Point Austin: Catch-2010

The ledger on Barack Obama features plenty of black eyes and feathers

"...day by day. The U.S. remains mired in two brutal and pointless wars, the economy continues to stagger, and..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Ever since the 2005 al Qaeda attacks on London, there has been a siege..."

March 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...The OathDocumentary Feature, Festival Favorites D: Laura Poitras..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headlines

"...board Vice President Vince Torres became the first elected official to confirm he will run in the May 8..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature

Real History

"...raise a discerning eyebrow at the film's glaring omission. Several years before Wilson was funneling covert money into stinger..."

Feb. 11, 2010 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success

Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy

"...evident] even among the elite. ... 'There is a general perception in the educated class that Pakistan is paying..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

A Crime, Not Terrorism

"...The best known reporting so far is that Major Nidal Malik Hasan sought out an al Qaeda contact (they..."

Nov. 22, 2009 Postmarks

Page Two: Hypocrisy and Health Care

Toward a list of ingredients for stew

"...head, feeling as though I'm trapped in some giant Alice in Wonderland burlesque, in which rhetoric and politics are..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...Many harbor an overriding belief in simplification, an ideological minimalism that makes decision-making easy. In this view, there..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

One Nation, Under Debt

"...there for days, too. I mean, the government is finally on the right track. When Barack Obama swore to..."

Feb. 17, 2009 Postmarks

The Winningly Wordy Patriot

Sarah Vowell defends America against the Republican evildoers

"...History buff and political essayist Sarah Vowell (The Partly Cloudy Patriot) has never..."

Oct. 8, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Why Rick Is No Dick

As list of GOP vice-presidential hopefuls shortens, Texans are absent.

"...Remember when people were talking about Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison..."

Aug. 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

The Iraq Oil Rush; and Corporatizing the Political Conventions

"...with helping Big Oil get its hands on Iraq's wealth of crude. No, no, they insisted, it's about WMD..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts – Abroad and Within

A Texan veteran's memoir on combat and its devastating aftereffects

"...on Two Fronts – Abroad and Withinby Nate Self Tyndale House Publishers, 400 pp., $22.99..."

July 18, 2008 Books Review by Michael King

Are You Kidding Him?

"...Guantánamo Bay to U.S. prisons! These are the same individuals caught trying to kill Americans on a mass scale,..."

June 30, 2008 Postmarks

Their Eyes Were Watching Wright

Local author bugged

"...Prize-winner, and terrorism expert Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11) was interviewed in this..."

June 18, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Dude, Let's Go Bowling

You can tell a lot about newspapers by what they don't cover

"...Glenn Greenwald authors a blog (Unclaimed Territory) on Salon and, as..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together –..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

How to Derail Web Extremists

Counter-terrorism experts say the way forward is more Muslim voices

"...It seems like anytime someone talks about Muslims on the Web, everyone is bundled together..."

March 8, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Horror … the Horror …

Make it stop!

"...of John King's unadulterated douchebaggotry, the MSNBC debate is almost stiflingly painful to watch, for this onlooker at least...."

Feb. 26, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

@ Chronic

Rick Perry surges against those sleeper cells on the Capitol-route bus line

"...Taking the Capitol Out Of Capital Metro..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Reasons to Impeach

"...1) Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "war of aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Postmarks

Taking the Capitol Out of Capital Metro

Capital Metro: ready to establish the caliphate.

"...If 9/11 established anything, it's that airplanes are Al-Qaeda's preferred method of travel – not the city bus...."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Commander Bush Wins One; and Gifts for a Happier New Year

"...is so weak he can barely venture outside his capital city, and the provincial Taliban leaders our troops once..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Fierce Urgency

While presidential candidates are asking for votes – where are they now?

"...Happy Valentine's Day!..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Happenings

Nov. 8-14

"...For more events, see Community Listings. THURSDAY 08..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Impeachment a Good Thing

"...it should start with Cheney, the Bush administration’s most influential policy-maker. The articles of impeachment listed in Kucinich’s bill..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Immigration by the Numbers

As our focus shifts from Iraq failures, an untenable and disheartening argument arises

"...As framed by the most strident activists against illegal immigration, the problem is a Möbius strip with no..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Rove Copied 'Mein Kampf'

"...Karl Rove is a genius in history. He copied almost verbatim from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Joseph Goebbels'..."

Aug. 19, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Along the Bias

Lack of media objectivity cuts all ways

"...Stewart in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Louis Black

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