Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...On to Gitmo...."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Drawing Around Obstacles

Molly Crabapple uses her skill as an illustrator to enhance her journalism

"...conditions at Camp X-Ray in Guantánamo Bay ("It Don't Gitmo Better Than This," Vice, July 31, 2013) that brought..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Jello Biafra

Dead Kennedys mouthpiece and his (out)spoken word

"...haven’t planned it yet. Getting back into rock with Gitmo School of Meds has sorta chewed up the time..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Luv Doc: Whoopsy!

You’re not the nearly flawless person you believe other people think you are

"...fuck off that shit or you’ll end up in Gitmo with a pair of jumper cables clamped on your..."

July 18, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

"...the loyalty of government and private lawyers who defended Gitmo prisoners. The group seems especially shocked that some even..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

RV

Robin Williams loads his family into a camper and goes on vacation.

"...could always rent himself out to the inquisitors at Gitmo as a wholly effective and nonbruising instrument of, shall..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

She's the Man

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.

"...could send your teen off to – there’s always Gitmo for that – but its kooky hybrid of slapstick..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...various Senate and House talking heads to go to Gitmo and "see for themselves." The news coverage of said..."

July 8, 2005 Column

Does History Repeat Itself?

"...various Senate and House talking heads to go to Gitmo and "see for themselves.” The news coverage of said..."

June 30, 2005 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: Get Over It

You're not responsible for someone else's happiness

"...themselves be controlled – well, except for places like Gitmo – and even if your sister’s marriage resembles a..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM: Just Since April

Secret surveillance efforts fly in the face of our Constitution

"...Few Signs of Change in Drone Wars." As for Gitmo, signs of change there are even fewer...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

News Ticker: July 30

All the news that's fit to blog

"...live in the U.S. We hope they realize that Gitmo detainees will tell them anything they want to hear...."

July 30, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 4

With the consent of the governed, the United States government has gone rogue and violated international law

"...or count votes for Senate bills to forbid releasing Gitmo detainees. George W. Bush and Barack Obama share equal..."

June 14, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Everything I Know About Film Festivals I Learned From SXSW

Marc Savlov's tricks and tips for a successful festival experience

"...out a Rubik's Cube in the dark. In a Gitmo shipping container. In space. Realize you're going to miss..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...announces his first presidential proclamation: We're going to close Gitmo. Then he walked away from it, and he was..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Stratfor's Web

The Stratfor emails raise questions about information, privatization, and official secrecy

"...Burton that Assange should be killed or tortured at Gitmo, that he's a "terrorist" and a "peacenik," and similar..."

March 9, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Luv Doc Recommends: Blue Genie Art Bazaar

CLOSED Monarch Event Center, Thursday, December 10, 2009

"...a stretch.You wouldn't ask someone who was waterboarded at Gitmo to go water skiing, would you? Of course not...."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: ThunderCloud Subs 19th Annual Turkey Trot

Waterloo Park, Thursday, November 26, 2009

"...or, a little closer to home, being waterboarded at Gitmo. It's all a matter of contrast, really, and if..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

One Nation, Under Debt

"...for the Somali pirates and the release of the Gitmo detainees. There is a silver lining. The lobbyists were..."

Feb. 17, 2009 Postmarks

Attorney General, or Witchfinder General?

Can’t get a straight answer from Attorney General Michael Mukasey as to whether waterboarding is torture or not? Just ask the UT History faculty!

"...clout to get anything done about it. Sound familiar? Gitmo who? Abu Ghraib huh? Levack went on to say..."

Feb. 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Speaking of Presidential Candidates

"...have posted mainly on political issues. Before the whole Gitmo and Abu Ghraib hullabaloo, I was part of the..."

Nov. 26, 2007 Promotions Post

Blind Justice

UT law clinic provides due process for Guantánamo detainees

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Why Media Companies Get No Respect; NYPD's 'Intelligence'

"...political rhetoric in America! Haul 'em all off to Gitmo, I say!..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

9/11 the Biggest Story of Our Generation?

"...Iraq and Afghanistan, the atrocities at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo, the gradual dissolution of the Bill of Rights, and..."

Oct. 24, 2006 Postmarks

The Real WMD

"...I think about the tortures at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo, the Danish cartoon that incited thousands to riot, the..."

June 21, 2006 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Turning Cookies Into Armor; and A Regime of Injustice

"...because "these people are terrorists." Donnie Rumsfeld proclaimed the Gitmo prisoners to be "the worst of the worst."..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower