When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...seemed right out of a textbook – a perfectly safe place for a kid to be," she says...."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Riding at Risk

Austin's streets still a hazard for two-wheeled transportation

"...Miller in a June affidavit, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid. He is currently scheduled..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...leaders. As has been documented, some AISD schools have failed their students. How do "boutique" schools address that problem?..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

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"...are much less efficient revenue generators and are less safe. They are also ugly in my opinion. They should..."

June 23, 2006 Column

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"...only do Austin's government and motorized citizens disrespect and fail to accommodate people in wheelchairs; they also treat pedestrians..."

April 7, 2006 Column

Letters at 3AM

Our national self-doubt and self-conflict are nothing new, but what is new, in the last 40 years or so, is a state of confused and conflicted values. It is the signature of our era that we live in a world so unstable that its limits may be tested merely by a bumper sticker.

"...It isn't that post-9/11, Americans are hungry to be safe; it's that post-9/11, Americans are hungry to be certain...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

House and Garden

'House' and 'Garden,' Alan Ayckbourn's coupled comedies performed in tandem by a single cast, is really one show divided between two stages

"...and its landscape with his mist resses, then it's safe to say all bets are off. House and Garden,..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

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With oil in the future rationed to agriculture, essential services, and (inevitably) the military, and personal long-distance driving and passenger flight no longer feasible – then, if the United States is to remain a continental entity, the only answer is trains

"...we contribute to our children's aimlessness and angst by failing to tell them what's most important about them: that..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

The Pork Chop Wars: Big Enough to Tell the Story

With her new 'performance novel,' Laurie Carlos can finally tell her family's story with the epic, operatic form it deserves

"...my development and well being. I will always feel safe here to explore, fail, develop, and thrive. Thanks to..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...learning how to beg. The Texas school system has failed. Your elected representatives have failed you and your children...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

The Hightower Report

The Wal-Mart way in Latin America is a bad way, factory monitor learns; and economic theorists not thinking in real-world terms

"...fire exits, heat so extreme that workers passed out, unsafe drinking water, mandatory overtime, shorting workers on wages, and..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lege Notes

"...middle ground. Actually, what he has proposed is the safe fallback plan, what the Legislature could pass if all..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

Page Two

The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...the next generation of bands. If enough of them fail, it could impact the overall Austin music scene...."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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"...All the more puzzling that she indicts him for failing to capture Darin's "soul and ... drive."..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column

To Your Health

Are vitamin E supplements harmful?

"...dl-alpha tocopherol, both in terms of clinical results and safety...."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

Are vitamin E supplements harmful?

"...dl-alpha tocopherol, both in terms of clinical results and safety...."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

State Picks Up a Toll-Free Call

Road-weary local leaders win a sympathetic hearing at Transportation Commission

"...plan, a point not lost on the TTC. "It's safe to say that all five of us have grieved..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: Recall of the Mild

Want to dump Will Wynn? Be careful what you wish for.

"...on their own smoke. I think it's doomed to fail, but hey, it's a free country. Knock yourselves out,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

No Sex, Please, We're Texas

Progressive coalition challenges abstinence-only health textbooks

"...are now presenting material completely devoid of discussion of safe sex, says Dan Quinn, communications director of the Texas..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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"...in every category, and 87% of respondents rated shuttle safety as "excellent or good."..."

June 4, 2004 Column

Melodramatic Entrance

On set with 'Shades of Life,' the multicultural soap-opera access show giving minority actors a shot at exposure

"...However, Janson says that those who dismiss access programming fail to grasp the many ways it adds to the..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Naked City is getting old, and sometimes our memory fails us. Last week, we incorrectly stated that aspiring KLBJ-AM..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Congress considers yanking highway funds from states without "drugged-driving" laws

"...that would withhold federal highway funding from states that fail to pass a stiff anti-drugged driving law. Porter's HR..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Red, White, and Blue

Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...Sam, but I'm her big brother and I've never failed her. She'll trust me. She'll need me...."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Letters @ 3AM

Europe, Russia, and China can help install a new administration in the White House in 2008 by refusing to bail out Bush on his Iraq misadventure now.

"...than not being heard is having a voice and failing to speak...."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Lowdown

The Assault on the True America; Delay's Judicial Witch-Hunt

"...tax dollars to lock down America, do you feel safer? Or, do you feel taken?..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...live elsewhere and think your sleepy residential neighborhood is safe ... think again! Help us fight our fight and..."

July 11, 2003 Column

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"...7) Gore, for failing to inspire voters with a lame record, lame positions,..."

July 4, 2003 Column

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"...When do people bicycle for transportation? When they feel safe doing so and have a secure place to lock..."

June 6, 2003 Column

The Reason Why

"...her grave believing that her prayers brought her son safely home. Maybe they did. But how could I explain..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

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