The Hightower Report

Public schools sell their soul, and Lockheed sells us flying lemons

"...CORPORATIZING PUBLIC SCHOOLS..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.

"...and academics included – choose to express their viewpoints publicly on nuclear energy and its myriad benefits – among..."

April 30, 2004 Column

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...were weekly, if not daily setting off bombs in public buses, restaurants, and beaches. I've never been to Israel,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

The Candidate From Brown & Root

As Halliburton CEO, Dick Cheney and his employer made millions on government projects.

"...and Brown & Root have largely occurred in the public eye and have been scrutinized by the media. But..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...opposite appears to be true. Nader began creating powerful enemies in 1965 when he wrote Unsafe at Any Speed,..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Reform on Hold

Want Telecom Reform? Hang Up and Dial Again

"...time the Lege's poses are so well-practiced, and the public's senses so addled, that no one cares any longer..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Life on the 38th Parallel

GAINing Ground

"...million grant from the city, thus cutting off all public funding for the project and stopping it until the..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...but by the end of 1995, the tide of public opinion began to turn on Jim Bob Moffett and..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...political muck and corruption of the times. They make enemies, and they pay the price. This is no Oliver..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Shared Space: A Conversation About XR Public Art Join New Frontiers Curator Shari Frilot and XR..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...We don't associate with masked extremists. We are not enemies of the state. We are the state."..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

'Ich Bin ein Cheesehead'

Austin unionists prove they are Madison as hell

"...week, unemployment compensation, and worker's comp." Just as importantly, public sector employees have been at the core of the..."

Feb. 27, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Mobile Food

Some tips on getting a foot in the door of the trailer business

"...these rules are supposed to be based on maintaining public safety, but health department statistics that were presented at..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Page Two: Abandoned Ship

As distrust grows, cooperation becomes impossible

"...people being so certain results in the tension of public disagreements being heightened, sometimes past the point of reason...."

May 28, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Mackey Annotated

"...dent in the need. Health insurance (like firefighting or public roadways) is a mutual, public, shared burden that should..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Out of Balance

As we sit down to balance the books, we might consider our largest deficits

"..."You'll charge tolls over our dead bodies," went the public refrain, and, "You damn well better not raise the..."

June 12, 2009 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Herd Instinct: Rounding Up the Strayhorns

Who's voting for Strayhorn, and why?

"...Is the People's Republic of Austin – this liberal oasis of terminal democracy..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Whose City Is It?

Northcross Wal-Mart fight is about a lot more than a site plan

"...in our direction: music to an editor's ears. With enemies like Dobson, who needs friends?..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

Welcome to the "Best of Austin," in what in some ways feels like the worst of times.

"...Democrats saw them shut out and ignored by the Republican majority in both the Senate and House. There was..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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VanScoy's Agenda Part 2

"...a clue? Very probably because writing for a high-profile publication like the Chronicle gives her some measure of power..."

March 12, 1999 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...an alternative development plan for the controversial Triangle site, public workshops are planned for Sept. 3 and Sept. 17,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...oversight. The resolution on Thursday’s agenda covers workforce protections, public transparency, and the environmental impacts of increased AI infrastructure...."

April 25, 2025 News Feature

Labor Unions Split on Mayoral Race

Why Watson lost out on the Central Labor Council endorsement

"...of organizations was dubbed “Workers for Watson” and included public safety unions Austin EMS Association and the Austin Firefighters..."

Oct. 4, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...reflected in earlier reviews by the state Department of Public Safety and the Texas House of Representatives (both preceded..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Right-Wing Activist Chris Rufo Calls for “Siege” of University at UT

Professors were there to shut him down

"...to the nation’s system of higher education at UT’s Republican donor-funded Salem Center on Nov.13. But by the end..."

Nov. 17, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...A Vanishing Fog (Colombia, Czech Republic, Norway) Director//Screenwriter/Producer: Augusto Sandino In the middle of the..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beg to Differ, Mr. King

"...view of herself as a beleaguered victim of political enemies who have created a caricature of Moore and used..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Postmarks

Point Austin: The Struggle Continues

The Poor People's Campaign renews the long-term fight

"...gates, the latest in a series of nationally linked public actions organized by the Poor People's Campaign, reinvigorated by..."

June 15, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Adam Reposa on Ice

Sentenced to six months in jail for direct contempt, city’s DWI king meets stalemate in state courts

"...excessively confident, the kind of guy who'll deride a publication as an "entertainment weekly" while simultaneously asking for legitimate..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...discord goes double nationally, where Donald Trump's administration sees enemies everywhere – among Mexicans, Mus­lims, and refugees – yet..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

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