More Austin Politicos Choose Sides on President

The mayor sides with Obama, three state reps choose Clinton

"...health care to the economy to the war in Iraq – they believe Senator Clinton has the right ideas..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

It's Not What Karl Knows

Right-wing publishers kick Turd Blossom $1.5 million for his autobiography.

"...House counselor Ed Gillespie; Kissinger acolyte, former governor of Iraq, and McArthur wannabe L. Paul Bremer, III; and former..."

Dec. 24, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Cat and Mouse

Slipping in and out of dreams, films, and comics, in which nothing is revealed

"...the American people now want to get out of Iraq, but those same polls showed that almost 80% of..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Foreign spying on Americans; and where are they now?

"...government? Has it become so jaded by its own invasions of America's basic liberties that it won't even muster..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two: Along the Bias

Lack of media objectivity cuts all ways

"...something much more complex, like a fatal incident in Iraq. The story as reported by an "unbiased" newsman would..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I've seen the results of superstore invasion in small-town Texas up close and personal. In comes..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column

War Watch

"Volunteer" international war correspondent visits Austin

"...things." Jamail told the audience that he traveled to Iraq on his own for the first time, in late..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

TV Eye

When compared with the higher profile 'Over There,' the Steven Bochco series about soldiers on the front lines of the Iraq War, 'Embedded / Live's teeth are sharper, coaxed by wicked humor and touches of pathos at all the right moments

"...to provide a pointed commentary on the war in Iraq...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Report

Bush's bureaucracy stiffs wounded vets; and senators receive Gooberhead Award for denying working stiffs a minimum wage raise

"...BUREAUCRACY STIFFS WOUNDED VETS The scandals of George W.'s Iraq attack continue to come home to haunt us...."

March 25, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Perversion of Power

"...whose connection to terrorism is as flimsy as was Iraq's WMD to the U.S. invasion. Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft's..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Postmarks

Page Two

The old political labels don't quite fit, but new ones have not yet evolved

"...the right, especially conservatives, more isolationist – yet the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were driven by the right..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Global Test

Whatever happens next month, we all have plenty of work to do

"...grimly acknowledged to a British reporter that the U.S. invasion of Iraq had in literal fact been "illegal" –..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Reagan's Record

"...they actually took casualties. During the crisis of the Iran-Iraq war, Reagan prevented the spread of radical Islam by..."

June 10, 2004 Postmarks

Hold Congress Accountable

"...our Congress. These are the folks that brought the Iraq War into everyone's living room. Without sufficient factual documentation,..."

May 10, 2004 Postmarks

Call and Answer

It's been a hard spring of politics in Texas; now it's time to relax with a book.

"...it's difficult to be optimistic.Rumors of War With the Iraq war already fading from the mainstream news cycle (not..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...Your self-righteous tone in discussing the imminent Iraq war is not palatable in a publication that profits..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Naked City

Headlines

"...The invasion and conquest of Iraq appears imminent. We don't know..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

War Drums

"...Hussein," an ultimatum that has been somewhat stymied by Iraq's decision -- after heavy prodding from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Who decided that the WTO rules the U.S.?; who decided that the U.S. rules Iraq?

"...right out and saying, "Yeah, we're gonna storm into Iraq and off Saddam Hussein," they dress up their assault..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our Areas Are Sensitive

"...then joined Cuban veterans of the Bay of Pigs invasion and other wars to observe our Veteran's Day on..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Column

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...of the djinn with the imminent terror of the Iran-Iraq War. Neece said, "The backdrop of the film is..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Ways Sisyphus Had It Easy

Consequences of perception

"...of whom are described as conservatives, supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq? Those particular poll numbers might not exist,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Dead & Buried

Recapping 2003

"...another innocuous fad, this year it being the Scandinavian invasion: the Raveonettes (Chain Gang of Love), Sounds (Living in..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...From the 10th century until the French invasion in 1830, Fez was the center of Moroccan culture,..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...then got a long path to economic polarization, the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses, two wars in Iraq,..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Powerfully and Peacefully Revolt

"...the president and the Pentagon to immediately withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan. I appeal to them to cease all..."

June 25, 2010 Postmarks

Point Austin: Torture and History

Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first step

"...use torture to produce intelligence connecting al Qaeda and Iraq (in order to justify the planned invasion). Despite warnings..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: More Mavericks

You need a Texas scorecard to sort out the pretenders from the real thing

"...Bad enough that McCain, who enthusiastically supported the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq (demanding only more of the..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Column by Michael King

In Favor of President Obama?

"...Dear Editor, Iraq demonstrates eight years of the poorest judgment of any..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Postmarks

We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

A war journalist's time in Iraq proves food for novelistic thought.

"...Meek, an award-winning newsman who has reported on the Iraq war and Guantánamo Bay, arrives with a novel about..."

June 6, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko

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