The Hightower Report

Even W wonders; and Bush's hatchet man thrives on attacking 'political enemies'

"...But, like a predator who's always seeking ever bigger..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Symphony 4th of July Concert and Fireworks

Zilker Park, Monday, July 4, 2005

"...Traditionally, the Fourth of July is when we celebrate..."

July 1, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Bikes Across Borders Light Up Your Bike Night Ride and Vigil

Zilker Park, Friday, May 13, 2005

"...This Friday is the 13th. Statistically however, it’s pretty..."

May 13, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...Blizzard is right, of course, that a design ordinance..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Quality of Life for Blacks in Austin: Going Beyond Midtown

The city's treatment of blacks – both governmentally and culturally – is questioned

"...social scene." Additionally, 27% said Austin lacked a "critical mass" of blacks, while 8% said the city's reputation kept..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

Cry over the election if you must, but don't let the bastards sap your vitality. American progressives started seriously mass-scale organizing only about a year ago, and in just one year we came within reach of victory.

"...It took them 16 years. American progressives seriously started mass-scale organizing only about a year ago. In just one..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The great days of the United States of America are over: Our country is now important economically only because of its citizens' consumption

"...The administrations of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

At their best, our 2004 endorsements take a stand, but invite readers to agree or disagree with their reasoning

"...One quick note on commuter rail: Ignore the numbers..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Rome Fell and So Can U.S.

"...Dear Editor, Americans are fantastically gluttonous. Analysis of consumption..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Not unlike a Lester Bangs junior critic contest submission,..."

July 30, 2004 Column

You Can't Have That!

'Chronicle' sues city to release APD records

"...Austin-based Signature Science joined SwRI in 2001 as a..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

To Your Health

Treating fibromyalgia

"...all of us: the decline in skin thickness, muscle mass, immune function, sexual performance, memory, eyesight, bone mass, sleep..."

July 9, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Steady as She Goes

Li'l Cap'n Travis humbles its way into Austin's musical heart

"...With the release of their third full-length, ... In..."

July 2, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Too Little, Late at 'Times'

The Gray Lady apologizes (sort of) for its ham-handed Iraq propaganda

"...On May 26, The New York Times took the..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

News/Print

Tom Doyal vs. Rasputin would be a damn good dogfight draw, don't you think?

"...It can't be coincidence that one of the funniest..."

April 9, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Short Cuts

Holy relentless tide of divergent marketing options, Batman! Jason Henderson's Sword of Dracula sees its stakes raised.

"...We Bite/Stickmen With Rayguns Dept.: In what surely must..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Malcolm Bucknall + Bale Creek Allen

Malcom Bucknall's classic technique and Bale Creek Allen's witty conceptualism are different as can be, but the contrast is part of what makes this D Berman Gallery exhibit so enjoyable

"...In stark contrast to the smooth fantasy of Bucknall's..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), and Wes Craven's A..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Naked City

The Propaganda Industry: A Conversation with Sheldon rampton

"...Following their books Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), and Wes Craven's A..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Disgusted With Bush

"...Bush has lied to the people and to Congress..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Postmarks

Crass Ignorance

"...Upon reading Michael King's response to Dr. Beckwith ["Postmarks,"..."

Aug. 25, 2003 Postmarks

"New American Talent: The Eighteenth Exhibition"

For the 18th edition of the annual "New American Talent" show at Arthouse, curator Dominic Molon has steered away from choosing what might be the "best" new art today and chosen instead what suits his particular tastes, which means art that is sardonic, humorous, and hip, with lots of brightly surreal color and texture.

"...Good thing I'm not Dominic Molon, associate curator of..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

The Hightower Lowdown

Republicans come out against "misleading information" -- oh, the irony! And, patriotic defense contractors refuse to buy American.

"...But one of the latest actions by the Bushites..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

An Atlanta man gets the FBI once-over for reading an alt-weekly article in a coffee shop

"...Schultz remembered that during his visit to Caribou, he..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Page Two

Republicans' special-session maneuvering shows contempt for Texans and mischaracterizes Texas' political history; the same party asks for the same kind of blind allegiance on foreign policy.

"...the South. Only after President Lyndon Johnson pushed through massive civil rights legislation in the early Sixties did Republicans..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...that the country can rely no longer on its massive but doddering stockpile of nuclear weapons. As the NNSA..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and I am OK with that. I come from Massachusetts and have only been in the Austin area for..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Page Two

Songs of democracy in distress

"...Even if the Iraqis have weapons of mass destruction,..."

April 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...On smoking guns: American units are searching for the..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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