More Subjective Taproom Thoughts From Austin Kids

Beergardigans the Third, courtesy of local half-pints

"...you just can't drink cold beer indoors. It's the law. So the patio is where you gotta drag the..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...I know I would have been unhappy breaking the law. [inset-3-right]..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

Top Books of 2018 for American Road Tripping

Two novels set on the open road and two accounts of life in Trump's White House all made for journeys deep into America today

"...who become inadvertent kidnappers and try to outrun the law to the Mexican border. Set across the harsh expanse..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...kept talking – and why he didn't request a lawyer – except that he was overwhelmed by everything that..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...personal experience. "I decided I wanted to be a lawyer because I saw Jodie Foster in The Accused," she..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...the need for a return to the rule of law and order. For months," Garza said, "violence and disorder..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Bike Spill Leaves Former Mayor Todd in Stable Condition

He survived battles with Daryl Slusher ... surely he can get through this

"...The helmet law was so unpopular that, shortly after Todd left office,..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

'It's a Bar Stupid'

"...more than 30 years, I find a noise ordinance law on Sixth Street, cops rousting folks and sending “burn..."

May 3, 2005 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown

Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.

"...its hands and abdicate its responsibility (under both state law and the City Charter) to regulate land use (and,..."

July 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

News Top Tens

"...humorless bunch of conservatives apparently forgot basic First Amendment law and threatened to sue for breach of copyright (numerous..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Deliberately circumventing the OMA is against the law in Texas...."

May 24, 2002 Column

Postmarks

A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.

"...accounted for in the school finance formulas under current law, and whether the scheme presented constitutional problems. The direct..."

May 25, 2001 Column

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...a brilliant idea. Then I went on a yearlong law fellowship, and then when I came back to New..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...our elected officials know that we don't support these laws, things can change. There is nothing wrong with adults..."

April 21, 2000 Column

The Originator, Not the Imitator

My Lunch With Anna Quindlen

"...was an intensely personal column I wrote about my sister-in-law having died, and about the fact that grief is..."

March 27, 1998 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Like a Hurricane

Jim Jarmusch + Neil Young + Crazy Horse

"...his movies (Permanent Vacation, Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Mystery Train, and Night on Earth) and have also..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Your Government at Work

The Texas Legislature and “the disturbing category of ‘Who Knows?’”

"...coach to lead "optional" post-game prayer sessions. As constitutional law scholar Noah Feldman wrote last month in Bloom­berg: "Before..."

May 26, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Case That Wouldn't Stay Closed

The facts: a tragic house fire, a man executed, a governor under suspicion. Everything else is a mystery.

"...heated up to a near fever pitch, starting when lawyers with the Innocence Project requested the nascent Texas Forensic..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Jordan Smith

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...authors didn't have ISDs like Austin in mind. "The law was really written [such] that you have a place..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...the artistic mind. Did we mention he has a law degree?..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Snake Eyes

As Perry's session goes down to defeat, the rest of Texas celebrates a victory

"...to free public education for all Texans under the law – he needs to take it up with the..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Michael King

TCB

Spring is here and there are more music festivals than bluebonnets

"...promoter Noah Balch, now pursuing both an M.B.A. and law degree. "It's a lot of work, but I'm enjoying..."

April 16, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Hightower Lowdown

The Assault on the True America; Delay's Judicial Witch-Hunt

"...that they can operate in secrecy and above the law -- all in the name of stopping terrorism, which..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Tulia, Too Late

Civil rights advocates and opponents of the "war on drugs" were relieved by the announcement last week that state Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate John Cornyn will initiate a probe into the notorious drug bust in the Panhandle town of Tulia. But is it too late?

"...Affairs Committee's Aug. 15 meeting, McCaul claimed that state law prohibited Cornyn from investigating without an invitation from McEachern..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...time that Watson met Terri Lynn Herbert, a young lawyer with the Travis County Attorney General's office. He was..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Media Clips

The top 10 media events of 1999.

"...7. Important open government/open records laws get passed: They may not be sexy, but two..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...elite is in league with the Mob. "There's no law for these people. They make their own laws." His..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws

Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.

"...Effective Red Flag Laws that 1) screen for a history of violence, mental..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

Qmmunity: Less Hateful Chicken

Plus drag dance parties, queerotica, and Thanksgiving-themed storytelling

"...bill earlier this year (which was ultimately signed into law by our queer-hating, chicken-loving governor in an effort to..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging law enforcement to investigate the incident as a hate crime...."

May 31, 2019 News Feature

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