The Hightower Report

The conventions offer TV-worthy news, if the networks would just look for it; and, teach English to foreigners! … so they can take your job

"...THE BREAKING NEWS YOU WON'T SEE..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Bill Clinton won't go away; a Harvard economist says you're poor because you deserve to be; Charles Schwab needs taxpayer help … to hunt ducks.

"...that doesn't know when to quit, like an overbearing brother-in-law you can't get out of your house, like a..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Back to the Great Recession; and Subsidizing Plutocrats

"...Back to the Great Recession..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Found in a Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag contained the pipe, the knife, five..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Hightower Report

The wrong side of democracy; and taxpayers' bucks fill corporate piggy banks

"...CREATING ENEMIES FOR AMERICA The first George W. to be president, George Washington, sagely..."

June 17, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The GOP Friends of Laura Pressley

Council candidate gets Republican backing

"...Now let's remember, the city elections are proudly non-partisan, and that has never..."

May 11, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...If anyone remembers Barry Smitherman from his time as Public Utility Commission member, they'll..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmaker David Blue Garcia Goes Back to the Border for Tejano

Guns, drugs, and laughs in this microbudget thriller

"...Ever since the Red Scare, movies and lawmakers have been like oil..."

March 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

UT and KUT's communications about the Cactus Cafe remain off-grid, while David Kimbrough Jr. reinstates his late father's legacy at TC's, and Alejandro Escovedo goes viral from the Stone Pony in Asbury Park

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 14..."

July 30, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

In With the Old, In With the New

"...The latest pile of poetry to hit the Chronicle reflects..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

SXSW Film Reviews

"...The Hunting of the PresidentD: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSW Update

Newly announced SXSW Film 2004 events include …

"...Culkin, Mandy Moore, and Patrick Fugit; Harry Thomason’s documentary The Hunting of the President, on the people who created..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Screens Feature

Talking with Paul Dalglish

A conversation with the Austin Aztex new old coach

"..."I am very very passionate about the way my teams try and play," Austin Aztex head..."

Aug. 13, 2014 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...The bar's gonna be pushed back, and all this is..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Housecleaning at Cap Metro

CFO and Engineering VP resign

"...Chief financial officer Randy Hume and Vice President of Engineering and Construction..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Standing by Stanley

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad interview with actor Karen Sharpe Kramer, the widow of the iconoclastic director.

"..."My father was the first person in Texas to get into..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

We Have an Issue: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ

Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape

"...Dead presidents are not often on the tip of the tongue..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Board Games

The AISD trustees play superintendent poker – by uneven rules

"...not only an unpaid and largely thankless job, but the bitter truth is that no matter what decisions the..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...It may be hotter than hades outside but the news from Fantastic Fest 2009 is cool, chilling, and..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Neruda

The famous Chilean poet is on the run in this biopic

"...The American audience likely didn’t need a cheat sheet for..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Nugent Is Good Nugent

GOP weeps over Nugent comments, but are these crocodile tears?

"...There's been hand-wringing and eye-rolling among the Texas GOP this..."

Feb. 23, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

Bush brings smog to Europe, and Rich Oppel blows smoke.

"...Several years ago, Alcoa's Rockdale plant was informed that the air pollution emissions from its smokestack, descending on neighborhoods..."

June 22, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Gorgeous George

George P. Bush capitalizing on Latino roots to stump for Uncle George.

"...and livened things up a bit. As with all the cities he's visited to promote Uncle George W. for..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Russell Contreras

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...Ed. note: Aguilar is a San Francisco-based journalist in the midst of a six-month road trip to politically "red..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Feds Escalate Legal Intervention Over SB 8

Biden's DOJ sues, files emergency motion to block Texas abortion ban

"...The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its legal challenge..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Moontower, Day 2: Dana Carvey

The 'SNL' star gave the Paramount crowd what they came for

"...audiences want from him, and that's what he gives them. The comedian has never been particularly prolific – averaging..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Dan Solomon

Media Clips

The Daily Texan student newspaper celebrates 100 years in publication as two former editors publish a book on the Texan's history.

"...Rogers, a 25-year-old attorney in Washington, D.C., and alumnus of the University of Texas, was the editor of The..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Where's Karl?

"...Since the return of the Bush papers to Austin, there have..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Afghan Thoughts

Elections and reconstruction expert Dan Grant discusses the presidential plan

"...With the widespread confusion and proclamations by armchair generals regarding Pres...."

Dec. 23, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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