The Hightower Report

Choosing a Veep; and The Deliberate Deceit of Drug Ads

"...The nation's political pundits have spent weeks trying to tell..."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Beside the Point

The process that netted us Police Chief Art Acevedo – held up as exemplary for all future "critical hires" for the city – is starting to look like a happy accident

"...now it's carved in granite tablets, conventional wisdom from the Statesman's Bat Cave to the Chron's executive washroom, that..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Scene

Jones' town

"...Ring the bells! Storm the gates! Raise the flags! And..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

Fanning the flames of the ACL Music Festival 2007

"...Ring of Fire..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Key (Chain) to Chief Ellison's Heart

Hey, who wants an Austin Police badge?

"...its Citizen Police Academy (an 11-week crash course on the daily workings of the cop shop) with a certificate..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Chewing Up the Scenery

Last thoughts on Planet Earth

"..."The inhabitants of this great wilderness may live and die..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy

With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

"...Tired of the same old haunted mansions with chain-saw psychos and hockey-masked..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Beside the Point

The downtown plan moves forward, but the direction is a little uncertain

"...Of the untold thousands of recent Austin transplants, one stands out..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

U.S. media establishment yawned at damming Downing Street Memo; and Merck launches advertising blitz to portray itself as 'huggable teddy bear of a corporation'

"...MEDIA ASLEEP ON BUSH'S WAR LIES Thank goodness the establishment media barons in our country are not in..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Corporate advertising pisses me off; and, the rich get richer

"...I don't mean on radio, TV, billboards, and other commercial spaces. I also don't merely mean that it's..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Be a Jewel; Truly Beautiful Art

"...Let's travel once again out to the Far, Far, Far-Out Frontiers of Free Enterprise...."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Conservative Coalition Caught in Anti-Porn Ring!

Legislators vow to crack down on Internet child porn, even where it doesn't exist.

"...With the state budget now $7 billion in the hole and..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

Wal-Mart cares about its employees -- especially the dead ones; giving the finger to corporations could cost you your privacy; and Tattered Cover stands up for its customers' rights.

"...so much that it takes out life insurance on them. But this is not an insurance policy that pays..."

May 24, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Behind the Scenes

They're not exactly famous, but onetime Austinites Buddy and Julie Miller make some of the most authentic country music around.

"...-- are content to just listen to whatever's on the radio. They don't give a lot of thought to..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House

"...Sanity "Crisis, crisis!" squawks Little George Bush, pointing to the rolling blackouts, skyrocketing electric bills, and general energy mess..."

April 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rock the Boat

Atheist or Agnostic?

"...built various businesses and homes in town, later dividing the property among his sons. Perkins, who retired after working..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature by Karen Olsson

Under the Big Top

TV Eye

"...Browning's 1932 film classic Freaks. Because it is in the imagination business, Hollywood has always been fascinated with the..."

April 17, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Tales from the Squeezebox

Mingo Saldivar

"...Please pardon the cliché, but it's a long way from the conjunto..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...Tatum is like suntan lotion. Though he emerged in the Aughts as Wild Nothing, his Eighties-washed indie synth-pop goes..."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Endorsements for the November 2024 General Election

Mayor, City Council, propositions, and more endorsements from our editorial board

"...The Chronicle Editorial Board provides the following endorsements to Democrats..."

Oct. 18, 2024 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...team announced that he would make an appearance at the LBJ Library Monday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature

Caleb de Casper, Money Chicha, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and much more

"...Thursday 4, the Little Darlin’..."

July 5, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...explains that she’s going to see “a hole in the sky with fire shooting out of it.”..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"...Flynn and her husband, Skip Connett, are farmers, and they're being squeezed on many sides by the Central Texas..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship conference March 6, 2020, in..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Interviewed by phone Feb. 19 in London on the occasion of a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"The Sorcerer's Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn"

This ambitious exhibition reveals inquiring anthropologists within today’s artists

"...The terra-cotta canine with the thick ring sticking out of..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...longer able to fly a plane himself, Robinson designed the Spectra, an unmanned flying wing aircraft that can be..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

The Drifter

Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding

"...Mike Flanigin? Singer Kat Edmonson, executive producer of Flanigin's The Drifter, is happy to explain...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Note: The new book isn't an Understanding Comics follow-up. In fact,..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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