The Hightower Lowdown

The White House and Pentagon bomb us with propaganda; Enron's empire crumbles; stuff you don't need.

"...Kenneth Lay basked in the limelight of his corporate success...."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...26, on the criminal convictions of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Attorneys for Lay and Skilling..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya's "tax rebate" was really a deceptive slight of hand; overworked doctors endanger your life; and a contest to rename Enron.

"...heyday of this swaggering corporation's lavish image building, CEO Kenneth Lay plopped down $100 million to buy the naming..."

March 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Enron's true crimes are the legal things it did; Boeing patriotically rips off us taxpayers; and Bob Barr acts like a crack smoker.

"...Enron and its conniving CEO, Kenneth Lay, were wired directly to the top: They were..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

A recap of a conversation with the late Henry B. Gonzalez, the Bush press machine rumbles along, the press speculates on Bush's appointments.

"...find a place in his administration for Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, considering that Lay and his Enron buddies have..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Hubris at Enron

Rarely have convictions been more deserved than those of former executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling

"...a Houston jury found both Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay guilty of various crimes they committed while the duo..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Oscar winner documents the collapse of Enron in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish.

"...understand the factors that led to Enron’s demise, although laymen may occasionally wish for a pause button in the..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Lowdown

Hey, rich people steal, too! And, in Bolivia, the U.S. takes the wrong side ... again.

"...-- the guy who holds up a 7-Eleven, or Kenneth Lay, the ex-CEO of Enron who sat in his..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

The protests fizzled, and the speeches were a snooze: an overview of last week's Fortune 500 Conference.

"...at the Capitol, both Dell and Enron chief executive Kenneth Lay talked about how the new economy forced them..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

The Pentagon lies to us … and unashamedly admits it; Global Crossing investors and employees get Enronized; New York City whores its parks to the highest bidder.

"...This poster boy is not Ken Lay of Enron, but Gary Winnick of Global Crossing Ltd.,..."

March 1, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...being convicted of multiple counts of fraud, Enron founder Kenneth Lay died Wednesday morning of a massive heart attack...."

July 7, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...out the brush and undergrowth? They don't need to lay a sidewalk, just make the existing path useable!..."

May 30, 2003 Column

After a Fashion

"...punishment for her crime, let's hope Dubya's good friend Kenneth Lay gets drawn and quartered for his. Perhaps the..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

So Angry About the Way Things Are as to be Dizzy

"...expenses. Why aren't helicopter gunships threatening insurance company skyscrapers? Kenneth Lay is living it up on 200 million bucks..."

May 21, 2004 Postmarks

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...The foreplay is officially over between the city of Austin and..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Council Crush

"...This week's City Council agenda is more jam-packed than Kenneth Lay's closet of skeletons. Okay, that's an overstatement --..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature

Pioneer Spirit

"...of Enron David Laney Dallas Attorney, Jenkins & Gilchrist Kenneth Lay Houston CEO, Enron; wife Linda gave Bush $22,500..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...Around 9pm on Aug. 14, 1996, 19-year-old Kenneth Foster and three companions – Julius Steen, Mauriceo Brown,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Execution Stayed Until TDCJ Makes New Spiritual Adviser Rules

State's neglect also places Stephen Barbee at risk of torture

"...Criminal Justice to let spiritual advisers pray aloud and lay hands on inmates in the chamber nearly a year..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...Kenneth Semien Sr. stands on the Texas Capitol steps in..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...the tall, open-air, rustic-moderne space of the new hall playfully counterpoises the meaty, smoke-stained walls of the original. It's..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...(which would be very tough) they'll probably have to play against Italy or Mexico. Belgium, which just won from..."

May 24, 2002 Column

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...the flames they made a grisly discovery: Four girls lay dead inside the shop, three of them stacked like..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...Editor: Smart growth, eh! By whose definition? In "The Lay of the Land" [Vol.18, No.23], writer Mike Clark-Madison reports..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Arista out of Austin?

"...and noticed that the TV over the bar was playing the movie Hollywood Knights, specifically his big scene in..."

April 17, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Bob Trevino Likes It Director/Screenwriter: Tracie LaymonProducers: Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Edgar Rosa, Felipe Dieppa After..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 30 - August 5

"...CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn poet Kenneth Rexroth was shirtless as he strolled along a rural..."

July 30, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Film Festival Review: Mansfield 66/67

Did sexess spoil Jayne Mansfield, or was it … Satan?

"...666 triptych, please) and the Hollywood Babylon gang – Kenneth Anger, for the most part – have to work..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Death Watch: Executing Texas' Law of Parties

Jeff Wood never killed anybody; Robert Pruett may not have either. Why does the state want to put them both to death?

"...his fellow inmates' cells. Eighty prisoners broke out and lay waste to the complex. It took 100 officers two..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...and Gov. Rick Perry then accepted it, Hampton's client Kenneth Foster would be dead by dinnertime. Hampton was agitated...."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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