C'mon C'mon

Joaquin Phoenix's avuncular turn avoids cloying family clichés

"...to how previous generations have set kids up for failure, that they were born into a world they didn’t..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

KY Jelly

"...response to the electric companies gouging us due to failure. Giving us 10 years to pay back high priced..."

Feb. 23, 2021 Postmarks

Desert One

Inside Carter’s catastrophic mission to rescue the Iranian hostages

"...revolutionaries since November 1979. The mission was a colossal failure that was forced to abort before even reaching the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lovebirds

Midsummer comedy that should fly falls flat on its face

"...choices, to barbs about who’s shallow and who’s a failure. The arguments feel loveless, so when Leilani and Jibran..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Spaceship Earth

Science or stunt? The bizarre true story of Biosphere 2

"...the oxygen levels dropped and the experiment lurched into failure. Well, that's a loaded term, since any data was..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Capitalism Has Failed Americans in This Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed longstanding structural problems. This is an opportunity to rethink our systems before they collapse.

"...The early narrative around the coronavirus focused on individual failures to practice social distancing and side-stepped the ways our..."

April 10, 2020 Column by Marina Roberts

Lege Lines: Billpocalypse!

Bills start dying as sine die draws near; schools get new A-F grading system; and more

"...of the aisle had much to mourn in its failure, not least that they'll have to explain its loss..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...This creates what Briggs calls "an acceptable level of failure," and he calls that unacceptable. "The system basically says,..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The RNC Has Twitter Issues

GOP asks for policy feedback. Twitter unleashes the trolls.

"...[View the story "The GOP's Issue Failure" on Storify]..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Texecutioners vs. the World

Capital case raises questions of international consular rights

"...on Jan. 22, without any court considering whether the failure of officials to inform him of his right to..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Grand Jury Indicts Buehler: UPDATE

Misdemeanors only for defying 'lawful orders'

"...In sum, the grand jury indicted Buehler for failure to obey a lawful order (a Class C misdemeanor)..."

April 4, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Life of Pi

This time Ang Lee's tiger is not crouching; this animal has its claws out and has only an adolescent boy for companionship – or vice versa.

"...of God? Is that to be regarded as a failure of the film – or merely the failure of..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The KeyPoint Report

What APD didn't want the public to know

"...and a veteran police officer. – J.S. On Quintana's Failure to Identify Himself as a Police Officer..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature

Suppressed KeyPoint Sanders Report

Quintana "recklessly … endangered" self and others

"...the Sanders shooting determined that the allegation of the failure to activate his camera should be sustained, but he..."

May 7, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Last Last Sunday?

Austin organizing project contemplating its future

"...the project was a great success and a huge failure...."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Robert Jensen

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

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...the history of the movement while also uncovering the failures within the American intelligence community that allowed it to..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...reaching extremely high levels. A 1995 report prepared by Failure Analysis Associates for the National Rifle Association estimated that..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Exhibitionism

Picasso at the Lapin Agile: Expecting the Best

"...we give it to you royalty-free." Lucky for Flame Failure Productions, who have since become the first company in..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Review

Stage Frights

"...Dan Bonfitto and his spooky friends at Flame Failure Productions have adapted five of Poe's darkest tales for..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Postmarks

"...to work together for reform. Her pointing to my failure to build Priorities First! (the coalition that helped defeat..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column

Acting Right, Not White

Grim Stats, Racial Taunts Won't Deter These Students

"...and hates to think that that fact alone foreshadows failure. "I'm in the Junior Honor Society and University Outreach..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Like a Hurricane

Jim Jarmusch + Neil Young + Crazy Horse

"...it was the filmmaker's fault if it was a failure. And the failure was that too much money was..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Myth of Che

The Short Life of Revolutionary Che Guevara

"...campaign, to "liberate" Bolivia (in the wake of his failure to achieve exactly the same end in the Congo),..."

July 11, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Let's Talk About Sex, Bay-bee

AISD Teaches Kids About the Birds and Bees

"...One student reads aloud, "A condom has a 13-36% failure rate in preventing pregnancy, and a 100% failure rate..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Casino

Stone jumps into the deep end with Scorsese made guys, De Niro and Pesci, as the action moves from New York to Vegas, with uneven results.

"...less than successful, I’m reluctant to call it a failure. Because, then, I’d have to revoke my love relationship..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...children attending the parade. The Archive records the count. Failure at Uvalde..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Legislature Signs the Check on a Big Boost for Texas Creative Industries

Rebate funding is up, but it's not as simple as it seems ...

"...contrast, there was a sigh of relief at the failure of HB 3600 by Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo, which..."

June 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...little attention to the music and continued their conversations. “Failure Is an Option” [inset-3]..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Graduations Presage AISD's Return to In-Person Learning

As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall

"...districts full funding for virtual instruction this fall. Its failure means that, unless Education Com­mis­sioner Mike Morath grants a..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

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