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Our readers talk back.

"...have no part in this tragic event? It is true that they (the Taliban and I'd say most terrorist..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

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Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...Eastside as a multiracial, working-class neighborhood. It is probably true that anything the Eastside has that Rollingwood doesn't is..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...bruises before that afternoon [of her death] just isn't true."..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...hand to drop Pacifica News. There was never any "threats of lawsuits" by Pacifica Radio towards KO.OP Radio. Who..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

What We're Listening to Right Now

Ayo Tamz, Blushing, Whookilledkenny, Chief Cleopatra, and more have us dialed in

"...says she has no one producer. All menace and threats, "Poison Ivy" stems from the same herb-infusing kitchen witchery..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by E. Ryan Ellis

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...spatial mismatch of jobs and housing, which has been true for a great while and persists despite Austin's furtive..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Playback: Spring Festival Season Evolves

Storms can halt an already truncated spring festival season

"...come hell or high water – via OSMF. Despite threats of thunderstorms, the Salt Lick Pavilion was near capacity..."

April 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mauritius

Theresa Rebeck's play about stamps has surprsingly high stakes, but they aren't always realized in Different Stages' production

"...of their mother's assets. Mary claims that the collection's true value lies in sentimentality, since she and her grandfather,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Winter Break Reading

Chronicle staff pages through its reading to-do list

"...the holidays so much that I'm reading Jake Adelstein's true crime novel, Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Books Post by Chronicle staff

About a Boy

On Aaron Swartz, the NSA, and the complicated story of digital reality

"...information trapped between a firewall of lies, disinformation, and threats...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas State Is on the Rise

Apparently there can only be one good team around town

"...knows how to tackle. The coaches DID put a true freshman in at QB last week, and Tyler Jones..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...A hapless serial murderer laments the crumbling of his true love’s affections. Not since Jorg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik have we..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...back to the Bush era, would substitute saber-rattling and threats for even the slightest movements toward cooperative diplomacy, all..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...War and Peace) Michael Brick (Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: The Body of Christ

McNally play defies the fake religiosity of those who would suppress it

"...for the hundreds of thugs who called or e-mailed threats to Tarleton State administrators; the professor had to cancel..."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Having a Riot

The chaotic and beautiful birth of the Austin Music Awards

"..."Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...grudge match between two old foes. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Tennessee..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Beatbox

Beatbox

"...to pride themselves on their adherence to the so-called true school. Typically this means enthusiastic renderings of DJ Premier-styled..."

July 7, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

St. Andrew's Defends the Cowboy Way

A big donor withdraws funding over 'pornographic' book and stirs up an online storm

"...wing of unofficial Episcopalianism – now also includes name-calling, threats of damnation, and foaming-at-the-mouth homophobia...."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...Division as a means of controlling rank-and-file officers through threats of discipline, while turning a blind eye to never-quite-resolved..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...well-liked by everyone in town today, but they remain true. Yet at this writing, once again, City Hall is..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TV Eye

Blacks and Latinos inch toward equity on television, but there are still miles of progress to be made.

"...tell if it was a one-night stand or a true sign of the future. In some ways, you could..."

April 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

L.A. vs. Austin -- Tinseltown wins.

"...an incident has already occurred locally involving suspected anthrax threats. Monday night, after Lord Douglas Phillips' set at Emo's,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Instead of ignorant threats and arrogant boasts, Bush should announce that for the..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...been close-knit. Tried with therapists who frightened him with threats of hospitalization. Tried on his own, but the deep..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Blessed Deliverance

The Borderland, Bud Shrake's Latest Tall Tale

"...with hats -- had marched into the valley with threats and insults and had begun building structures that looked..."

March 31, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

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HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...response to the church's current Quarries proposal. It is true that the majority of Hyde Park Baptist's members live..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

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Don't Dissolve District

"...needs, residential wells, and other demands on and potential threats to the aquifer. Outside of Austin's jurisdiction, it has..."

May 1, 1998 Column

10 in Focus

Alma

"...hilarious, sometimes bracing look at one of the last true American nutcase poets. It's a little slice of ether..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Scanlines

The American Patchwork Series

"...cultures that produced them, exposing in the process the true front-porch roots of American music. A finer ride I..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

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