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The Hightower Lowdown
CEO pay surges, George W. recycles at the Pentagon, & Tom DeLay quacks like Daffy Duck.
"...a New Boss? Corporate bosses had a rough year in 2000: plummeting stock prices, lower profits, angry stockholders, slumping..."

July 13, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Crying in the Chapel
The Texas Hill Country features an unexpected wonder: The Most Holy Theotokos of New Sarov sheds tears of myrrh at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco
"...Residents of Texas between Austin and San Antonio have long referred..."

June 22, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Public Notice
Two words for this week in "Public Notice": Pride and Ride. Okay.
"...No, the title refers to two different annual events happening this weekend. While both events are fairly high-viz and..."

June 1, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

The Secret History
That a man from San Antonio named Richard Santos has as much to add to the world of Jewish intellectual pursuits as an attorney named Rosen is as fascinating as it should be obvious, David Garza writes after he attended the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual gathering. For the first time, perhaps, an entirely constructive revision may be taking place in the history of those we call the "people of the Book."
"...Richard Santos is wondering how old you can get and still call yourself..."

May 11, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

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Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.
"...Last week's "Naked City" referenced the Austin Public Library and city finances ["Austin Stories," April 27]...."

May 4, 2001 Column

Jesus Is Coming
The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word
"...Barb Bucklin knows the stories. Each week, she e-mails them to..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Gospel According to Hollywood
Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.
"...Biblical epics are a weakness of mine. They don't have to be good so long..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Sister in the Spirit
Praising the Lord with one of Austin's most talented sisters
"...Getting a driver's license places a lot higher on most..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by David Lynch

Gasoline Dreams
Rounding up 2000 LPs.
"...looks up there and awards the presidency to Regis Philbin, or the World Wrestling Federation assumes control of municipalities..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faith Healers
A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.
"...sky as if it were set on the edge of a marsh. Standing in the shadow of downtown's two..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Not Clucking Around
East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.
"...problem? It might soon require a Higher Authority to intervene on behalf of Pilgrim...."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Doubting Thomas
Newly elected Council Member Danny Thomas is in a position to end the fighting over the Place 6 council seat.
"...The fragment of scripture on the white banner hanging behind the altar..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Down & Out in Atlanta
The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics
"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Songs of Innocence and Experience
From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.
"...The bathroom in the Steamy Bowl is a place that prompts a..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Throwing Down Love
The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop
"...Thanks to the recent success of P.O.D. and the continuing crossover crusades of God-fearing acts..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain
One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.
"...Ribble likes to to tell stories. He also likes drinking and hanging out, and he rarely does any of..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

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Our readers talk back.
"...endorsed a candidate for the ACC board race without having spoken, interviewed, or even met with all of the..."

May 12, 2000 Column

Skate for Christ's Sake!
"...them to learn about Jesus," says John Newberry, Youth Minister of Calvary Chapel in North Austin. Opened in March..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Wal-marts of Religion
"...Once upon a time in America, before the days of six-lane freeways, super-Kmarts, and..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.
"...Defending the Towers..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...So what's the big secret? Seems theAustin Independent School District Board of Trustees will be interviewing..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature

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The Real Obscenity
"...Because I am no longer a resident of Travis Heights, and because I appreciate many of the..."

April 30, 1999 Column

Unmitigated Mercies
"...Widely worshipped for her straight talk on motherhood in Operating Instructions (she actually admitted to the terrifying impulse..."

March 26, 1999 Books Feature by Marion Winik

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Nonprofit Needs
"...Thank you for taking the effort to conduct an exhaustive review of CEACO..."

March 19, 1999 Column

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Mueller Will Gentrify
"...Re: "Taking Off" [Vol.18, No.26]: I'm disappointed at how little the..."

March 5, 1999 Column

Wallet and Spirit
Sickbed Fortune
"...It's no secret that he has a lot of money. In 1992, Forbes magazine hailed Leininger as one..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Christmas Records
Celtic Christmas Iv
"...(Windham Hill) L'ENSEMBLE CHORAL DU BOUT DU MONDE..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Review

Murder in the Suburbs
Good Luck Penny
"...Found in a Dumpster behind Roger Scaggs' office, this garbage bag..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Godawful for 25 Cents
"...God: a word of unverifiable significance -- can mean everything,..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...Austin Ad Nauseam..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

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