ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...CNN sound bites watching a show about C-SPAN-level political discourse. The underlying dramatic irony of this all was that,..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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When Rush Limbaugh reinvented the blindly loyal conformist as a daring, oppressed, truth-seeking revolutionary, he also re-created the mainstream in his image

"...is now the literary mainstay of a generation of conservative/Republican/right-wing champions. These letter-writers imagine themselves as dominating, right-wing, radio..."

July 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The Politics of Distraction

In the face of failure at home and abroad, the right turns on immigrants

"...and most of the states were controlled by "conservative" right-wing Republicans. Public mass-media discourse had been dramatically stunted and..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Altered States

The new right's ever-loosening grip on reality

"...self-interest have always been dominant modes of American political discourse. But we are living in a true golden age..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Right-Wing Journalism..."

July 9, 2004 Column

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Free speech in defense of liberty is no vice

"...in this week's "Postmarks," printed under the headline "Rational Discourse for Fellow Travelers," raises one core issue worth addressing...."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Light and Darkness

Light and Darkness: In the bright cacophony of black and white, a confession of despair and an ode to uncertainty

"...administration, its followers, and its apologists, any attempt at discourse is futile. I am weighed down by despair. Despair..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Austin's Barbarian Blogger

Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon recounts her two weeks in the presidential crosshairs

"...for president when Bill Donohue, the head of the right-wing Catholic League, called me a little brat after working..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Amanda Marcotte

Page Two: All or Nothing Is No Way Forward

Will the most hopeful mass leftist movement in recent years end up handing the presidency to Donald Trump?

"...they weren't as ambitious or successful), the growth of right-wing media, and an infusion of conservative money to advance..."

June 17, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...too, however, that opinion journals – both left- and right-wing – and a reformed version of "objectivity" can counter..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Page Two: Name-Calling, Part II

Name-Calling, Part II: The proud badge of 'cowardice'

"...ago, this column was devoted to praising the hidden right-wing poetry in some of the letters the Chronicle receives...."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Austin at Large: The Costly Pastime of Politics

The big bucks are rolling in to local candidates and PACs. Why, and for what?

"...did, because why would they, and why would the right-wing Koch network – which is already well-represented in Austin..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"...had come to be considered unacceptable in any public discourse. Racism; sexism; religious intolerance; unpatriotic, overly militant "patriotism"; and..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...Pot-ites. After Durbin was pummeled into various apologies by right-wing Senate hacks, and the very-white White House, a tour..."

July 8, 2005 Column

Page Two: Music of the Spheres

We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other

"...about what I consider the cancerous level of vicious discourse that has become all too common in Austin politics...."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...was to inject neglected issues into the larger political discourse, it is now fielding a gubernatorial candidate who will..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns

Garrett Foster died in an outbreak of gun violence. But there’s more to the story.

"...It's easy to classify these narratives as "right-wing" and "left-wing," but Garrett Foster himself confounds this neat..."

July 31, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...JT: With enough discourse and dialogue – and empathy – we can chart..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

'We've Got Climate Change'

Lee Nichols interviews UT biologist Camille Parmesan about the evidence and consequences of global warming.

"...-- after only one day of getting hammered on right-wing talk radio, President Bush distanced himself from the document,..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Panel Recap: Does Satire Still Matter? Eh, Sure

The Onion writers question what's left to mock

"...fodder to mock. To highlight the absurdity of ultra right-wing and conspiracy news outlets like Breitbart and Alex Jones’..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Mary Tuma

Letters at 3AM: That Word 'Oligarchy'

Oligarchy is upon us, claw and beak, and has been for some time

"...From p.58 to the headlines: This spring, right-wing EU populists made huge election gains denouncing a "technocratic..."

July 11, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Luv Doc: Status Whoa!

An individual is more than what he posts on his Facebook page.

"...My best friend from high school keeps posting insane, right-wing, inflammatory, and borderline racist political status updates on Facebook...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...confirmed its utter contempt for the boundaries of political discourse." – U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land,..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...simulations, while heavy denial and a general lack of discourse was rampant about actual displays of violence, like the..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...an education in the new media. On several occasions, right-wing sites have picked up Rag articles and twisted them..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Every Last Word

Vincent Gallo: The Complete Transcript

"...to me. No gay-bashers, no homophobes, no nationalist, no right-wing Republican, no, you know, Christian, whatever you guys think..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Point Austin: Welcome the Stranger, Protect the Refugee

Vote in memory of those who gave their lives for others

"...combination of onrushing deadlines and our rapidly deteriorating national discourse pushed that plan aside for another day. There is..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Greg Abbott and the Fail Whale

AG criticized for backing tweet calling Wendy Davis a retard

"...Hate and discrimination have no place in our public discourse." Demanding a full apology to the people of Texas,..."

Aug. 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Shut Alex Jones Up!

Dec. 7, 2005 Postmarks

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The mainstreaming of extremism

"...argues that allowing the country to become ever more right-wing – focused on the concerns of the wealthiest people..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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