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Forget the middle ground: Why don't the progressives take over the Democratic Party and make a real fight of this thing?

"...proudly and gleefully display all those attitudes. They look forward to the end of the separation between church and..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by John Sayles

The Ballad of Joe Hill

Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights

"...2003, approximately a week before the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band take the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...his hair (What will be left after a nuclear war? Cockroaches, Keith Richards, and Gov. Perry's hair). But recently..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Hunted Saves the Hunter

"...go to U.S. allies who were unsupportive of the Iraq war and beg for more cash and debt relief..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Postmarks

Tears of the Sun

"...out in favor for the impending military action in Iraq (reportedly he asked the U.S. military to let him..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...post-modern narrative repetition to create a computer-manipulated meditation on war and peace. Blair calls Wax “electronic cinema” since it..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...followed by his examination of the lead-up to the Iraq war, Shock and Awe. "I've been political my whole..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

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

"...As fodder for literature, war remains more heaven than hell. It's a lesson learned..."

June 6, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko

Why We Fight

Jarecki’s canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary paints a grim historical picture of war profiteering run amok.

"...Jarecki’s canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary, adds yet another warning to Coolidge's by arguing – persuasively – that the..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Not So Smart

Jury rules in favor of officer, but APD policy still stings

"...use excessive force when he pepper-sprayed a crowd of anti-war demonstrators in 2003 on the Congress Avenue Bridge. The..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

Bush tries branding his critics as unpatriotic, wailing that it is 'deeply irresponsible' to question his motives

"...out at those who dare to dissent from his war rationalizations. In particular, he's assailing critics who maintain that..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Get Your War On

The Rude Mechanicals' 'Get Your War On' bulldozes through the buried media and lost horrors of the post-9 / 11 years with a sarcasm that strikes sparks

"...Get Your War On..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austinites Beware! Our fine city faces many challenges: a city budget..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...business owners, very few of the public are even aware of it. And that is why it is likely..."

May 9, 2003 Column

The Hightower Report

What Hath George Wrought in Iraq?; and Cheating on Oil Royalties

"...could be, "Got Royalties?" WHAT HATH GEORGE WROUGHT IN IRAQ? Behold, King George the W. hath looked upon his..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...essential." While stationed in Baghdad on teams that facilitated Iraqi self-government, Meyer met a fellow Austinite who'd acted with..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

The Messenger

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play two members of the military's casualty notification team, which delivers bad news to soldiers' next of kin.

"...exists a gulf between those who return home from war and those who have never been, a divide that’s..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stop-Loss

A real-world fuse burns throughout the military drama of Stop-Loss, the Austin-lensed film by Boys Don't Cry's Kimberley Peirce that stars Ryan Phillippe.

"...burns throughout Stop-Loss. What if you gave an endless war, and no one ever got off the tour bus..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Invasion

This fourth film telling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers appears to be made by pod people themselves.

"...large. The Invasion is also based on Finney's Cold War antiheroics, and it's the first truly lousy film in..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Orwell and Bush

Won't get fooled again?

"...a prophet. As Daniel Kurtzman wrote early in the war on terrorism: "[1984] was intended to be read as..."

Feb. 14, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...whopping $70 million for environmentally sensitive land over the Edwards Aquifer.) Despite rumblings from council (the loudest rumbler being..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...article March 14, 2003 ["Capitol Chronicle," News], about the Iraq war and Karl Rove was the most eerily intuitive..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Gunner Palace

Uday Hussein's former pleasure palace is now home to an American artillery regiment, whose members we get to know from their poolside antics to their far more sobering responsibilities of patrolling Baghdad.

"...of Uday Hussein. Not many other units stationed in Iraq could call a presidential palace – fully loaded with..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

This Is Not a Movie

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk embodies the importance of honest journalism

"...to be treated the same as crooks, bullies, and seatwarmers enrages me, and so I wanted to cheer with..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On Her Shoulders

A refugee's quiet advocacy is a tale of true heroism

"...In 2018, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its highest honor to two individuals who have spent..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Point Austin: Call Them Irresponsible

The Statesman ponders journalism and secrecy

"..."This seems to be done without a critical eye toward whether any of them carry the potential to endanger..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Full Disclosure; and Feisty Grannies Keep It Honest

"...90s. They come together every Wednesday to protest Obama's war in Afghanistan...."

June 4, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Torture and History

Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first step

"...(with a good deal more reason) to the Vietnam War, through which we all should have finally learned that..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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