Writers on Kennedy

What we think about when we think about JFK

"...three months but was still using his Alabama license. Jim Crow justice was swift; King was convicted and sent..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Fred McGhee

A Few Good Men

The Georgetown Palace production isn't always effective, but it gets at the continued relevance of Aaron Sorkin's script

"...a dozen Marines, led by a marching drill sergeant (Jim Mutzabaugh, in his 41st production at the Palace), running..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Two Gorehounds Go West

Horror directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks tackle a period Western

"...sequel. (Henkel dubs it a modern take on Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal.") Boneboys premiered at Montreal's Fantasia Fest..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Fall On Me

Three fall Austin music perennials.

"...It's part of people's memory, their record collection." – Jim Caligiuri Austin City Limits Music FestivalZilker Park, Oct. 12-14..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...as "enhanced prosecution" – a focused effort to deal swiftly and sternly with those responsible for drug and related..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...fliers. A lot of G.I.s in town from Camp Swift or Fort Hood couldn't afford hotel rooms, so we'd..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Developing Stories: Controlling Developers

The hidden costs of Proposition 2

"...Morrison, I reviewed the charter amendment language with attorney Jim Cousar of Thompson & Knight, the city's longtime outside..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Hightower Report

The Price of Autocratic Arrogance; and Guilt by Association

"...Harold Simmons, the right-wing Texas billionaire who funded the Swift Boat Veterans front group that served as Republican attack..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

National Top 10s

"...10) The Clutters, Don't Believe a Word (Chicken Ranch) Jim Caligiuri..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Naked City

"...subdivision into Bear Creek in Dripping Springs has been swift and vocal. Every jurisdiction on record, plus the Save..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature

Rove: The History Campaign

Turd Blossom to bloom anew in Hill Country

"...he was behind the scenes with some of the Swift boat attacks."..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bardot, Buñuel, Handy Manny, and Home Run Derby

"...the bottom of things. Also stars Timothy Hutton and Jim Gaffigan. Directed by Hilary Brougher (The Sticky Fingers of..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...it would take someone on the order of Jonathan Swift to be able to write about it. Any objective..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

King's Ransom (discography)

"...and far out as the artwork by Lizzy loyalist Jim Fitzpatrick. The CD attaches two period singles, notably "Whisky..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Assume that it's beyond doubt that Rep. Jim Pitts is an untrustworthy, sorry individual for breaking his..."

July 29, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and other profanities. Thus, the Chronicle's indignation over the Swift Boat ads is disingenuous at best. Bush is going..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column

It's a Conspiracy!

The landowner alleges vile collusion between City Hall and Stratus Properties -- but not actual citizens.

"...then called the Monaghan agreement, after S.R. Ridge principal Jim Monaghan. At the time, former City Attorney Andrew Martin..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...team, the Holland brothers and Eddie Dozier.") It's a swift, lurid morality play, the narrative barreling along with golden..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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SWT creative writing director Tom Grimes' new novel: an excerpt

"...Tom Grimes is flagrantly intelligent and a swift, smooth, ultra-savvy novelist. He's also as funny -- in..."

April 25, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...but it seems there is seldom a unanimous or swift solution. However, all people are the stewards of God's..."

June 28, 2002 Column

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...and adding guests like (now late) pedal steel legend Jimmy Day, fiddle giant Johnny Gimble, songwriting peers like Butch..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...buildings, you can see the red-brick ruins of the Swift Company packing house that built the city, back when..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Hitting the Sauce

Scoop. Crunch. Swig. Vote. Pass.

"...bet or high school extortion photos. The always good-natured Jim Shahin shows up (nine years running) sometimes with wife..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...Congressman Henry Gonzalez, Dr. Benjamin Spock, John Henry Faulk, Jim Hightower, Ralph Yarborough, Cesar Chavez, former secretary of labor..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...hero of Man of the Century, Johnny is a swift-talking newspaper man out of time, adrift in the politically..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Mark Doty, Spike Gillespie, Memoirs Elva Treviño Hart, Edward Swift, Moderator: Elizabeth Crook..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...collection joins Don Graham's Giant Country: Essays on Texas, Jim Sanderson's A West Texas Soapbox, both published in 1998,..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Pushing the Envelope

"...took "Best Mexican American Performance," and LS7 member Flaco Jimenez grabbed an additional statue for himself in the Tejano..."

March 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

The Sweet Science

"...Jim Spacht..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Live Shots

"...spit out, and shoved off the stage with a swift kick in the ass. Rock & roll, then, plain..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature

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