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Bush Pushes Military Commitment to Iraq; and The Howl of the Wolf
"...sorts of horrors, including participating in an all-out civil war! Now, the Bushites claim that this pledge was overly..."
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Feb. 15, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
John Graves, Writer
Thoreau, like many of the modern-day nature writers,
had a cause. Graves sees himself as a writer who chooses
a subject.
"...the young man who set out as a World War II-era Marine then ended up in Spain on a..."
May 25, 2007 Books Review by Joe O'Connell
Otaku* Overload!!!
After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)
"...the Land of the Rising Sun. I'm not a war baby. And my experiences with Japanese women – despite..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Hightower Report
Farmer David fights Monsanto Goliath; and it's not torture if Bush says it's not
"...Remember when George W was on his moral high horse in the 2000 campaign, shooting his little political pistols..."
July 2, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower
The ABBA Beat Goes On
Kerry rolls on, Clark drops out, and Bush gibbers like an idiot
"...you now, we are not going to lose the war for America's future."..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
Toronto Diary
Dispatches from the 2003 Film Festival
"...Fog of War, the new film by documentarian supreme Errol Morris, is..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
"...In recent months Congress has been ramping up the war machine once again. We will soon be sending genetically..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Column
Record Reviews
"...If Chris Ardoin were a race horse, he'd be one of Secretariat's descendants. The story of..."
Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review
311 Story in Error
"...handsome, intelligent young man with clear eyes and a warm but brilliant aura. Over tacos, and not long into..."
Oct. 25, 1996 Column
History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes
"...students gathered on the UT campus to protest the war in Gaza. By now, roughly 35,000 Palestinians have died,..."
April 25, 2024 Postmarks
Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup
Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more
"...the beach town to compete for juried and audience awards. The festival began in 1997 as a local event..."
April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup
Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall
"...the murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Fast-forward nearly 150 years, and the Comanche Downtown Historic District..."
Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re spending time with
"...death. Following Los Coast's debut last year on roots-rock stalwarts New West Records with Samsara (a "vast and varied..."
May 8, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
Lee Majors Can't Stop
The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World
"...met and played U.S. U-2 pilot and pivotal Cold War figure Gary Powers, he even picked out the red..."
Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Luv Doc: Meathead
Vegetarians are a little farty and occasionally sanctimonious
"...combination of shepherd's pie and Guinness is a culinary war crime. I am not exactly sure how shepherd's pie..."
May 20, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc
Aida
In Verdi's Egyptian tragedy, Austin Opera excavates from the pomp and pageantry the personal
"...referring to their romantic triangle in Casablanca as World War II rages, but his words apply just as well..."
Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires
From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos
Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs
"...Burleson and Oltorf, he announces grimly as he strides toward the waiting ambulance. Within seconds, Medic 3 emerges from..."
May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez
SXSW Music: Thursday
"...Horse Thief at Willie Nelson's Heartbreaker Banquet..."
March 20, 2015 Photo Gallery
Staring Into the Abyss With Mike Mignola
Before MondoCon, the comics legend talks Hellboy and shadows
"...Hellboy started off as a four-issue miniseries for Dark Horse. Was there a moment when you realized it was..."
Sept. 15, 2014 Design Post by Richard Whittaker
The New Tony Sanchez
Perry's presidential aspirations dying with a whimper, not a bang
"...bullet-riddled feet by telling Dartmouth students that the Revolutionary War was fought in the 16th century...."
Oct. 12, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
ACL Music Fest Friday Listings
The blurbing of ACL 2011
"...and ragged harmonies that recall the Band and Crazy Horse. – Doug Freeman Asleep at the Wheel..."
Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature
Riding the Pinwheel
The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters
"...twin brother, Julián, is mayor. Despite Doggett's huge campaign war chest, political observers are calling Doggett the underdog. "Castro..."
Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Sundance Announces Competition Slate
Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City
"...the life of his teenage son, who is stumbling towards a transformation that will put the bonds of their..."
Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Becoming Herself
What role the 'Universe of Texas' played in the life and art of Marcia Gay Harden
"...she is known to the world as an Academy Award winner, a Tony Award winner, an inductee into the..."
May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Take 10
The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras
"...Country Flea Market, and a feature-length documentary about Vietnam War re-enactors in Pennsylvania, which I've been working on for..."
May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
Campaign Finance Reports
Cash makes the contender
"...Dan Neil lags far behind incumbent Rep. Democrat Donna Howard's reserves of $138,199. Similarly, Marilyn Jackson has only $550..."
Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s
A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life
"...9) 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' (1953), DIRECTED BY BYRON HASKIN Scientists..."
Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura
Unstable Element
Are Austin's water fluoridation policies dangerous?
It depends who you ask.
"...your mind tumbles into a rabbit hole of Cold War, Red-baiting hysteria with reactionary conservative groups chiming in; for..."
Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Welcome to the Bungle
A review of Guns N' Rose “Chinese Democracy”
"...leathery as “You Could Be Mine” with a “Dead Horse” head thrown between the sheets. By the time the..."
Dec. 5, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Day Trips
The Chinati Foundation's museum in Marfa offers world-class art in the middle of nowhere
"...in town, even when he began buying up vacant warehouses and office buildings in downtown for his home, studio,..."
