fruits and vegetables worth the extra expense? When organic varieties are too pricey or out of season, is there any way to minimize the risks besides just rinsing and peeling?

"...strawberries, peaches, apricots, and plums. Are they worth the extra expense? When organic varieties are too pricey or out..."

July 18, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a $100,000 house will pay about $2 a month extra for the first year. That's right, less than the..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...heard the same sort of nonsense -- $92,000 for extra police shifts, etc., for the rallies. First, there are..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Tech Toys

Gift guide for the tech-minded.

"...Good medicine: Beep 'N Tell ($49.95) looks like an ordinary prescription bottle, except it reminds you to take your..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...why not? Humans have a tendency to elevate otherwise ordinary symbols and objects to a transcendental level, from religious..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...this course. John found he didn't care for the extra work and dropped the class, enrolling in the high..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Good Impressions

Si Bon is located on South Lamar in a comfortable old home. Step through the door and you find a warm, friendly atmosphere: happy customers tended by smiling staff. A cozy bar. White tablecloths, a comfy fireplace and lip-smacking aromas. Before you ever get to your table, Si Bon makes a good impression.

"...the greens, which were simply dressed with lemon and extra virgin olive oil. My wife had Escargot over Butter..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Nouvelle Cafe

Chronicle Cuisines writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry finds something unexpected in Granite Cafe's latest incarnation.

"...a beef tenderloin to make up for the oversight. Extra shrimp were spirited out on a side plate in..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Food Feature

Postmarks

Yoga and Starbucks. Karaoke and republicans. Squirrel rifles and Al Gore. Together for the first time in this week's letters to the editor!

"...and professional manner in which they often made the extra effort to assist the elderly, youngsters, and the "differently..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column

A Day

First Place

"...brought out flavors you'd swear were tropical from mud-sucking ordinary catfish. We sat down to the golden brown filets,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Karl Monger

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...your little neighborhood, you'd probably deserve more than the ordinary attention from the city. The rest of y'all, it..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Musical Manifesto

Davíd Garza's

"...find a copy seemed a little out of the ordinary...."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...The complete list of all the films released in..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

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