We really needed Molly Ivins to be around still for this election.
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Some Good News out of New Orleans
September 3, 2005 – 5:38 pm
Nevenah Smith’s an old friend who moved to New Orleans a few years ago. When hurricane Katrina turned towards Lousianna on Saturday, I asked if she was going to evacuate. Early Sunday morning she wrote that she, her boyfriend, their cats, and her computer were leaving. They arrived in Madison Sunday night, after driving straight [...]
Dean Kamien leads us ownwards through the fog!
March 31, 2003 – 12:00 am
Prentiss Riddle points out the connection between the Segway and an Austin counterculture folk hero.
And now, about Russell Yates . . .
March 19, 2002 – 12:00 am
[ via Flutterby ] Let’s all chip in and have Russell Yates,um, gelded, before he replicates again.
Amy Rigby @ SXSW
March 6, 2002 – 12:00 am
So for all you hip bloggin kids going to South by Southwest, go check out Amy Rigby’s show on Friday night, the 15th.
W6 Daily: Mayor Miller
February 27, 2002 – 12:00 am
Following up on my link to John Nichols coverage of the story, Phillip Winn, who is in Dallas, has more info on Laura Miller, Dallas’ new mayor. She survived a contentious term as a member of the city council that included physical fights and demonstrations at her own home, including things left burning in her [...]
From Muckracker to Mayor
February 26, 2002 – 12:00 am
Dallas elected an outsider to Mayor. Laura Miller, a columnist for the independent weekly The Dallas Observer, won 55% of the vote in a runoff last Saturday. She did that despite the opposition of the Dallas Morning News and the city’s elites. She declared city officials “brain dead” and portrayed them as fawning sycophants to [...]
Fantasy Death Row: Roto meets the Dead Pool
May 2, 2001 – 12:00 am
Combining two of our country’s favorite male rage obsessions, Fantasy Death Row allows you to select three people on Texas’ death row. Points are scored for stays, pardons, and clemencies. Points are lost for executions, as well as posthumous exhonorations. Winners get a press pass and round trip transportation to Huntsville.