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Key Court Rulings Expected in T.A.B. Case
The Texas Association of Business's legal future rests in the hand of two Travis Co. judges.
"...right to withhold its membership list, the names of corporate donors, and the amounts they contributed to the ad..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Lowdown
Look out: Bush is "revising standards" again; and the tax man is out to get the poor millionaires of Darien, Conn.
"...news, because the Bushites are zealously taking their ideological, pro-corporate chainsaws to every rule on the books that protects..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Corporations launder money to cheat the IRS; Homeland Security makes for good comedy.
"...Corporate Tax Cheats..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Business of Educations at T.A.B.
The Texas Association of Business carried out an "educational" campaign for this election.
"...question as to whether the mailers constitute prohibited direct corporate contributions to political campaigns...."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002
The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election
"...open government, Cornyn has been otherwise disastrous, and the corporate judicial hack and tort-tycoon-hypocrite Greg Abbott will be much..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

The Hightower Report
Saudi Arabia puts lipstick on a pig; and Gary Winnick puts lipstick on his greed.
"...If only Balzac could see the thievery behind today's corporate fortunes!..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.
"...with conflicts over food and water because Bush thought corporate profits today were more important than the future of..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002
The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election
"...open government, Cornyn has been otherwise disastrous, and the corporate judicial hack and tort-tycoon-hypocrite Greg Abbott will be much..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002
The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election
"...open government, Cornyn has been otherwise disastrous, and the corporate judicial hack and tort-tycoon-hypocrite Greg Abbott will be much..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

Room at the Top?
Part I of the Chronicle's preview of the Nov. 5 general election
"...had not convinced Sanchez to come down from the corporate mountain with his checkbook, the Dems wouldn't stand a..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Enron's Masters of the Universe
A Conversation with Robert Bryce
"...Is the Enron story exceptional or representative of recent corporate scandals?..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

A2K Meets 'ACL'
The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.
"...to move somewhere else or work in a big corporate office for the man."..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...When Accenture's parent company, Accenture Ltd., was first incorporated last year, the organization's 2,500 partners, more than half..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

The Hightower Report
Who decided that the WTO rules the U.S.?; who decided that the U.S. rules Iraq?
"...Cutting the Cords of Global Corporate Rule..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Accenture proclaims its Bermudan heritage; Paul O'Neill calls the kettle black.
"...It's feeling terribly picked on by those mean ol' corporate reformers in Washington...."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Alas, Poor Dubya
The falling Dow throws a spotlight on the president's business career.
"...He stood in front of banners proclaiming "Corporate Responsibility" and "Strengthening Our Economy," and delivered speeches right..."

July 26, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report
Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors
"...is merely the work of a couple of lower-level corporate miscreants who are long gone, and that he personally..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report
Ari Fleischer serves as Fibber-in-Chief; Cadillac puts on its hat and boots; and truth is stranger than fiction in CorporateWorld.
"...anti-democratic process that allows the executive branch to railroad corporate globalization scams like NAFTA through the Congress with practically..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
The Smithsonian gets sold to the highest bidder; a tiny university builds a first-rate baseball stadium; and a common weed killer plays havoc with Mother Nature.
"...on turning the Smithsonian into a shameless shill for corporate products and propaganda by selling pieces of the institution..."

May 10, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
Alan Greenspan's laissez faire fantasy; a Congressman teaches the wrong lesson; and readers re-name Enron.
"...sees no problem with the abusive power that today's corporate behemoths have amalgamated. If Alan had been captain of..."

April 19, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
The new campaign finance reform law still has big loopholes; Bush's Army Secretary is a stealth Enronite; and toys make some kids very unhappy.
"...Nearly all of it came from the CEOs and corporate lobbyists who're currently cashing in on their political investment,..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...every direction it felt like Austin. Real Austin, not corporate Austin, which has devoured our skyline in the name..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column

The Hightower Lowdown
Nike does the right thing -- when it's forced to; Monsanto monkeys with Mexico's corn supply; the San Antonio Spurs and SBC stick it to taxpayers.
"...This was putting such a stain on the corporate swoosh that Nike was forced to clean up its..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
The media fails to report Alan Greenspan's pro-corporate zealotry; greedy doctors make for bad medicine; and subliminal advertising makes its way into books.
"...people's breakfasts worldwide, yet he publicly reveals his blatant corporate bias and ideological zealotry by decrying the very existence..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Is Knowledge Power?
A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor
"...that will help us develop products" for several new corporate customers, though Stratfor's founder, George Friedman, cited some tensions..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

The Hightower Lowdown
Labor organizing is still necessary, George W. Bush scams us with his "tax cut," and Denver football fans revolt against corporate stadiums.
"...the workplace progress we've made came not from generous corporate bosses and politicians, but from ordinary working stiffs who..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
The media buys the Pentagon's lies, W can't keep his free-market ideology straight, and biotechnology brings us Frankenpigs.
"...So, the Bushites and their corporate partners scheduled a test in July in which a..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown
The Army cares about residents near its waste incinerator, the post office is watching you, and Americans are overworked.
"...yards of each of the Congress critters, generals, and corporate executives who created them in the first place.Under the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.
"...Real Estatesman for their unabashed bias in pushing the corporate agenda without regard to local concern ["Page Two," April..."

May 25, 2001 Column

Capitol Chronicle
Living on the Dole
"...The comic symbol of corporate welfare this session is the $16 million contract with..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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