Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Texas Democrats, that's all you'll be doing." – Comedian/prophet Jon Stewart, giving the love to celebrants at The Texas..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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The 'Chronicle' Sells Out, Again; Go Ahead, Lament Us; Table of Contents Not Useful on Page 4; Envision a Correct Map; Fair Reporting on Police

"...The 'Chronicle' Sells Out, Again..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column

The Banker vs. the Prosecutor

As the primary campaign winds to an abrupt close, what do we know about Sanchez and Morales?

"...for the Dan Morales for governor campaign. At a daylong rally organized to introduce the party's candidates to Williamson..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

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An ineffective war and the passing of Dan Del Santo

"...The war continues. I can't imagine that the terrorists are anything..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: Chee$e

Trinidadian drug drama adds real relationship depth

"...Skimma has aspirations to leave his remote village in Trindidad, as he..."

March 18, 2022 Screens Post by Sheryl Lawrence

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...Most people, when filling out a job application, accentuate the positive. The internship you spent getting your..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Civics 101

"...IMAGINESOLAR FORUM Meet reps from local solar companies and connect with green energy organizations at this open house. 9am-1pm...."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Column

Making the Case for Paul

"...Tim Pipe’s letter unwittingly makes a case for supporting Ron Paul ["Postmarks," Dec. 30]. He writes about “Paul’s anti-war,..."

Dec. 31, 2011 Postmarks

Reefer Madness: Drug Czar or Drugged Czar?

Walters appears to be winning the war on fantasy

"...In Washington, at least in drug warrior circles, it seems the..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...of CNN's Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"...regulate – or, more ominously, to prohibit – the cultivation, possession, and consumption of marijuana by seriously ill patients..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Jim Hightower is all wrong about Accenture in his column under the headline "A..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Jenny Staff Johnson's piece on the proposed historic zoning of the Castleman-Bull..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Tragedias de la Frontera

"...Since the United States began its so-called "War on Drugs" in the early Eighties, the cost to..."

May 28, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

"RIGHT THIS WRONG"

"...Esequiel Hernandez Jr. near the Texas-Mexico border. That's the conclusion of a scathing report on the 1997 shooting by..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...wide, setting up our tents wherever there's a microphone, a spotlight, and a sign that says "Comedy Night."..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Charging Drug Dealers With Murder Could Increase Overdose Numbers

The scope of the drug-induced homicide law is up to prosecutors’ interpretation

"...Time is a flat circle, and 1990s policy on drugs is no exception. Instead of legalizing fentanyl test..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

APD & the 1033

"...“community policing” has become popularized and touted as a solution to police violence against civilians. But when police forces..."

July 19, 2020 Postmarks

Crime Down, Except for Murder

Austin homicides up; everything else down

"...Tracking the national average, violent crimes reported to Austin police in 2010..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Genocide Is Ugly

"...Editor, I am glad that Mr. Ventura and the Chronicle have brought up the Holocaust … the Congo …..."

Nov. 23, 2009 Postmarks

Reefer Madness

'Hemp for Farming' and Acronym Antics

"...Despite California Gov. Terminator's decision to veto a bipartisan measure reauthorizing the cultivation of..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

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A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City (the one destroyed in the April 19, 1995, bombings) as the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...a woman chained to her bed in a maternity ward, but that was how Amy Louise Smith spent the..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Year 1. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson 2. Tie: Bad Jews and Other..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Leadbelly get up in the morning, wash, shave, put on his bath robe, and Martha would stand up in..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

2006 Political Procrastinators' Holiday Gift Guide

Some of these ideas might even be real

"...hot air. Holiday Goodies Pack for Developers For the Condo Impresario Who Has Everything: It's rough being a builder..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

Reefer Madness

Medi-Pot Hysteria Unfounded

"...Despite hysterical claims that the legalization of medicinal marijuana for use by the seriously ill..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

U.S. House of Reps once again votes down measure that would prevent Department of Justice from spending tax money to raid, arrest, and prosecute sick people using medi-pot

"...prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from spending taxpayer money to raid, arrest, and prosecute ill people using medical..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...the guy who says 'Wait a minute' as the consensus forms. He's the antithesis of the mob mentality. The..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Naked City

"...thankful you're not an Afghan farmer hiding from the War on Terrorism, a Colombian farmer hiding from the War..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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