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Our readers talk back.

"...Statesman on these issues, because some are affecting the middle class already. I'd like you to consider firing this..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...– Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, guest-teaching a Mendez Middle School class last week, and revealing the need to..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

We continue our gradual redesign, this week moving Michael Ventura's bebop discord up front, where we need it

"...move Michael Ventura's column, "Letters @ 3AM," from the middle of the publication back to the front, following the..."

July 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and he had served as a mentor at Fulmore Middle School. Brewster accepted on the spot our request to..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...a huge apartment complex from being built in the middle of their residential neighborhood...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...Brazil, the Caribbean, Louisiana, Greece, Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, and Pacific islands. Deejay Hayes McCauley enhanced..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...(Knopf, $25.95). The sequel to American Tabloid, and the middle book in his trilogy about America in the 1960s,..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...However, another letter writer ["Postmarks: The Police & the Middle Class,"] made the point that the police made the..."

April 13, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Policing the media, mediating the police.

"...The Police & the Middle Class..."

April 6, 2001 Column

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...Dear Editor: I am an eighth-grade student at Lamar Middle School. After reading Ms. Smart's "AISD Wins Callous Award,"..."

July 23, 1999 Column

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Bush on Borderline

"...Dear Editor, Something is missing in the "Postmarks" repartee between the anti-automobile car-mudgeons (Babich,..."

June 11, 1999 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...than at the Matador bill. Boston's Helium filled the middle spot on the all-Matador night, though they were there..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Off the Desk

"...Galindo, Graham, Harris, Kocurek, Pease, Pleasant Hil, and Sims. Middle schools include: Bedichek, Lamar, Murchison, and O. Henry. High..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

Ten Local Stories That Got Overshadowed

Most of these could top the charts in a normal year ...

"...lost funding for the district, and many of the missing students are in pre-K or kindergarten, an age where..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...original British comic never forgave the American version for missing all the brutality and inherent political satire of the..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat

Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?

"...people on the phone, but that the process is missing "all the road marks" of public response and much..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

DPS Troopers Push Undocumented Immigrants Into a Deportation Pipeline

Spike in traffic stops raises concerns about racial profiling, faulty record keeping, and the damage done to families

"...A Chronicle investigation suggests that the department is undercounting, missing most handover incidents in the statistics it compiles for..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...in chunks right before his eyes. When she goes missing, he must risk everything to find her, before he..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Memorial Celebrates

High school meets state standards, first time since 2002

"...were better prepared to deal with the leap from middle to high school. However, just as Miller deflected praise,..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...the story of a beautiful bank teller who goes missing in 1970s Smithville, Texas. In muted, dreamlike tones and..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Texans Face Patriots in 'Historic' Game

AFC titans clash Monday

"...is a bit of a push. New England is missing its best touchdown catcher in Rob Gronkowski. Houston is..."

Dec. 8, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

An Austin D.A. Turns to Detective Novels

Q&A with Mark Pryor on his Paris-set Hugo Marston mysteries

"...purveyors known as bouquinistes. When Hugo's bookseller friend goes missing, Hugo is determined to find him. In the process..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta

Hole in the Wall, Friday, September 16, 2011

"...nouns are fairly vital components to emotional communication, and missing them is missing the full message – maybe the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

My Children Are Becoming Heavy

When San Antonio rock ruled South Texas

"...Antonio feeds this historical dead zone but remains the missing piece in Lone Star music history. Long marginalized for..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...Stacked in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast of Downtown are thousands of..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

People who might not want anything to do with me look at my car and know there's something about America we agree on – something embodied in a '69 Chevy Malibu

"...Those four laborers with missing teeth – they did not look beaten down and..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two: Madness in General

A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year

"...Instead, of course, there is economic collapse. Still, never missing a beat, the same pundits inform us that the..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"...drummer James Gadson, plus two saxophonists, two trumpets (one missing from Live), and trombonist Ray Jackson. Beginning as sessionistas..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Letters @ 3AM

Science is an endeavor, an investigation, a body of knowledge, but it is also a behavior

"...million years old to 1.7 billion years old ... missing ... about 25% of the earth's history." The Lunar..."

May 23, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Boots and Suits, Scheming and Dreaming

The Wilson Brothers on The Wendell Baker Story

"...Though middle brother Owen co-stars as the rest home's scheming head..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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