Naked City

The true source of terror is our own ill-begotten war

"...terrorist threat has a very particular source – the war against Iraq. "Events in Iraq are continuing to act..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two

The manufactured debate over Kerry's war record, in light of Bush's privileged nonparticipation, is testament to Republican strategists' sound-bite brilliance

"...as obscene. Consider the manufactured controversy over John Kerry's war record. The following excerpts are from a letter to..."

May 21, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...When I read Ms. Apple's "Street-to-Street, Sign Wars," in the "Naked City" section of the April 4..."

May 16, 2003 Column

Postmarks

We Get What We Want

"...Kenneth Edwards..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Winter Soldier in Austin

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans shared their stories when the Winter Soldier hearings came to town

"...for the only jobs available. At Austin's Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan public hearing, held Feb. 28 at the..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Back in Action

After a moviemaking hiatus, writer/director Kimberly Peirce returns to screen with Stop-Loss

"...title you could imagine for a movie about the Iraq war that MTV-aged moviegoers would flock to, Stop-Loss might..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The Hightower Report

Gut-Check Time for Congress; and Betrayal on Trade by Democratic Leaders

"...In another of his ever-changing rationales for his Iraq war, George W. has bizarrely proclaimed that this conflagration..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Softening the Words of War; and "Burden" on Corporate Crooks

"...SOFTENING THE WORDS OF WAR Putting a fabric softener in your wash is one..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

War Numbers; and Ignoring News of the People

"...WAR NUMBERS At last, the Bushites have realized that they..."

July 14, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sparking a Prairie Fire: Cindy Sheehan at City Hall

The founder of Camp Casey and her "Bring Them Home Now" Tour arrives to a big Austin welcome

"...Why did her son Casey have to die in Iraq?..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Turtles Can Fly

New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.

"...It’s a few weeks before the American invasion of Iraq, and they are anxious for information. The sight looks..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Righting Wrongs

A position checklist of pragmatic politics

"...proved to be one of nostalgic, utopian fiction. The Iraqis did not welcome us as heroes, greeting us with..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

The War Tally; and State Secrets

"...THE WAR TALLY Bodies. Dead ones. Dead bodies are the harsh,..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...University, and his many publications (of which Leo seems unaware) argue positions entirely consistent with Christian philosophy. Finally, "those..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

Get Your Warblog On

As conventional media stumble, the Web's armchair war reporters rise to the occasion, to questionable effect.

"...the ongoing (and increasingly surreal) subject of life during wartime, has been the subject of rampant speculation from media..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Iraqis Come Home to Austin

Refugees, fleeing violence in Iraq, struggle to get used to life in Texas

"...and April 30, 2014, the U.S. admitted over 103,000 Iraqi refugees for resettlement. According to the U.S. Department of..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Fair Game

The performances of Sean Penn and Naomi Watts make this film rendition of the Valerie Plame affair a study in acting.

"...that served as the White House's casus belli in Iraq were total fabrications. As Penn plays him, Joe Wilson..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How About a Real Response?

"...letter ["Postmarks," Jan. 16] about Casey Porter's claims about Iraq ["Stop the Loss," News, Dec. 19, 2008] has stirred..."

Jan. 20, 2009 Postmarks

No Children for Oil

"...Dear Editor, As an Iraq war veteran, I was disheartened and angered to read..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Stand Up To War; and Ignoring Paris

"...STAND UP TO WAR PROFITEERS George W.'s war in Iraq has not been..."

March 30, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Dubya paints rosy pictures of the war and job creation … and on both, he's lying

"...GOOD NEWS ON IRAQ..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...9/11, I have each of your commentaries on the war. I am inclined to agree with many of your..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column

Naked City

War Fever

"...statement." That's the battle cry of the emerging "Stop War Run More" campaign, a shoestring endeavor of Jodi Harris..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sheehan's Field of Dreams

Hundreds gather at Camp Casey to mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living

"...snaking along the ranching road from downtown Crawford, Texas, toward "Camp Casey," the makeshift but exceedingly well-provisioned camp where..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Terrorism kills more than 50 in London, war in Iraq kills thousands

"...were the civilian deaths of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the children torn apart by cluster bombs,..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Letters @ 3AM

Europe, Russia, and China can help install a new administration in the White House in 2008 by refusing to bail out Bush on his Iraq misadventure now.

"...had no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; if Bush had such information he would have discreetly..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

The Republican right's hypocritical rhetoric machine has become so dazzling and effective it can only be viewed as (highly successful) conceptual art.

"...help that country rebuild. Underfunding that pledge, we invaded Iraq for reasons that are at best controversial. It isn't..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column by Louis Black

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...voter mandate for the end of the occupation of Iraq and a straightforward and efficient withdrawal – and McCain..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Who Did He Serve?

Scott McClellan on Bush, bipartisanship, loyalty, and duty

"...on three key events leading to his exit: the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina, and the Valerie Plame episode (aka..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

Financially and militarily, we're not a superpower anymore – though no presidential candidate can admit that

"...our "only option" with Iran is "to go to war" (The Week, June 8, p.6) – as though we..."

June 22, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

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