The Hightower Report

Weapons in the Name of Peace?; and Conservatism or Crackpotism?

"...Iraq, India, and Vietnam poured billions into purchases of military playthings that go boom. Again, U.S. dealers were the..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Show Pictures From the War

"...It amazes me that even though there are two military occupations/wars, the faces of those who have been killed..."

Oct. 6, 2010 Postmarks

The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel

In this beautifully written short novel, García revisits the theme of cultural identity that arises from the isolation and dislocation from one's homeland

"...all-too-recent civil war, who is attending a conference of military leaders; and an expatriate Cuban poet and his American..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Zero History

The onetime king of modern sci-fi is becoming less Ray Bradbury and more John le Carré

"...those caught by his gravity. His new fascination with military and faux-military garb brings a couple of Spook Country..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone helms this clash of the titans of action cinema that coasts on its concept while blowing up lots of stuff.

"...set up these characters all that well. Are they ex-military, ex-assassins, or what? There's an argument to be made..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Into the Valley of Death, and Back Out Again

Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan

"...Company is no longer in the Korengal, the U.S. military having ceded that virtually intractable, improbably beautiful hellscape to..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Two Brothers, Two Paths

AFS Documentary Tour: The Oath

"...and whose trial, seven years later, by a Bush-era military tribunal, was overturned by the Supreme Court as a..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Page Two: Kool-Aid for the Sheeple!

Burning the Reichstag in a hall of mirrors

"...the 'Global War on Terror', the Patriot Acts and Military Commissions Act, the illegal wiretaps and wholesale data mining,..."

June 4, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Shake Appeal

James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix

"...company nurse, and they're a big insurer of the military, so she met my stepfather there. They got married..."

May 28, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Train! The Train!

What, where, when, and who on the Red Line

"...crossing zones, $3. (Reduced fare for students and active military: $1/$1.50.) Or there are various MetroPlus multiride passes:..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...reshape Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and close unnecessary military bases? Instead, they initiated two wars and endless spending..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Gay Place

Don't ask or tell them to stay in that stinky closet

"...this. Both my mother and my father were career military people. Despite my passive lefty fervor, I couldn't be..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Red Cliff

Tens of thousands of arrows darken the sky in John Woo's epic retelling of an ancient Chinese battle.

"...stars of the film are Liu Bei's uncannily successful military strategist, Zhuge Liang (Kaneshiro) and the tactics he devises..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...absurdist subtitles; and a spot-on, black-and-white re-creation of old-school military training films starring – who else? – Big Duke..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success

Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy

"...Diplomats Face Backlash in Islamabad." "Parts of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are mounting what American officials ......"

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

The Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force fills a giant wooden hangar with vintage flying machines and memories

"...has grown to include rare vintage airplanes and a military museum. Because this is also a maintenance shop, you..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Afghan Thoughts

Elections and reconstruction expert Dan Grant discusses the presidential plan

"...these days, he helps train state department civilian and military personnel on what to expect there...."

Dec. 23, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Conditions on the Ground

This is no war on terror; we're taking sides in a civil war

"...One thing, at least, is clear: "America's military spending in Afghanistan alone next year will now exceed..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

I'll Be Seeing You

This revue of World War II tunes gives new meaning to 'home for the holidays'

"...years ago. With 16 million Americans serving in the military – close to three-quarters of them overseas – just..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Obama Should Consult Powell

"...be remembered that Gen. Powell is the only U.S. military commander in the last 56 years who planned a..."

Nov. 25, 2009 Postmarks

Planet 51

In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.

"...wants to go home, of course, but the greenie military rep (Oldman) and token mad scientist Professor Kipple (Cleese)..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?

DPS says keep eye on kiddos or drug gangs will do it for you

"...Zetas, a newer cartel made up mostly of former military commandos. Reportedly Cardona and Reta were given six months..."

Nov. 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Abandoning Illusions

Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire

"...doesn't yet seem to have earned all the gentle military attention the U.S. is lavishing upon it, so we..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Election? Apparently.

Texas has 11 new amendments and a thimbleful of voters

"...financing districts to pay for development buffer zones around military bases, and it still passed by 10 percentage points...."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Haters and Promises

Whether it's in or it's out, the right twists reality to suit its own views

"...Kennedy made the decision not to supply the promised military backing during the Bay of Pigs invasion...."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Louis Black

In Fog of War, No One Has the Facts

"...governments have spent their resources, and one immediately finds military deployments, weapons development, intelligence gathering, violence through proxies, economic..."

Aug. 27, 2009 Postmarks

District 9

Aliens-on-earth tale is wrenching, riveting, violent and best of all, a love story

"...Jo'Burg's unsettled, xenophobic citizenry. Overseen by the ominously privatized military/corporate entity Multinational United, the mass eviction of the aliens..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Revolution in Our Own Streets

"...covert operations in Iran, including funding for opposition groups, military black ops, and electronic communications. Can you say Twitter?..."

June 29, 2009 Postmarks

More of the Same

"...and the armed services' prohibition of gays in the military. (But he’s stonewalling – pun intended.) The gay community..."

June 26, 2009 Postmarks

Point Austin: In Memoriam

How can we best honor those who have died in our names?

"...it has been difficult to pretend seriously that our military might and our enlisted men and women have been..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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