Letter at 3AM

While remembering September 11, we owe it to ourselves to remember what its horrors have been shamelessly manipulated to obscure.

"...Aug. 12 reported that in January 2001, Clinton national security advisor Sandy Berger briefed Condoleezza Rice extensively on al..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Why Not Chicken Fat?

The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?

"...of biofuels "would not be a priority in his administration."..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two: Up, Up, and Away

Do Obama's sky-high approval ratings and unprecedented support indicate unrealistic expectations?

"...worked. There has been yet another peaceful change of administrations. The new president's widespread and enthusiastic support among the..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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"...citizens' constitutional civil rights; assured a "police force" (Homeland Security) with excessive powers; assured privatization of Social Security; and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column

The Fight

The ACLU heads into battle to protect your constitutional rights

"...often helplessly caught in the machinations of a presidential administration that seeks to override the courts at every turn,..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page Two: The Ways Sisyphus Had It Easy

Consequences of perception

"...often just hating one another, but even a hostile social environment was better than going to an empty house..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...be able to do things -- little things, like social security or public health or interstate highways or environmental..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Being president of America is not good for one's health.

"...rotten, scary, soul-eating job it really is. Take it administration by administration:..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Election Endorsements

"...the Department of Energy, environmental regulations, campaign financing regulations, social security, and medicare. In his newsletter, Paul has slammed..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The Common Law

COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 3)

"...President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (often called the CARES Act) into law on..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...book signing and panel discussion on the future of Social Security under the Bush administration with Joe Conason, Salon.com..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Page Two: Bond on Bond

All seven propositions on the current ballot represent a triumph of thought, vision, and planning

"...for too little. Even liberals who believe in the social safety net and in government's social, economic, and educational..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...starting with the public hearing tonight (Thursday) at Carruth Administration Center, 1111 W. Sixth, 7-11:45pm. Sign up today to..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...politicize the war on terrorism, and then, once the administration had retargeted Saddam Hussein, to transfer the terrorism hysteria..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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"...have less meaning every day. Mike Hanson is a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. I seem to recall..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

AISD Salaries Up for Debate

With cost of living going up, teachers need a raise

"...budget for the 2016-17 school year. In it, the administration proposes two salary changes: a 3% across-the-board pay raise..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...am deeply offended by the countless innuendoes in the liberal-socialist media that Christians, especially those who voted for President..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

Page Two: Other Shoes, Other Feet

Republicans blame it all on the Democrats, while outraged activists flirt with censorship

"...the very wealthiest Americans at the beginning of his administration, but in many cases, those cuts have gradually increased..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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"...So it boils down to Social Security benefits. You know what, Mike? Tough tit. You..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...came under increasing public and political attack. The Bush administration moved into high spin mode, promising an investigation of..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature

Not Shutting Up Anywhere

This Al Franken is your Al Franken

"...AF: Probably we'll be talking about the Bush administration, about Social Security, about the right-wing media: about our..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...1930s and early 1940s taking pictures for the Farm Security Administration. Working under the guidance of FSA Historical Section..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

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"...in the last year. For Time Warner's information, my Social Security paycheck increased 2.6% in the last year...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

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"...in the last year. For Time Warner's information, my Social Security paycheck increased 2.6% in the last year...."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

The Hightower Report

The Business Roundtable fights for CEOs' rights to rip off stockholders; Bushites fight for more bureaucracy and big government; and Tom DeLay fights for the rich.

"...Ashcroft, and the gang bark out the phrase, "Homeland Security?"..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

State: Give Us That Medicaid Money We Said We Didn’t Want

Texas lost out on a boatload of money when it declined to expand Medicaid. Now it wants that cash.

"...Texas health officials are asking the Trump administration to condone Texas' move to kick Planned Parenthood out..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

No Sanctuary

Adler, mayors, receive “no clarification” from Homeland Security

"...Thursday afternoon about his Wednesday meeting with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, but brought home precious little news..."

March 30, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Closing Open Records

Rick Perry and George W. Bush treat open records law as an obstacle to be gotten around, not a cornerstone of democracy.

"...loaded up a couple of trucks and carted his administration's archives to his father's Presidential Library, and nominally federal..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Broken Promises

"...Dear Editor, Social security isn’t a handout – it’s a promise that..."

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Nancy Pelosi Visits the New Seton

Dem leader and Lloyd Doggett lead roundtable on Obamacare

"...regular medical care, the current threats from the Trump administration (and others) against the law, and what still needs..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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