Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...Within a week, Schenkkan had his play, Building the Wall, a compact two-hander set 1,000 days into the Trump..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Mighty Heart

Based on the true events surrounding journalist Danny Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, this drama by Michael Winterbottom and starring Angelina Jolie is more aloof than melodramatic.

"...affirming melodrama based on the true events of The Wall Street Journal correspondent Danny Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher and Leslie Bibb...."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

All those brilliant 'financial instruments' turned into monsters that no one can stop

"...There's room for argument. Beyond denial, however, is that Wall Street's crisis is Main Street's too...."

Oct. 10, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

Wall Street's Journal; and Three Stories, One Ugly Truth

"...Wall Street's Journal..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...At one end of the limited spectrum, The Wall Street Journal could not abide any doubts. Its editorials..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

The Hightower Report

Joeseph Lieberman's corporate contributors, guacamole factories in Mexico, Starbucks bans local newspapers, pesticides in schools.

"...on the Simplot guacamole factory in Morelia, Mexico, The Wall Street Journal notes that wages start at $48 a..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Column

Letters at 3AM: The Second Story

Remembering the cowardice and dysfunction of the White House on 9 / 11

"...8:45am EST; The New York Times says 8:48; The Wall Street Journal, 'about 8:50.' The Los Angeles Times, USA..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

As events unfolded on September 11, it became difficult to overcome the impression that no one was in charge.

"...8:45am EST; The New York Times says 8:48; The Wall Street Journal, "about 8:50." The Los Angeles Times, USA..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Lowdown

Death and taxes -- the poor get both, corporations get neither.

"...Earth to 'The Wall Street Journal'..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?

Downtown's boom has busted, yet developers still build.

"...Cajun food at Gumbo's, hit some bars on Sixth Street, and ducked into a few haunts in the Warehouse..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

In a post-Katrina about-face, Republicans suddenly don't want to play the 'blame game'

"...immediately followed suit: Within hours The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, and talk-radio pundits everywhere were acknowledging the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Divine Intervention

What Price Salvation?

"...Catholic nuns, whose financial acumen has earned them the Wall Street nickname, "the Daughters of Currency." The system earns..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Letters @ 3AM

The current economic crisis is real, probably systemic, and maybe dire

"...The front-page headline in The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 22: "Central Banks Confident in Stable..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Lowdown

Gifts for pets and corporate spies, and Michael Milken lobbies for a presidential pardon.

"...the whole world, using his powerhouse position at the Wall Street firm of Drexel Burnham to finance hostile corporate..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...Eight-hundred Gullett is the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...bad press. We appreciate the free advertising, but the Journal isn't that powerful." – Wall Street Journal editorial, May..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...stars opposite Tatiana Maslany in UK-shot relationship drama Pink Wall...."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...to grow on him. He liked walking up the street to the Sweetish Hill Bakery for coffee and pastries,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...newspapers, all in Texas. Edward Schumacher Matos, a former Wall Street Journal editor and CEO and editorial director of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Capitol Chronicle

Lloyd Doggett feels the pressure of the "war hysteria."

"...battle. For the Republicans, our concessions are a one-way street." He noted that the Wall Street Journal editorial page..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Doggett: Keep Hope Alive

Lloyd Doggett on Trump, the future, and the responsibility of citizens

"...hypocrisy – that says he’s going to take on Wall Street – that he’s so smart he can take..."

Jan. 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Ethics Commission: 'Mucus' Quacks Like a Lobbyist

TEC hits Michael Quinn Sullivan with maximum fine for acting as an unregistered lobbyist

"...Fiscal Responsibility. More recently, he recast himself as a "journalist" of sorts, joining Breitbart Texas. He also got the..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Why Not Chicken Fat?

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

"...in 2012 ... [for] spy and intelligence agencies" (The Wall Street Journal, Aug.18-19, p. C3). That, in turn, probably..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Juice, Vinous Veritas

"...Big City. He writes a wine column for The Wall Street Journal and regularly travels the world meeting great..."

June 1, 2012 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Green Zone

With Matt Damon's Bourne director at the helm, the actor plays an officer in Iraq who's mystified by why he's unable to uncover any WMDs.

"...with unctuous ease by Kinnear. And then there's Ryan’s Wall Street Journal reporter (based on The New York Times’..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Give Perry a Brain Scan

Governors who reject federal stimulus money need their heads examined

"...it so elegantly to the applauding editors at The Wall Street Journal: "If this money expands entitlements, we will..."

March 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

City Counseling

Have we got plans for you

"...D.C., and elsewhere; and the WRT team, led by Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC, which planned The Woodlands suburb..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Smaller Newspapers, Bigger Conglomerates; and Barons of the Mass Media Ignore the Masses

"...now control America's print media lack any commitment to journalism...."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3am

If one is to vote for McCain-Palin, what, precisely, would one be voting for?

"..."tanks, artillery and jets" (Associated Press, quoted in The Wall Street Journal online, Aug. 9); the next day, Aug...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

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