Coming Home in the Dark

Brutal New Zealand revenge drama asks if monsters are made or just accidents

"...Directed by: James Ashcroft. Starring: Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Daniel Gillies, Matthias..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Lowdown

Resurrecting Cointelpro; The Cold Side of 'Workfare'

"...John Ashcroft keeps surprising us. Just when you think that, surely,..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...That Wasn't," Jan. 5] made the general statement that James Beathard "probably was not guilty" and received questionable representation...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Top 10 Drug-War Stories

Struggling against the hysteria

"...Despite growing opposition to federal mandatory-minimum sentencing, U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, offered a bill to lengthen and strengthen..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

The White House is intent on totalitarian measures and war; it employs incoherence because it cannot speak plainly of its machinations.

"...Bush's "restructuring" of American democracy. On July 13 John Ashcroft's Justice Department resisted any oversight by both House and..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...the Supreme Court, representing the plaintiff in Eldred v. Ashcroft, and argued that Congress had violated the Constitution by..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Made in Texas

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Should Texas have seen this coming?

"...General Alberto Gonzales was accused by his former deputy James Comey of stalking former AG John Ashcroft to his..."

May 18, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perversion of Power

"...Iraq's WMD to the U.S. invasion. Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft's successor, zealously argued for the use of torture as..."

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"...shining some light into this dark corner of the Ashcroft Justice Department. Not to be dramatic, but I am..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...Ralph Hall, D-Rockwall) have demanded that Attorney General John Ashcroft release the staff memorandum on the Texas case, and..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...James Parson..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

The Sum of All Fears

Tom Clancy's CIA agent Jack Ryan makes his fourth film appearance in this thriller.

"...by: Phil Alden Robinson. Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

South

SXSW records

"...missing link between Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Richard Ashcroft, and South's lazy, guitar-inflected electronic groove on what may..."

March 1, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

The Bushes suddenly discover women's rights in Afghanistan, tear up the Bill of Rights, and let pesticide companies test their poisons on human beings.

"...I want it back from Bush, Ashcroft, Ridge, and their whole gaggle of small-minded autocrats who..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Strategic Air Command

In his seventh starring turn with noted alpha-male auteur Anthony Mann, Jimmy Stewart is aging third baseman "Dutch" Holland -- 152 RBI last season and a brand-new $70,000 contract, to boot -- whose country wants him back in the USAF.

"...D: Anthony Mann; with James Stewart, June Allyson, James Millican, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan,..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

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"...[for the ACC Board] ...." My name is Dr. James McGuffee, and I have been actively campaigning for the..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Austin Film Festival Unveils Complete Lineup

David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' opens fest

"...Dustin Hoffman (Director) SHADOW DANCER - Tom Bradby (Writer), James Marsh (Director) THE SAPPHIRES - Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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"...on to dedicated friends such as Sean O'Neal and James Minor. We love making electro and Eighties music exciting..."

May 9, 2003 Column

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"...the Capitol the other day to support the whacked-out Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Ashcroft administration's Vietnam-or-Korea-in-the-desert war policy of "a cakewalk to Baghdad"..."

April 4, 2003 Column

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

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"...James Stauber..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...be mind-addlingly loud and depraved beyond Attorney General John Ashcroft's wildest wet dreams. Austin's newest big-dumb-rock supergroup maintains an..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

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"...our thirsts, a minority government run by Sir General Ashcroft, and free rides from Amy Babich. Yes, Bruce Sterling..."

March 8, 2002 Column

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"...at the Second Amendment, by mocking Attorney General John Ashcroft's refusal to (illegally, under the Brady Bill) use Justice..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

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"...at the Second Amendment, by mocking Attorney General John Ashcroft's refusal to (illegally, under the Brady Bill) use Justice..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Hypocritical corporate "patriotism"; Congress declares war on civil liberties; Congressmen spend for our country.

"...Constitution that they're pounding. One of Attorney General John Ashcroft's hit men for gutting our civil liberties with this..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

As events unfolded on September 11, it became difficult to overcome the impression that no one was in charge.

"...the towers collapsed, a cabinet-level official finally speaks. 7:13, James Woolsey, former CIA director: "It is clear now the..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura