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Impeach Bushnew
The Clinton impeachment scandal seems quaint, with the country getting all lathered up over fibbing about fellatio, in light of President Bush's extensive rap sheet.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
01-20-2006 |
Commentary
Whole Latte Lovenew
Starbucks' Hear Music Coffeehouses offer dozens of music stations at which customers can browse titles and burn their own CDs while sipping a beverage.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-20-2006 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Woman. Muslim. American.new
Sarwat Husain shatters stereotypes in her pursuit of social justice.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
11-03-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Bully for Americanew
As George Clooney’s film reminds us, Joe McCarthy, a blusterous, bibulous Republican Senator disgraced the American heritage of freedom and justice for all
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
10-20-2005 |
Movies
Playing With Firenew
The Big Buy spent two years tracking Ronnie Earle as he built his case against Tom DeLay.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Big Buy
Radio-Free Astrodomenew
Prometheus Radio and Houston's KPFT fight to prove that low-power FM is just the tool for a community in need.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Hitchin' a Ridenew
Travel journalism is taking vicarious adventure to new highs and lows.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-08-2005 |
Travel
Tags: travel
When the Levee Breaksnew
As San Antonio's military and medical teams evacuate hurricane victims, one man realizes he can never go home again
San Antonio Current |
Michael Cary |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Texas' Schismnew
As parents and advocates reach an impasse over whether state institutions for the mentally retarded should close, Texas abandons its responsibility to care for its neediest citizens. First in a two-part series
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-25-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Texas' Funding Crisis for Mental Retardation Servicesnew
Nationally, Texas ranks among the lowest in funding for mental-retardation services. What does that mean for the future of state schools and community programs? Second in a two-part series
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-25-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Memory of Texas Political Giants Malingers Onnew
Beyond its veiled allusions to familiar people, places and events, Waterloo is that rare accomplishment, a provincial fiction that finds the universe in a grain of Texas silt.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
08-25-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Karen Olsson, Waterloo
From Soldering Iron to Synthesizer Innovatornew
The death of synthesizer inventor Bob Moog on August 21 marked the passing of one of music's most important innovators, influencing the sounds of such artists as Radiohead, Chick Corea, Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Moog, The Sound Sculptor
Karl Rove and the Half-Wit Princenew
Minister of Magic Karl Rove meets Harry Potter in a spoof on the two biggest events of the week.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
07-22-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Born to Roll: Alamo City Rollergirls Are Tough on the Tracknew
Forget Raquel Welch in Kansas City Bomber. Today's roller derby is not your mother's beer-throwin' cat fight. It's a tough, competitive sport in which women can get their teeth knocked out.
San Antonio Current |
Susan Pagani |
07-22-2005 |
Recreation
Moving Targetnew
A historian shows that, far from being born in the wake of the '60s-era Chicano Movement, bilingual education is part of the very fabric of Texas. Also reviewed is Craig Kaplowitz's Lulac: Mexican Americans and National Policy.
San Antonio Current |
Alejandro Perez |
05-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
