A Bumper Sticker?

"...the rich, persecute the poor. Put that on a bumper sticker and see if you can drive through Lakeway..."

April 12, 2011 Postmarks

Bumper-Sticker-Believers

"...Texas Family Planning," News, Jan. 27]! What kind of bumper-sticker-believers are these? Wasn't there a time when faith, conviction,..."

Feb. 14, 2006 Postmarks

The Bucket List

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play characters who have only a short time to live. Promises, promises.

"...of Hollywood in the last 10 years to mistake bumper-sticker self-help platitudes for spirituality: Be as You Are, Live..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...in the end. Or maybe, it’s just like the bumper sticker says: Reality is in the eye of the..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...– just low-grade comic petulance), and stand back as bumper-sticker lessons about friendship and loyalty crowd the screen. Open..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Pay It Forward

"...involved to have just gone out and bought the bumper sticker instead: “Practice random acts of kindness and decent..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sister My Sister

"...disturbing debut film Sister My Sister, I noticed the bumper sticker on the car in front of me: Sisterhood..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Letters at 3AM

Our national self-doubt and self-conflict are nothing new, but what is new, in the last 40 years or so, is a state of confused and conflicted values. It is the signature of our era that we live in a world so unstable that its limits may be tested merely by a bumper sticker.

"...tin-can car in front of me sported quite a bumper sticker: SORRY WE MISSED CHURCH, WE WERE BUSY/LEARNING WITCHCRAFT..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...rare (for him) error: misinterpreting the tone of the bumper sticker he saw in Lubbock which he used as..."

March 3, 2006 Column

Satire or 'A Tiny Masterpiece of Coercive Ideology?'

"...rare (for him) error: misinterpreting the tone of the bumper sticker he saw in Lubbock which he used as..."

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Gubernatorial Booty

How our candidates for governor are spending their dough

"...That eye-catching bumper sticker on your Chevy Nova may have only set..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: The Not-So-Great Divide

Are Brewster McCracken and Margot Clarke as far apart as Austin voters want them to be?

"..."BUSH 04" license plate. "And it had the Bush bumper sticker, and the Perry bumper sticker, and the Ben..."

May 30, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...all stolen from my yard ... and an artillery bumper sticker put over my Kerry/Edwards sticker on my car...."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

The Hightower Report

Do we really mean the stuff we're sticking on our cars?; and smut goes corporate

"...THE TRUTH ABOUT A BUMPER STICKER "Support Our Troops," shout the bumper stickers and..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Austin Chronic: I Bought Weed From an Instagram Ad

Just doing some field testing here

"...Actually, I technically ordered a $60 sticker...."

Sept. 6, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...of “to thine own self be true” or the bumper-sticker sentiments of “Keep Austin Weird.”..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Record Store Crawl

The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank

"...LP Brave, Clean + Reverent, stuffed with six pink bumper stickers ($2.99)...."

April 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Hyperbolic Acid

Enhancing the emotional impact of an otherwise unremarkable set of facts

"...assume you have already purchased your “Mean People Suck” bumper sticker and found, surprisingly, that its intended target didn’t..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

SH 45: The Road to Commissioners Court?

Karen Huber and Gerald Daugherty face off over a highway in southwestern Travis County

"...once and would-be-future commissioner last week unveiled a new bumper sticker. "Want SH 45 SW Built?" it asks, and..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers

Dan Merchant seeks to uncover why the gospel of love is dividing America.

"...is his trek around the country dressed as the bumper-sticker man, who slaps all sorts of contradictory stickers on..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Nicolas Cage is again on the prowl in this sequel to the 2004 smash success.

"...in its history-buff bent (a retro-ish rejoinder to the bumper-sticker variety à la mode). Book of Secrets, however, isn’t..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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"...Russell KirkmanBumper-Sticker-BelieversEditor,..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column

Hall Ball

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, March 12, Austin Studios. Photos by Todd V. Wolfson.

"...and moved to New Jersey. You know, there's a bumper sticker you see all over Texas, says, 'I Wasn't..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature

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"...stuff. Although you won't find me sporting a "78704" bumper sticker, I was thrilled to find a funky little..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."a punk-ass chump" -- at least according to a bumper sticker fairly common in these parts -- but the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: How Weird Is That?

Austin's new recipe for economic vitality collides with the reigning quality-of-life agenda

"...I've never been too thrilled with the popular bumper sticker, but when it was just a bumper sticker,..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Politics

"...Nuke to the Council.Jim Shahin Every generation gets the bumper sticker it deserves. In Austin, 20 years ago, it..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

South Austin Secede!

Our second installment in a series about South Austin explores the roots of "Bubba" and the rivalry between North Austin and south of the river.

"...is a place called "Creekside Used Furniture," and a bumper sticker on their beat-up van in the driveway proclaims,..."

April 13, 2001 Features Feature by Rob D'Amico

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"...cool and is cheaper to produce than a die-cut bumper sticker with rounded edges...."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

Four Days in September

"...against the ruling military junta, these kids are basically bumper-sticker Marxists whose major blows against the establishment have been..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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