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The Workplace Body Snatchers; and Rummy Won't Go Away

"...Rumsfeld was not a soldier – he just played war at the Pentagon, using real soldiers to work out..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two: Name-Calling, Part II

Name-Calling, Part II: The proud badge of 'cowardice'

"...involved in the struggle for civil rights is well aware that setbacks are more common than successes. Unlike armchair..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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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.

"...David Schmoeller, William Wittliff, Edwin "Bud" Shrake, Terrence Malick, Warren Skaaren, Robert Burns, Cary White, Phil Schriber, Lou Perryman,..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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When Rush Limbaugh reinvented the blindly loyal conformist as a daring, oppressed, truth-seeking revolutionary, he also re-created the mainstream in his image

"...of the most hard-right, conservative Republican positions, they are pro-Iraqi invasion, anti-tax, and anti-big-government. Conversely, they are deeply anti-Democrat,..."

July 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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"...planning. Oil supplies are down, air pollution and global warming are up, and Central Texas politicians and planners still..."

May 28, 2004 Column

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"...24, the International Day of Direct Action Against the War. In all my years of protesting on behalf of..."

April 11, 2003 Column

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Richard Perle uses our government to line his pockets; and Congress wraps tax cuts for the rich in the flag.

"...policies to keep America in a perpetual state of war...."

April 11, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

An Iraq war vet responds to the senseless attack on Camp Casey

"...past week, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain Iraq war soldier, has set up camp outside President Bush's..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Those Crazy Brits

If the U.S.' biggest ally in Iraq is pulling out, why are they sending one of their princes there?

"...In a baffling week for war-watchers, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the UK will..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

2006 Political Procrastinators' Holiday Gift Guide

Some of these ideas might even be real

"...even more nostalgic, a John Wayne retrospective. Merry Xmas!Free Iraq Getaway Looking for a way to limit your in-laws'..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

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It’s 2006, George, Not 1706; and War Profiteers

"...WAR PROFITEERS War is hell – unless you're the CEO..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Enlist the rich; and Supremes clear the way for government to turn your property over to companies that'll pay more in taxes

"...HOW TO FIND AN EXIT STRATEGY IN IRAQ I know that us menfolk are notoriously bad at..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Beating the Back-Door Draft

Legal advice for reservists caught in the Iraq 'stop-loss' trap

"...enlistments in times of "national emergency." Webb opposes the Iraq War and hardly views the current situation as a..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...As a lounge owner in the Warehouse District I have been part of a team of..."

May 14, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...$1,170,000 ... (recommended by the Water & Wastewater Commission)." Anti-war activists, denouncing Halliburton as an Iraq war profiteer, are..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Lloyd Doggett feels the pressure of the "war hysteria."

"...if he thought Congress might be falling prey to war hysteria in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Reading the Roots

They came, they saw, they blogged

"...less annoyed than puzzled by Beach's dreary compilation of warmed-over Sixties stereotypes. The Kos site and then the Statesman..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

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Casualties of Bush's Contract Army; and Outsourcing America

"...comes another dirty little secret about the Bushites' disastrous Iraq war: Many more American troops have died there than..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Turning Cookies Into Armor; and A Regime of Injustice

"...elixir he calls the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq."..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Bushites fail to protect troops; and Wall Street divides up the bonus booty

"...From the beginning of Bush's wretched war in Iraq three years ago, our brave troops have..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Firefighters put to work as FEMA publicity agents; and poor, desperate Bushites look to the American people to pay for their mess in Iraq

"...Americans to make donations to their favorite cause: rebuilding Iraq!..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

While Georgie and Condi pass notes in class, the war refuses to end itself

"...in response to her note saying that "sovereignty" over Iraq had been duly (and secretly) transferred from the U.S.-run..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Mutual Interests

Military might makes investments right for teachers and state employees in Texas.

"...of work you do, you're profiting from the various wars, armed interventions, covert actions, and miscellaneous military conflicts now..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Call and Answer

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

"...-- remember? A couple of years and an oil war later, it seems so long ago. Power Failure, a..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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

March 21, 2003 Column

Do You Feel Safe? A Chronicle Questionnaire

Test your patriotism with our attempt at Total Information Awareness.

"...all the rage. We've embarked on several permanent, terrorizing "wars on terror": war on Osama bin Laden, war on..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature

The Next Chapter

Three Austin-based national-security experts offer their views on how America can rebuild its reputation in Iraq and beyond

"...day, there will be no more U.S. troops in Iraq, but that doesn't mean there will be no Americans..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

G.I. Jesus

Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...returns home to Los Angeles on a furlough from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

New Austin 'Spokes' Speak Out Against Tasers

Austin activists coordinate efforts on police tactics, war, and other issues

"...she notes. "It's all about our public money going towards these private entities so that they can profit off..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

"News dissector" Danny Schechter examines the media's complicity in promoting the war on terrorism.

"...other thorny questions about the media’s complicity in the war on Iraq. Schechter probes his subject matter not with..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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