McCoy Eyes the Prizes: National Title, Heisman Trophy

A lot at stake this Saturday

"...are, in order: Nebraska, Tim Tebow, and Mark Ingram. The problem is he absolutely must beat the Cornhuskers, but..."

Dec. 3, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: Reading the Roots

They came, they saw, they blogged

"...If you retained any lingering doubts whether the "netroots" are necessary, a glance at Sunday morning's..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Beat Goes On: R.I.P. Uncle John Turner

Johnny Winter drummer and the power of three

"...sucks today, as it does on any day when the world tilts to one side and then straightens, one..."

July 26, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Mess With Da Bull, You Get the Horns

"...It's the oldest, truest, and most recognizable adage in all of..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Sports Post by Dave Mann

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...Paine, an Irving housewife, pulled into her driveway on November 21, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was in her front..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Throw the Switch

City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power Plant

"...For a man who seems to ignite a new controversy with every..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Million-Dollar Man

AG press spokesman Ted Delisi also works as a campaign consultant to George Bush.

"...Over the past six months, Gov. George W. Bush's presidential campaign..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Weird Scenes Inside the Joke Mine

Austin Comics at the Montreal Comedy Fest

"...hundred comics walk into a bar.... It sounds like the opening line to a joke (and it probably is..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Arts Feature

Eighth Street Survivors Still Wait for Resolution From the City and APD

Sixteen months later, civil and criminal cases move slowly

"...To the Austin Police Department, the thousands of people who gathered..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...reference to not only his own musical endeavors, but the unappreciated depth of Black talent in the Texas capital...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...could point to her aggressive reorganization and rebuilding of the D.A.'s Office, to her dramatic reduction in prosecutions of..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project

New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard

"...This spring, the board of trustees for the Texas Civil Rights Project,..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Sheryl Cole and Chito Vela: The Prize Fight

All eyes on the Democratic primary run-off in House District 46

"...The March Democratic primary election in House District 46 came..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Does Anybody Want the Warren Wildlife Gallery in Bouldin Creek?

Rick Warren's indoor safari brings turmoil to the South Austin neighborhood

"...Nobody's missing this mammoth among the single-family houses in Bouldin Creek. When its exterior was..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...ago, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a brief pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group...."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Boys Club

Female employees say gender discrimination persists at City Hall. Could a new resolution fix the broken system?

"...Mapi Vigil felt she had earned a move up the career ladder. Encouraged by her supervisors, the Austin Watershed..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Once and Future Library

New library committed to creating community gathering space

"...create an iconic landmark that is a tribute to the love of knowledge that this community has ... a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...A to point B, and you feel like walking, there's one big question...."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...From The Land Before Time to An American Tail, from Dragon's..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"..."Only a sustained, informed, courageous, and humane struggle can build a living community within the shell..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...time – and not just because it kicked off the cocktail hour. That was the time, in the Central..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...Our last City Council contest, in 2009, which filled the mayoral chair and three council seats, garnered a whopping..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: The Ways Sisyphus Had It Easy

Consequences of perception

"...I don't have the strength..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Louis Black

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...In making this statement to the crowd in the lobby of the B. Iden Payne..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ending the Water War

What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?

"...Stacked neatly at the Austin Water Utility are boxes and boxes of brochures..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Brain Behind Cyc

Doug Lenat discusses artificial intelligence and its increasing presence in the next century.

"...for a CEO -- no wristwatch. But as a man who has devoted over two decades of his life..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...I could just put one down to fill up the page and hope that I have time to change..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Territory Schedule

"..."My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts" (Torill Kove, Canada, 10:35 min.,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature

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