Objections to Wal-Mart Are Not 'Whining'

"...Dear Editor, In response to Josh Krause ["Postmarks," Jan. 12] and..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Postmarks

The Problem Is Big Government

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's belief that America's best days are behind..."

Nov. 2, 2004 Postmarks

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...Feisty old women who presume to tell everyone what to do and how to do..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

The Truth Is Right Here

"..."The Truth," as they say in the opening of each..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

On the Ground at Austin’s First-Ever African American Genealogy Conference

A community considers its roots

"...In visiting Growing Your Roots 2020: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference – the first event..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Hyde Park Theatre's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

Maggie Gallant relates her search for her birth parents with slow-burn storytelling that captivates with its blend of cheekiness and honesty

"...In 2006, Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires wrote that, in Austin, one-person theatrical vehicles..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The Luv Doc: In Favor of Waxing

There is far too much hair in the world already

"...keeps up with hers and that if she has to get waxed regularly, she doesn't see any reason why..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Rise of Radio

"...Dear Editor, Chase Hoffberger wrote a very interesting article on the..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Postmarks

U.S. Government Is Similar and Had Connections to Hitler's

"...Dear Editor, Louis Black has stridently contested assertions by conspiracists that..."

May 28, 2007 Postmarks

It Is as Some of Us Would Like It to Have Been

"...Dear Editor, I read with interest Michael Ventura's scourging of Mel..."

March 16, 2004 Postmarks

The Savage Touch

Coming Full Circle

"...Warfield, a professor of African-American studies at UT. At the time, an African-American-oriented station of any sort was desperately..."

April 30, 1999 News Column

The Luv Doc: Fast and Furious

Tornadoes are a dime a dozen in Oklahoma

"...My boyfriend likes to have sex that goes on for a long time...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The AggreGAYtor: March 11

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...her status, and Brett Ratner updates his public image. Today's AggreGAYtor is updating its resumé...."

March 11, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...But when a female friend says, "You gotta listen to this gal," revelation may be at hand. A friend..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Georges Méliès' Tricks and Treats

Creating the possibility that anything could happen onscreen was the great contribution of Georges Méliès

"...and he removes his head – while it continues to converse – and, headless, he places that head on..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The Treasure in Other People's Trash

Your loss is Davy Rothbart's gain

"...It's 11am, and Davy Rothbart thinks I'm the law. About five years ago, the Michigan-based author got..."

May 29, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: The Nameless Moon, Etc.

Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that

"...columns because I was short of space or because they distracted. Once in a while, I save what's worth..."

May 16, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: James Hillman (1926-2011)

Remembering James Hillman

"...Santa Barbara is a city on the California coast that teeters over the sea and will..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin

The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world

"...paragraph were a movie trailer, a sonorous voice would intone: "Some there are who live and die for literature...."

Jan. 29, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Cyberspace is nowhere and everywhere, a place where the articles on www.michaelventura.org hover and hang, nailed to a virtual wall like paintings in a museum

"...while back John called and asked that I contribute to "our tombstone." I said, "What?" He said something about..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Before the presidency is anything else, it's a job – a job that requires a dash of corruption

"...I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to his will, and dedicated myself to discovering his truth..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Learning about "manhood" from the movies

"...To track the drastic shifts in America's ideals of manhood,..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The University of Houston

"...The University of Houston's graduate program in creative writing is..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Little Fleshlets, On the Run

"...illustration by Jason Stout..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Taking the Low Road

Are Boycotts Still an Effective Strategy?

"...business, particularly a small start-up venture with little in the way of cash reserves, the threat of a boycott..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

First Thing to Turn to

"...Dear Editor, To Michael Ventura, whose “Letters at 3AM” were for..."

Nov. 27, 2021 Postmarks

Yes to Playful Pondering

"...Dear Editor, Re “Letters @ 3AM,” Feb. 4. The only thing..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Postmarks

If Only We Could Overlook Babich's Letters

"...Dear Editor, As I sit in record 104-degree heat, wondering if..."

July 11, 2005 Postmarks

Standiford Is Back; More of the Same

"...Dear Editor, [RE: "Driving in Sin," Letters @ 3am, May 27]..."

June 1, 2005 Postmarks

'Chronicle' Ignored Great Artists Honored by the Grammys

"...Dear Editor, The day after the Grammy Awards, it is worth..."

Feb. 12, 2008 Postmarks

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