TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me

Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate

"...an unholy union. Not just the TPPF, but the Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice and the Heritage Foundation, gathering..."

March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

He Supported School Vouchers, Sex, and Drugs

Beyond City Limits

"...tanks across the country are mourning the death of Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who championed a mixed..."

Nov. 16, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

Point Austin: No Choice

When bosses say their hands are tied, handcuffs follow

"...A few years ago, the late Milton Friedman visited the Texas Legislature, ostensibly on a humanitarian..."

July 1, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Klein in Town to Talk 'Shock'

Author/activist Naomi Klein will be in Austin this week to discuss the bailout and other upbeat topics

"...last year. The doctrine is elucidated by free-market maestro Milton Friedman, whom Klein quotes as saying "only a crisis..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Bush's IRS goes after poor folks; and the latest 'creep' of advertising

"...tax credit, which was first advocated by laissez-faire guru Milton Friedman and first implemented by Ronnie Reagan. But now..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Corporation

An immensely informative and provactive documentary about the growth of corporate entities within the legal sphere, marketplace, and human imagination.

"...Noam Chomsky and the Media) and not so usual (Milton Friedman, various whistle-blowers, and titans of industry) subjects, The..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...we initially welcomed the anti-Bush novelty of maverick Kinky Friedman. But however entertaining as a candidate, if Friedman were..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...we initially welcomed the anti-Bush novelty of maverick Kinky Friedman. But however entertaining as a candidate, if Friedman were..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...we initially welcomed the anti-Bush novelty of maverick Kinky Friedman. But however entertaining as a candidate, if Friedman were..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Just a Rat in a Cage

"...by an economist who defended the segregation of schools, Milton Friedman. Treating public education like a free-market capitalist experiment..."

Feb. 6, 2025 Postmarks

Imagine Universal Income

It's easy if you try

"...also been proposed by conservative economists Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman. In the late Seventies the Canadian government tested..."

Oct. 13, 2016 News Post by Robyn Ross

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...progress.) Even worse, traditional defenders of capitalism (the late Milton Friedman and his too-purist Ayn Randianism gets a bit..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

Democracy Incorporated

Writer Ed Burns on education, totalitarianism, and the possibility of community

"...M.] Daley machine, and he's someone who has that Milton Friedman idea of "Let's privatize." And again, the charter..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence'

Robert Bryce's dissection of the energy market isn't likely to win him friends.

"...between the guilty parties along political lines, laying into Milton Friedman and Al Gore equally. But there are bogus..."

March 7, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...his bill -- no less than free-market economics guru Milton Friedman -- as testimony continued late Tuesday night and..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Statesman takes a stand against the federal estate tax.

"...Even Milton Friedman would be hard-pressed to call millionaires "middle-class." But..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...other free-market projects that would warm the heart of Milton Friedman...."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz, right-wing economist Milton Friedman, and broadcaster Walter Cronkite all make the same..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Abilene," George Hamilton IV..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...State of Pride D: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar winning filmmakers..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...12:30am, Saxon Pub Willie Nelson/Kinky Friedman smoking buddy Dayton spent the last year concentrating on..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Is Glas Beoir Cac

No green beer here, a short list of pubs and eateries for an authentic St. Patty's Day

"...Schmidt, Cliff Hillis, Mean Creek, McAlister Drive, and Andy Friedman...."

March 18, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Election Results

State and local tallies

"...Burton273,03448.3%11,55435.6% Hector Uribe292,48651.7%20,86364.4% Agriculture Commissioner Hank Gilbert310,76252.3%22,87163.7% Richard “Kinky” Friedman283,24947.7%13,05036.3% Member, State Board of Education, District 5 Daniel Boone8,36022.5%1,96315.1%..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

A strong acting ensemble plays this Neil Simon comedy like there's no tomorrow

"...modern Saturday Night Lives and Mad TVs. We're talking Milton Berle here; we're talking Sid Caesar, Jack Benny, Henny..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Off the Record

"...OTR casts an early vote for local gadflies Kinky Friedman and Leslie. Going the Distance..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Column

The Top Texas 40 Chart

"...14 "Asshole From El Paso," Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature