Change Ain't Easy

County reluctant to rename courthouse

"...week recommending that commissioners not name the old county courthouse for any of the people enthusiastic citizens had nominated..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

XXX: State of the Union

A nonstop orgy of bullets, bombs, and booty that aims low and hits the bull’s-eye with enough firepower to sink the Bismarck.

"...fathom. The plot has Stone and Scott Speakman’s smooth white-guy agent attempting to curtail a bloody coup on the..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weed Watch

HB 658 seeks to legalize medical marijuana in Texas

"...has increasingly used his position as head of the White House Office of the National Drug Control Policy to..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

Justice sidestepped: Lane McCotter, the Bush administration's overseer for rebuilding Iraq's prison system, previously resigned from his job as Utah's top corrections officer because he was under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for reports of abuse

"...rules of engagement [for interrogation]." Remember that the chief White House counsel called the Geneva accords "obsolete." The LA..."

May 28, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Only the Truth Will Set Us Free

"...U.S. news media to cooperate so "nicely" with the White House spinmeisters. Truth is we spent more than $2.5..."

March 10, 2004 Postmarks

Naked City

"...of the Week: "Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"PR critic" Sheldon Rampton takes on Bush's Iraq adventure.

"...was behind September 11 was never conveyed by a White House official saying "We have evidence showing that that..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

The Propaganda Industry: A Conversation with Sheldon rampton

"...was behind September 11 was never conveyed by a White House official saying "We have evidence showing that that..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...has changed. We have a frat boy in the White House who got there by nepotism. Bush lost the..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Battle-Ready

This fall, history nerds will have cause to rejoice when the History Channel presents First Invasion: The War of 1812, a collaboration with local post-production facility Match Frame.

"...Goliath free-for-all that resulted in the burning of the White House and a last-minute tactical turnaround that, literally, (barely)..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...current level of wit in the office that once housed Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.) The book is especially..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

He Who Has Ears to Hear

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

"...On Feb. 11, when the White House obtained an audio tape that had allegedly been..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Here Come the Judges -- Again: Round Two for Owen, Pickering

Texas progressives mobilize against federal judicial nominees Priscilla Owen and Charles Pickering

"...was among the group of 31 resubmitted by the White House to the U.S. Senate in early January. All..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Weapons of Mass Deception

"...phrase had a sinister, Orwellian ring. Bush proposed a White House Office of Homeland Security subject to no will..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Last week Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett took the House floor to strongly oppose the Bush administration's drumbeat for unilateral military action against Iraq.

"...Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett took the House floor Sept. 4 to strongly oppose the Bush administration's..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...Environmental Board wants the Council to resolve to reduce greenhouse gases. The city became part of the Cities for..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...where overcrowding is a way of life. "His fraternity house," he said, "serves as a sanctuary of quietness, and..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Letters at 3AM

Sometime in the wee hours of September 12, George W. Bush realized that he is the President of United States and rose from his previous ineffectuality to meet the occasion.

"...value than owning something," followed by chapter and verse, White House choice after choice, rooted solely in that anemic..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Lowdown

The Hightower Lowdown

"...been signed by the software Goliath to lobby the White House, Justice Department, and Congress to get them to..."

July 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...Sixth Street: House of Horrors..."

May 18, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's 'Real, Live Americans'; Nike's 'Freedom to Choose'

"...op that his handlers staged for him outside the White House. The purpose of this media event was to..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Rep. Ann Kitchen prepares to file a pipeline safety bill. Judge Sam Sparks questions the Longhorn Pipeline permit process. Ken Herman goes after a Pulitzer Prize.

"...some non-judicious language to describe the process the Clinton White House used to override EPA officials who required Longhorn..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

President Bush's campaign mastered the use of the World Wide Web, and is expected to continue in office

"...he will continue his Internet strategy while in the White House...."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bless the Child

"...that's what was going on. The script, by Southern white-trash chronicler Thomas Rickman (Hooper, Coal Miner's Daughter), is a..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...he mimicked, the sexual moves he popularized for the white mainstream, the hedonist threat to straight society he temporarily..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

Stop Making Sense

Jonathan Demme/Talking Heads performance documentary remains one of the very best rock & roll films ever made

"...the one which features David Byrne in the big white suit and such keepers as "Psycho Killer," "Burnin' Down..."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Forgiving His Trespasses

Fight for the Right

"...star that can take the GOP back to the White House, George W. may be its best bet. Or..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

It's a Mystery to Me

"...in a cocktail dress, with the dome of the White House gleaming against the night sky like the crown..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Blood and Memories

"...Armed with critical praise and carte blanche as the white savior of blues, Vaughan's choice of material for Soul..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Roll 'Em

March

"...indie that also throws a spotlight on the Alamo Drafthouse. (Mar. 4)..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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