AUSTIN, Texas -- The financial industry has always been anathema
to populists. "Bankers all have hearts like caraway seeds," is one of the
mildest populist pronouncements on the breed, and the pugnacious populist
William Brann used to...
16 May 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- President George Bush's foreign policy is
starting to look like a running gag on "Saturday Night Live." How inept can
he get?
On Tuesday, Bush teed off on Castro of Cuba, saying he "ought to have...
On Tuesday, Bush teed off on Castro of Cuba, saying he "ought to have...
16 May 2002
EL PASO, Texas -- This is one of those stories, like drought,
that happens quietly over a long period, so no one quite notices how
horrible it is ... except those directly affected. Those who pay attention
to the Texas-Mexican border have...
16 May 2002
Politicians are often eager to outdo their foes with media images
of greater patriotism or piety. But in recent days, Republican and
Democratic leaders have also vied to appear more offended than their
opponents.
The...
The...
09 May 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- In 1901, a Henry T. Finch, writing in The
Independent, reported: "Women's participation in political life would
involve the domestic calamity of a deserted home and the loss of the womanly
qualities for which refined men...
09 May 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- We seem to be having a hail of news that fails
to amaze.
Israel has been attacked by another suicide bomber. Ariel Sharon, so memorably described by President Bush as "a man of peace," had to rush...
Israel has been attacked by another suicide bomber. Ariel Sharon, so memorably described by President Bush as "a man of peace," had to rush...
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