The Hightower Report

Here comes the border-industrial complex

"...are rushing to the aid of the multibillion dollar military-industrial complex. The government, you see, has not been getting..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

White House Down

Roland Emmerich blows up the White House real good, so who cares if it doesn't all compute when you have Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (as an Obama-ish prez) battling to become last men standing?

"...Roland Emmerich sure has an edifice complex: The filmmaker who severed the Statue of Liberty in..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why We Fight

Jarecki’s canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary paints a grim historical picture of war profiteering run amok.

"...of the ghastly flip side of the military industrial complex, is bewildered and angry – again. “I’m old school,”..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Possession Arrow': Badgley->Razook

"...running through our society in the form of the military-industrial complex. We’ll get to that foul subject soon enough...."

Jan. 17, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

The Hightower Lowdown

The media buys the Pentagon's lies, W can't keep his free-market ideology straight, and biotechnology brings us Frankenpigs.

"...The Pentagon-Media Complex What is it about the media powerhouses that make..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...to evaluate the danger to our country from a military-industrial complex. The following is quoted directly from an Eisenhower..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...growth of what's become known as the "intelligence industrial complex." Simi­lar to its sibling, the "military industrial complex" (as..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

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"...to evaluate the danger to our country from a military-industrial complex. The following is quoted directly from an Eisenhower..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Elysium

In the year 2154, the rabble live on the garbage dump of Earth while the elite live in the perfect Elysium in the sky; Matt Damon is a mad Max who breaks on through.

"...with a main storyline that pits a believably mad military-industrial complex against actor Sharlto Copley’s lone everyman. As far..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...family man. A man who writes simple songs about complex times...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...resorting to exposition or flagellant self-examination, he probes the complexities of a man who saw the workings of the..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SAS: Red Notice

The UK makes an entry in the "absurd jingoistic action" sweepstakes

"...ones, and the overt criticism of the military industrial complex ends on a note of drone violence played as..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore finds American idealism alive and well – abroad

"...in the film, negativity – and a huge military/industrial complex, like our own – breeds more negativity, blinding us..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...the cusp of becoming the white knights of the military-industrial complex...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

War, Inc.

John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.

"...States of America has been completely overtaken by the military-industrial complex. War, Inc. is a black-ops satire crossbred from..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War: Made in Texas?

"...Masri believes the military-industrial complex took root in the South in large part..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Impostor

"...the name of the national good, and a booming military-industrial complex. Worse, the enemy has taken to using the..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bats

"...I know. As things turn out, McCabe and the military-industrial complex are in bed on this one, having teamed..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...machine of the IRS, corporate banking, and the military/industrial complex could be better put to use in the production..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part II

A half-dozen tape bombardments that hardly toe the line

"...as a dilapidated junkyard for the U.S. Military Industrial Complex. Unfortunately, Fernow lacks Bryn Jones’ (Muzlimgauze) political consciousness, needlessly..."

July 23, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

The Other Guys

The Greens and the Libertarians present alternative candidates for governor

"...than people realize. "Texas participates very heavily in the military-industrial complex," Mahajan said, "both in terms of military bases..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

Will Victor Morales' pickup take him to the U.S. Senate this time?

"...to show for it, just taking care of the military-industrial complex. On crime: All they believe is in locking..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

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"...votes for those two death penalty-dealing, corporate-welfare-doling, health care-denying, military-industrial-complex-loving, roll-over-and-play-dead-when-the-chips-are-down political wimps, and guess what? They still would..."

July 11, 2003 Column

The Reason Why

"...now being planned in secret are fattening the ever-growing military-industrial complex of which President Eisenhower warned in his great..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

"...university and what President Eisenhower presciently described as the “military-industrial complex.” Turns out you don’t need a physical copy..."

May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Under the Big Tent

SXSW Eco brings together engaged people and active projects

"...Yet there's more to this than greens versus the military-industrial complex. Horwitz said, "It became a story about the..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

War is how civilizations make love, so we should be careful of the partners we choose

"...what President Eisenhower was the first to call the "military-industrial complex." Another exchange...."

April 30, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...or their close ties to the U.S. military industrial complex, these Republican con men and their intelligence con game..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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"...our elected officials be accountable to us. Meanwhile, a military-industrial complex run by global cartels and represented by the..."

March 21, 2003 Column

DIY 2011

Food-swapping, Kate Payne, and The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking

"...in the 1960s-70s, utopian ideals and defiance of the military-industrial complex generated food co-ops, back-to-the-land movements, communal living, organic..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

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