Page Two: Sluggish by Design

The only "original intent" of the Constitution was to foil extremism and maintain a balance of power

"...discussing the Constitution of the United States, especially in light of the recent elections. Reading and re-reading the Constitution,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...time has both raced forward at the speed of light and dragged as interminably as the second hand making..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Endorsements

"...thanks to his late-entry opponents for taking on an impossible battle, thus forcing Brewster McCracken to campaign more energetically..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...thanks to his late-entry opponents for taking on an impossible battle, thus forcing Brewster McCracken to campaign more energetically..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...thanks to his late-entry opponents for taking on an impossible battle, thus forcing Brewster McCracken to campaign more energetically..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Getting Christo & Jeanne-Claude

"...soon as we started taking pictures, watching how the light changed the appearance as it reflected off the metallic..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Double Bliss

A day in the life of 'Austin City Limits' at 30

"...shot outdoors. In fact, later in the afternoon, a slightly disillusioned Pixies bassist, Kim Deal, will ask producers, "Is..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Page Two

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...set that includes Linklater's first Super 8mm feature, It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, and features..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...the idea of running a pipeline through Jordan (nearly impossible from a political standpoint) or Syria (absolutely impossible politically)..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...like old-home week for the posse who helped kill light rail in 2000 – Travis Co. Commissioner Gerald Daugherty..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"...say never." That last one is particularly fitting in light of McNamara's 1996 book In Retrospect, viewed by many..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Down With Red Lights

"...trips. All these things are good, though some are impossible for many of us, due to Austin's lack of..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For the firefighters, City Hall's rep for putting its people first goes up in smoke

"...but not that the AFD status quo would be impossible to change...."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...made over the years and post boycott stickers on light posts...."

May 30, 2003 Column

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...Richard Linklater's It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, preceded by..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...school," hopes to become a national model for revitalizing blighted neighborhoods...."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Page Two

The mayoral race is on, with and without some usual suspects.

"...present. Planning while dealing with budget deficits is almost impossible, but the lack of vision is why this city..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Judging resigning City Manager Jesus Garza's performance in a difficult job will take some time; XLent's recent cover controversy brings back memories and reminds us how cool talk radio is; screwball comedies were the funniest movies ever, and the Austin Film Society is showing eight of them in the next two months.

"...an annual check; it is being stuck at a light too long or a late garbage pick-up...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Eric Mitchell Speaks!

"...lack of citizen participation makes it difficult if not impossible for them to succeed in their efforts. Many citizens..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...In light of the ongoing anthrax scare, folks in the office..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...period. Now, the disc's total sales to date are impossible to accurately gauge, as SoundScan only counts albums with..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...being negotiated than did police accountability advocates. It is impossible that the "rank and file" could have expressed any..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...without peer. I may be able to shed some light. David Gergen, an advisor during his first term, has..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Development peccadillos and Lost Austin kudos.

"...we discovered other city of Austin rules made it impossible to use the total city-committed impervious coverage area as..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...no one remembers their origin. Gazing up at the moonlight towers that dot central city neighborhoods, most Austin residents..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Dark Days

Six years ago, Marc Singer wasn't homeless, and he wasn't a filmmaker. With Dark Days, he became both.

"...own life is sometimes hard enough that it seems impossible to think about helping other people. At the time,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Endorsements

"...Remember, you're not voting on a specific Capital Metro light rail plan, going down these streets and costing this..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"..."The street lights got brighter, I could see the stars, car lights,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Work in Progress

East Timor begins the process of reconstruction in its struggle for independence.

"...water tanks that are refilled from trucks every day. Slight variations on the basic short-haired, famine-ribbed, rat-tailed Third World..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by John Sayles

Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...The white power establishment still doesn't care about the plight of black americans. What makes you think they were..."

March 10, 2000 Column

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