Escape From New York (Special Edition)

Subsequent to both The Warriors and Mad Max, yet predating Blade Runner by a year, Escape From New York laid the groundwork for John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's ensuing masterpiece, 1982's The Thing

"...crime-infested 1997 when Manhattan island has become a walled federal prison, dispatches its squinty, tight-lipped gunslinger to save the..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Sound of Falling Dominoes

The state budget crisis is only one piece of a much larger, distressing government puzzle.

"...more entertaining are the intended beneficiaries of all this federal largesse. According to an analysis by the Tax Policy..."

May 30, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is one of the most efficient sources of economic stimulus available in recession" ["A Lege Too Far," April 11]...."

April 25, 2003 Column

A Lege Too Far

With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker

"...reflexive (or simply knee-jerk) endorsements of patriotism. At the federal level, the heady atmosphere of permanent warfare has made..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

Death and taxes -- the poor get both, corporations get neither.

"...who pays the most taxes, they're referring only to federal income taxes, leaving out the thoroughly regressive burdens of..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Our fiscal crisis is exactly the reason we need a City Council resolution on Iraq

"...borne, for the most part, by local rather than federal government. Any sane "stimulus" package would highlight economic assistance..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle: Let Them Eat Dividends

Republicans offer the same predictable help to the unemployed: tax cuts for the rich.

"...the president spells "relief." The centerpiece of the Bush "stimulus" package, a $674 billion boondoggle from the party of..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Austin Makes Federal Case Over New Courthouse

Austin leaders try to influence the feds' new U.S. courthouse project.

"...After an eruption of local outrage, the federal General Services Administration has backed off its plans to..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?

A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas

"...program to subsidize power generation from renewable sources. That federal program -- which allows, for example, a 1.5 cent-per-kilowatt-hour..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

Don't Lose Your Day Job

Texas unemployment insurance paints a dismal picture.

"...The extension was part of the $8 billion "stimulus package," which also included $594 million to bolster Texas'..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...endangered or threatened, and in many cases protected under federal law. So despite the fact that she tells us,..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

The Hightower Lowdown

The "Prosperity Dividend," Bush's Energy Fraud, and the War on Colombia

"...the economy is in the doldrums and needs a stimulus. Yet, enriching the rich is a notoriously ineffective way..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...of the local real-estate market. Without some sort of stimulus project, Beard and other landowners in the area have..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...atmosphere at UT was perfect for Butts, providing the stimulus that would bring new leadership to the council. It..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Tied to the Tracks

"...the other on environmental impact -- required by the Federal Transit Administration before it releases D.C. dollars for the..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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