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Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
The Hightower Lowdown
Bush goes easy on mining companies; his new drug czar is doomed to repeat history; and his energy policy lacks vision.
"...be his drug czar. Walters is a hard-line, shoot-'em-down, throw-'em-in-jail-and-throw-away-the-key drug hawk who doesn't want to hear any wimpy..."
Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Last Sunset
The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo
"...be in foster care, and you would be in jail. Is that what you want to see happen?"..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood
The Man Who Wasn't There
The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.
"...Dave is now Big Dead Dave, Doris is in jail, and poor Ed is obsessing over a teenage piano..."
Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Questions Unanswered: Incident No. 2181834
APD says its investigation of the Glore case was thorough; internal records indicate otherwise.
"...(room 202). Kresta interviewed Turnock at Houston's Harris County Jail, and his story conflicts with Scott's statement. Turnock confirmed..."
Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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Brief items of interest
"...Segura is currently being held in the Travis Co. Jail. The false report is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable..."
Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Lumumba
Peck's film is a fine, incendiary portrait of Congo's first freely elected prime minister, who arrived at his post in 1960 as the Belgians were finally exiting after 80 years of colonialism. – Marc Savlov
"...starts giving charismatic soapbox orations, finds himself tossed into jail and beaten, and then, in a stroke of almost..."
Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Coda
"...I was trying to get a staffer out of jail? Do I recall my never-ending fascination of how you..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature
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News Shorts
"...The third defendant, Maurice Pierce, 25, is also in jail awaiting trial...."
Sept. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
"...is driving to a public hose on the county jail grounds with a trunk full of plastic jugs, filling..."
Sept. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Anne S. Lewis
Open Letter to Vanessa Leggett
We're all in trouble, along with Vanessa Leggett, if the governement begins defining who is and who is not a true journalist.
"...divorce settlement. While awaiting trial, Roger committed suicide in jail in 1998, leaving notes confessing the murder of his..."
Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
Shivering the Timbers
The Dirigo Group's 'Gypsy Chain' Speaks for the Trees
"...got a cityscape beyond that, we've got that giant jail cell on the other side. Mostly, though, it's the..."
Aug. 3, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Tulia's Freedom Ride
Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.
"...years ago in the now-infamous Tulia drug bust that jailed 10% of the town's black population, was one of..."
July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy
You Can Leave Your Hat On
The ballad of Mambo John Treanor
"...Jailhouse Mambo By the mid-Seventies, Treanor had picked up a..."
July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer
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Austin Stories
"...third alcohol-related infraction -- making her potentially eligible for jail time under a law her father signed as governor..."
June 29, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Red River Valley
Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues
"...the area baseheads' favorite smoking spots. The nearby city jail and Salvation Army mission assured an almost limitless stream..."
June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Down by Law
"...road movie/odd buddy picture about three losers who escape jail together. This is the movie that introduced Benigni to..."
May 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Hightower Lowdown
Bush's Little Helpers; The Drug War's Dr. Strangelove
"...to be his Drug Czar. Walters is a hard-line, throw-'em-in-jail-and-throw-away-the-key drug hawk who doesn't want to hear any wimpy..."
May 25, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
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Council Watch
"...to protest the City Council vote that moved city jail facilities into the county's Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on..."
April 27, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Blow
"...comes to attention of the FBI and lands in jail, but not before he falls for and marries Colombian..."
April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
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The council passes an aggressive panhandling ordinance as part of its "homeless self-sufficiency and responsibility initiative," angering homeless advocates.
"...don't see just continuing to put the homeless in jail. Passing an ordinance is not looking at the whole..."
March 16, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Double Jeopardy
The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.
"...on his side, Lavernia enlisted the aid of self-taught jailhouse lawyers to help him begin his mission of drafting..."
Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith
Postmarks
Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.
"...voting for politicians who want to put you in jail for what politicians do, that number had to be..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Column
Before Night Falls
"...of hundreds of balls of soap swinging outside of jail cell bars or a single clap of hands that..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Postmarks
Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.
"...voting for politicians who want to put you in jail for what politicians do, that number had to be..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Column
Killer Reputation
Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past
"...written in prison were examined and found perfectly cogent. Jailers testified that they had spied on him and observed..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Remember the Titans
"...switch from “baseball, apple pie, and Mom,” to “football, jail time, and nasty-dancin' cheerskanks?” My favorite all-American sporting team..."
Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bait
"...the job. Alvin is caught and carted off to jail, while Bristol's partner pulls a take-the-money-and-run. He hides the..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Saving Grace
"...to its logical conclusion, this movie would end with jail terms rather than a happily ever-after finale, although to..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Coach's Corner
Ray Lewis may not have committed murder, but he's hardly the wronged innocent that the media are now making him out to be.
"...is indeed a big deal. Lewis spent months in jail because he refused to tell anything resembling the truth..."
