Point Austin: One Step Forward

To leave Iraq is a political journey

"...on record as requiring the end of the U.S. war on Iraq...."

March 30, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Ground Truth

Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.

"...whose makers wish to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Kickin' Ass

Prepare for another year of war, or worse

"...he holds for hundreds of thousands of American and Iraqi lives, when he bragged of the war to an..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Thoughts After Celebration

Beneath the rockets' red glare, the costs of our Iraq misadventure mount

"...of the costs (to U.S. taxpayers) of the U.S. war on Iraq. As of Tuesday, July 5, the nationwide..."

July 8, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Yellow Birds

Iraq War veteran's novel gets a sadly uninspiring adaptation

"...Two boys go to war; one comes back, not a man, just a broken..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Everything Old Is New Again

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

"...at a Students for a Democratic Society meeting, an anti-war movement event, or a combination of the two. The..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

The anti-war movement has flagged, but some Texans still hard at work

"...Monday, April 25, Margorie Wood, a grandmother and an anti-war activist for Texans for Peace, slowly made her way..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Jeff Tonn

Naked City

A traveling memorial honors American and Iraqi war dead alike

"...At the height of the Vietnam War, television news often featured the flag-draped coffins of U.S...."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jeff Tonn

State of Affairs

The current political season is reflected equally in an angry Iraq analysis and a soapy novel with a Sirkian sweep

"...560 pp., $25.95 Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq by Tariq Ali Verso, 262 pp., $12..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Books Review by Roger Gathman

'Black Watch'

This play gives audiences an up-close view of Scottish soldiers in Iraq

"...intensity, tension, and pain of a soldier's life in wartime Iraq. But two years before the release of Kathryn..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wounded Writers

Austin soldiers have discovered unexpected benefits of blogging

"...The history of war is the history of separation and reintegration. It's a..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Official Secrets

True story of a whistleblower who saw the lies behind the Iraq War

"...shades of gray. Mention the name of the exiled Edward Snowden or the recently (again) incarcerated Chelsea Manning in..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Secrets and Lies: The Truth of Official Secrets

Martin Bright on the Iraq War, and being played by Matt Smith

"...the U.S. and its coalition of the willing invaded Iraq in 2002, the simple, bloody fact was that most..."

Sept. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...While the competing authors flog their wares on the various talk shows, we shall endure a..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The Wall

Two American soldiers face off with an Iraqi sniper

"...of two U.S. soldiers pinned down by a cunning Iraqi sniper. At a trim 81 minutes and featuring just..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...a not only legitimate but crucial goal in the war on terror is pissing off and unnerving the Democrat/liberal/progressive/dissident..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

"Goya: Mad Reason" at the Blanton Museum

The images of war in Goya's prints are brutal and immediate, and it is for this reason that we must look at them

"...Goya died in 1828, he left his Disasters of War series unpublished. The series of prints depicts Goya's perspective..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

McMurrey Endorses Noriega for Senate

Despite key policy differences, defeated candidate will support victor against Cornyn

"...the Democratic ticket would embrace single-payer health care, an Iraq withdrawal timetable, and public financing of election campaigns. "Without..."

March 10, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Fables of the Reconstruction

A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos

"...As the situation in Iraq grows ever more tenuous, the Bush administration continues to..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jason Vest

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...treated by tertiary treatment processes. The EPA gives Austin awards now for its treatment plants, instead of threatening to..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a connection between Creative Commons and the "open source" software movement contains a glaring inaccuracy regarding the terms of..."

March 7, 2003 Column

Blix In Austin:

The UN weapons inspector blasts Bush at the LBJ School

"...Blix, formerly the United Nations' chief weapons inspector in Iraq. Blix's mild personality and genial good humor belied the..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM

Americans are paying the price for lies about Iraq told by their leaders.

"...$1 million), more American soldiers have been killed in Iraq than during the invasion. In addition, according to the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...largely unspoken on television and unwritten in most printed Iraq War coverage: "depleted uranium." U.S. and British tank, artillery,..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two: Gutbucket Politics

The deadly consequences of following Bush's instincts

"...numerous people who know him, regardless of their attitude toward him) is matched by an inability to rethink a..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Column by Louis Black

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...been friends before this campaign started; we'll be friends afterwards, unified to bring about changes in this country. You..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...villages." By his own admission, John Kerry is a war criminal who deliberately violated the tenants of the Geneva..."

May 21, 2004 Column

Page Two: President Know-Nothing

President Know-Nothing

"...glib here: This is neither about hiring cronies nor awarding sweetheart, no-bid contracts. The NRLB program is just like..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Louis Black

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...you remember that one about five years ago in Iraq, when a group of soldiers went in and raped..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Who We Are

The 'Chronicle' interviews Howard Zinn on war, peace, and human nature

"...most prominently: 1) What has brought us to the war in Iraq; 2) What are we supposed to do..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

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