Letters at 3AM

Evaluating the Ten Commandments as a teaching tool in the American classroom

"...other "dude" and whose work ethic consists of waiting for just the right wave -- might be surprised to..."

April 14, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

The DARE Debate

Austin Police Kick Drug Prevention Program

"...of large cities -- including Seattle, Washington, and Oakland, California -- to ditch the high-dollar program, which costs about..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of an environmentally sensitive aquifer (ostensibly the raison d'�tre for the documentary) takes a twelfth-Cadillac-back seat to the colorful..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Wanted: High-Tech Labor, Will Train

Will a Tight Labor Market Short Circuit Austin's High-Tech Industry?

"...and other high-tech manufacturers in Austin are not cheering for Samsung to locate here. Why?..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Austin Chamber Music Center Chamber of Diversity

"...equally committed and respected organizations in Europe and South America...."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

Zero Waste, Black-Owned Startup Nurtures Community One Plant at a Time

Black Lives Veggies plants seeds of change

"...Austin farmland, a group of volunteers is bundling plants for pickup and Larry Franklin is demonstrating how he fortifies..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Letters at 3AM: Stirling at Road's End

Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out

"...and The Towering Inferno. He won a 1967 Oscar for In the Heat of the Night, a screenplay important..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

By Any Means Necessary

Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too

"...her head, one foot serving as a literal footrest for the other, plugs in her ears, eyes on the..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...as if your paper has been putting lots of effort into whistle-blowing and finger-wagging at the supposed wrongdoings of..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column

Look Ma, No Hands!

How the underground press evolved into the alternative press.

"...point. At some unmarked moment we all sort of forgot that we'd been trying to bring down the American..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...I'm a sucker for that hook. Barzun's life has, indeed, been a happy,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Public Notice

Susceptible? Predisposed?

"...makes a difference. One new option in the quest for detection might be genetic testing. This is a hot..."

April 9, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin Playhouse’s The Immigrant

The company delivers a powerful and timely account of foreigners making a new home in the U.S.

"...Jew who leaves the motherland in the early 1900s for the United States. Eschewing the bigger cities, Haskell arrives..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Hightower Report

Ryan rants, and a new voice of morality responds

"...of the House Budget Committee, he has pushed feverishly for gutting America's highly successful food stamps program. Why? Because,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

What's Your Occupation?

Targeting July Fourth and the Capitol, Occupy Austin considers its future

"...a list of grievances and hold a series of teach-ins and marches. This is the first locally organized effort..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Adam Wasch

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...countercultural icon – an early member of the Students for a Democratic Society, one of the rebellious Weathermen, and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...to make art, Ney constructed a space in Austin for the arts to grow. Although Formosa, her estate in..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drug War Just McCarthyism Revisited

"...Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once said, "What experience and history teach is this – that nations and governments have never..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

Pretty much all the major culture war battlefronts are encapsulated in this very readable primer on the burgeoning Christian political movement in the U.S.

"...rule." One of its bedrock principles is that the American founders were, despite most evidence to the contrary, committed..."

June 23, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

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"...Heartfelt Goodbye to CliffordDear Editor,..."

May 26, 2006 Column

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"...Helping Make It Safe for Stratus, Trammell Crow ...Dear Editor,..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "You can say one thing for the governor and legislative leadership – once they latch..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Get on the Bus

A guide to anti-war events nationally and in Texas on Sept. 24

"...about to change. Many of Louisiana's displaced and other Americans are winding their way to Washington, D.C., to demand..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...business, he told several residents, and was going to transform the land into a corporate hunting retreat where he..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...with who knows how many others, I went to perform my civic duty and vote in the run-off election...."

June 17, 2005 Column

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...observers, the international school isn't even the best thing for the immigrant students themselves. While the school appears to..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...Lynn Street rail houses in old West Austin. Our efforts took us through the process that earned these houses..."

May 7, 2004 Column

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...The push for computerized voting gained momentum after the 2000 presidential election,..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...Council, and the favorite council member of the Austin American-Statesman...."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...like an equal place at the bargaining table. As before, we do not dispute the right of Stratus to..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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