The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...thriller about a scientist/executive who exposes the lies of tobacco companies. The Informant!’s Mark Whitacre (Damon) is also a..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reefer Madness: Seeds vs. Suds

Marijuana: A safer alternative to America's favorite social lubricant?

"...tax-and-regulate its use by adults (much like alcohol or tobacco). The top question during a virtual town hall meeting..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Tobacco Kills; Pot Doesn't

"...11]: Your review was misinformed on one point: Smoking tobacco kills, but smoking pot, according to Dr. Donald Tashkin,..."

Sept. 10, 2009 Postmarks

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...of people. With the trillion dollars that funded the tobacco industry, we could have had sacred herb all that..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...or of the enforcers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. But that sort of deadly disaster..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...Viva guns and tobacky! The National Rifle Association and tobacco lobbyists scored rounds at the Lege this week with..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

McLeroy, Smoking, and Voter ID

A bullet-point list of recent dome doings

"...indoor public places) was in fact a goner: “Big tobacco spent millions to kill smoke-free legislation and they got..."

May 20, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

Hiding the Facts on Global Climate Change; Lloyd Blankfein's Big Hair

"...This is the same ploy that the tobacco giants used for decades, to deny any link between..."

May 8, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bill Would Ban Arms to Drug Cartels

Carona aims to stop gun-running to Mexico

"...Mexican drug cartels, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reports that nearly 8,000 guns sold..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Agency Group

Back Alley Social

"...two ran through almost half the tracks on September's Tobacco Road, closing with the infectious title cut. Making a..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion

Stephen has already tried burning it at both ends, so that's not it ...

"...set out to solve the mystery. Of course, Big Tobacco was no help. They just hung up every time..."

March 6, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Tea Gets Hot in Austin

Austin's new cup of tea

"...Your coffee craving: Smoky/tobacco notes or a clean taste without a lot of..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Food Feature by Lindsey Goodwin

Mining the Soul

2008's overlooked reissues

"...by region, town by town. This set rolls down Tobacco Road with funk in the raw, more than a..."

Jan. 8, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Reefer Madness: Top 10 Joints

"...gold – for drug use. When it comes to tobacco, pot, and cocaine, the U.S. far outpaces the rest..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories

"...into City Hall? Chambers never smelled so strongly of tobacco...."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Reefer Madness

Are Kids Really Kicking the Habit?

"...to just 39%. Equally dramatic is the decline in tobacco use: At each grade level, cigarette use has decreased..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Legalization and Decriminalization!

"...and money wasted on abstinence policies instead of a tobacco/alcohol-like information and regulatory system is draining our already shaky..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Postmarks

Successful and Smoke Pot? Stand Up and Be Counted

The feds say pot smoking and success don't go hand-in-hand. I think the president might disagree....

"...office is located in Durham, N.C., in the American Tobacco Campus. Tobacco, as we know, is the No. 1..."

Nov. 10, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...at Cedar Creek Recording in South Austin, Skoal chewing tobacco in hand. "I've been writing country songs for years...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Welcome Home

This group show leaves one feeling that hokey notions of home still haunt us

"...as with the odor of rusty metal and burned tobacco, and if you had a grandpa who had or..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Reefer Madness

Pot is the gateway to hell. Who knew?

"...pot is more addictive for teens than alcohol or tobacco. This, they say, is inherent in the "'gateway' dimension..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

U.S. ranks tops in drug use

"...Olympics – takes the gold for the use of tobacco, pot, and cocaine, far outpacing other countries, even the..."

July 18, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Clueing Stephen In

"...pipes are sold, ostensibly, for the purpose of smoking tobacco, and if you're uncool enough to step into a..."

July 11, 2008 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Dead Executives; and Lawmakers Cash in as Lobbyists

"...the Fortune 500 corporations – a lineup that includes tobacco giants, drug companies, the nuclear industry, mercenaries like Triple..."

July 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Film News

Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman on the ropes at Lord's Gym

"...of David Koresh's followers and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He spent more than a year..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Day Trips

Fort Leaton State Historic Site stands as a stark reminder of the rugged life of the pioneers on the Texas frontier

"...the major river crossings. He traded manufactured goods, sugar, tobacco, guns, and ammunition for the spoils of the raiding..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mansion Fire Leaves Burning Questions

Who was that guy in the cargo pants? And why wasn't he stopped?

"...Rangers, the FBI, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

(Further) Beside the Point

Admiral Dunkerley ships out; anchors aweigh for the new council

"...cocktail recipes to BTP at wdunbar@austinchronicle.com. Barring an Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Medi-Pot Patients Denied Organ Transplants

Although medical marijuana is legal in Washington State, patients who might be in need of an organ transplant apparently need to think twice before availing themselves of medi-pot

"...aspergillus mold is occasionally found in both marijuana and tobacco; if a smoker is given a transplant, the mold..."

May 21, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Against Subsidies

"...my auto CAFE standards, and I’ll vote for your tobacco deal if you vote for my oil subsidy, etc.,..."

April 29, 2008 Postmarks

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