The Hightower Report: Are the Rich Different From You and Me? Ask Cadillac!

Cars will tell you what your country needs right now. (It's another car.)

"...e pluribus unum again by unifying around America's new egalitarian slogan: "A $100,000 car in every garage."..."

March 24, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Luv Doc: In Favor of Waxing

There is far too much hair in the world already

"...One cautionary note, however, is that if you're going..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report: Why We Should Reach Across Borders, Not Close Them

Trump's wall won't keep undocumented immigrants out

"...undocumented migrants out, but it will lock out America's egalitarian ideal of cross-culturalism. Rather than walling-off borders, our true..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Gojira

"...shot on sixth LP Magma. Doubling down on the egalitarian edge of 2012 breakthrough L'Enfant Sauvage, vox populi Joe..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Review by Michael Toland

More or Less

Kathy Dunn Hamrick's dance, performed to Steve Reich's Drumming in its entirety, had rhythms moving the dancers and moving through them

"...has an enviable ensemble, perhaps partly because she's so egalitarian. Without making the work seem like a showcase, she..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

The Hightower Report: Everyday Patriots

The populist spirit is alive and well

"...Hooey. An American patriot is one who supports the egalitarian ideals of our country, and is willing to challenge..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

On the Record: Sexism and the City

Council should get serious about gender equality

"...place where, perhaps idealistically, we may assume is more egalitarian in its treatment of colleagues – these are the..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: Amazing – An insurance executive who makes sense!

Aetna goes where few corporations dare

"...gain all of that, there's a deeper element of egalitarian idealism in Bertolini's moves...."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Looking at People Looking at Art

Frederick Wiseman’s extraordinary National Gallery screens Sunday

"...title cards, Wiseman’s films are fascinating for being so egalitarian: His camera is as keen on the work of..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: How Should a Fall Fashion Preview Be?

The "Good Eye" does herself

"...Let's set aside the tension between the book's egalitarian methodology and its contributions from highbrow and/or high-dollar fashionistas,..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...that distribute to phones and tablets everywhere. This increasingly egalitarian marketplace is mirrored on the development side as tools..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Les Misérables

It's the small, personal moments in Zach Theatre's staging that make this epic musical sing

"...get – you'll find his fervor igniting your own egalitarian zeal. And director Matt Lenz and choreographer Greg Graham..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Craft Beer Is Their Creed

Forget 'ladies who lunch' – it's ladies who like lager at BitchBeer.org

"...Austin American-Statesman, is especially drawn to craft beer's more egalitarian appeal: "People will drink a wine because it's $65...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Food Feature by Ivy Le

Ouya: The People's Gaming Console

Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?

"...also alluring. Some gamers simply want to support an egalitarian business model and hope the low barrier of entry..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Sean Carey

Three Progressives Eye Biscoe's Seat

Former Sen. Barrientos, Commissioner Eckhardt, Dem Party Chair Andy Brown are top contenders

"...have plenty of representation, direct and indirect. Barring some egalitarian Texas miracle, it's reassuring to know that the little..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Woody Guthrie

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...exhaustive guide to Guthrie's singular legacy; it's far too egalitarian for such ambitions. Instead, the Smithsonian's latest rendezvous culls..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Hightower Report: Mormon or Narcissist?

Could Romney ever reconcile Mormonism's egalitarianism with his plutocratic narcissism?

"...little attention has been paid to the remarkably progressive egalitarianism at the center of the church's doctrinal founding –..."

May 11, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

What if Austin's Sidewalk System Were Actually Finished?

"...of city people want it to be: friendly, peaceful, egalitarian, affordable. A complete sidewalk system would solve so many..."

April 10, 2012 Postmarks

Down These Mean, Ink-Stained Streets

Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick brings his 'Nickel History' to Slugfest Gallery

"...at Slugfest: the prints of those etchings and the egalitarian spirit that influences their production...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

More Than Just a Giggle-O

The Ladies Are Funny Festival brings the distaff laffs and more

"...of people here in Austin – it's a damned egalitarian town, it's a wonderful place to live – and..."

May 6, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report

Plutonomism; and Don't Regulate – Restructure

"...Street financial giant. While populism is based on the egalitarian principle of the common good, plutonomism unabashedly espouses the..."

June 11, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Equality Is Better for Everyone

"...laws and trends that moved us away from the egalitarian spirit that animated our young republic. Mr. Ventura should..."

May 27, 2010 Postmarks

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...ideology of progressivism? Of liberalism? It's very much an egalitarian sort of philosophy. So in Austin, as in nationwide,..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Exploitation's Glass Ceiling

Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies

"...all solidly made and infused with feminist ideas and egalitarian impulses toward the depictions of sex, class, race, and..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Nader's Novel Idea; and Reining in the Gods of the Fed

"...political change that can transform America into a true egalitarian society...."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Developing Stories: Great Public Spaces Summit

Dancing in the streets, singing odes to streetscapes

"...make great parks and public spaces – the ultimate egalitarian amenity – a theme of the new comprehensive plan?..."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

To Be Conversant

Fusebox Festival gets Austin talking – with leading artists from all over the world

"...seemed to anticipate Fusebox: an experimental platform; a decentralized, egalitarian politic; a mishmash of artistic disciplines with a focus..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Don't Be Hatin'

How the Internet helps us all to get along ... or not

"...Chronicle: Much is said about how the Internet is egalitarian – how it humanizes instead of segregates, how it's..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Report

Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness; and Pricing Fans Out of the Game

"...three times as many luxury skyboxes as its more egalitarian predecessor. The draw is no longer to the game..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Gay Place

Gay Place has no boundaries

"...to light. We do it here, even in purportedly egalitarian Austin, within the so-called "community" of LGBT (acronymically ironic..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Kate Getty

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