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Opening the Eyes of Texas for Fifty Yearsen-usCopyright 2009http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationSun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:01 CSTFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700Texas Observer RSS Generator 1.0TXOBSRSS0003057Dialogue
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3057
Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003058Editorial
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3058
Bob Moser on Texas' Republican chickenhawks.
Bob MoserFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003059Political Intelligence
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3059
Forrest Wilder on Galveston's public-housing backlash and Reeve Hamilton rounds up the legislature's attacks on open government.
Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003060If They Build It...
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3060
Dallas' long and winding Trinity River Corridor Project.
Ian DilleFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003061The Big O
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3061
Ruth Pennebaker reports from recession-era Odessa.
Ruth PennebakerFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003062Victim of Circumstance?
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3062
In Part Two of the Observer's investigation into wrongful arson convictions in Texas, Dave Mann examines the case of Ed Graf, imprisoned since 1988 for allegedly burning his two stepsons alive.
Dave MannFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003063Reappraising the Governor
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3063
Long before the Tax Day tea parties, Andrew Wheat reports, Rick Perry launched a privateand lucrativetax protest.
Andrew WheatFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003064Back of the Book
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3064
Brad Tyer reconsiders Bud Shrake and the glory days of Texas Lit.
Brad TyerFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003065Review
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3065
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3065" title="Review"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqz_090529/images/hidingman-sm.jpg" alt="Hiding Man" /></a><br /> Former student David Theis remembers writer Donald Barthelme, with a little help from biographer Tracy Daugherty.
David TheisFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003066Dateline
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3066
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3066" title="Dateline"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqz_090529/images/dateline-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> The return of Elroy Bodes El Paso Journal.
Elroy BodeFri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003067Jim Hightower
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3067
Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003042Dialogue
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3042
Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003043Editorial
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3043
Bob Moser prods the politics of Gov. Rick Perry's states'-rights charade.
Bob MoserFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003044Political Intelligence
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3044
Dave Mann has breakfast with Texas' Christian Right activists.
Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003045Austin MUD v. Voting Rights Act
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3045
Will conservative activists in a tiny Texas utility district take down a key piece of civil rights law? Anthony Zurcher probes a landmark case that's traveled from Austin to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Anthony ZurcherFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003046Tumbling Dice
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3046
Gambling interests bet big on the 81st Legislature. Melissa del Bosque reports on why they haven't hit the jackpot.
Melissa del BosqueFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003047Silent Springs
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3047
Forrest Wilder reports on why the Hill Country is running dryand why that's a terrible omen for the rest of Texas.
Forrest WilderFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003048Herding Water
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3048
Forrest WilderFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003049Commentary
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Dave Richards remembers pioneering Texas environmentalist Bob Burleson.
Dave RichardsFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003050Bad Bills
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3050
Senate Bill 2556 & Senate Bill 1912
Susan Peterson and Reeve HamiltonFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003051Back of the Book
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3051
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3051" title="Back of the Book"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqy_090515/images/crazy-sm.jpg" alt="Driving Like Crazy" /></a><br /> Brad Tyer looks under the hood with humorist P.J. O'Rourke.
Brad TyerFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003052Review
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3052
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3052" title="Review"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqy_090515/images/stuffed-sm.jpg" alt="Stuffed" /></a><br /> Contributing writer James E. McWilliams explores Americas love affair with fat.
James E. McWilliamsFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003053Critic's Notebook
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3053
Josh RosenblattFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003054Review
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3054
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3054" title="Review"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqy_090515/images/protest-sm.jpg" alt="The Protest Singer" /></a><br /> Steven G. Kellman on Pete Seeger, the man with the golden hammer.
Steven G. KellmanFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003055Dateline
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3055
Joe Ely on the signs of homelessness, with photographs by Randal Ford.
Joe ElyFri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003056Jim Hightower
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3056
Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003025Dialogue
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3025
Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003026Editorial
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3026
Bob Moser on why Texas is funny again—except when it's not.
Bob MoserFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003027Political Intelligence
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3027
Reeve Hamilton on how young Texans are being priced out of college.
Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003028Commentary
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3028
Ruth Pennebaker interviews Rick Perry's remorseful third-grade teacher.
Ruth PennebakerFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003029Texas Tea
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3029
Bob Moser reports from the Tax Day tea parties, where the governor announced his answer to the recession: secession!
Bob MoserFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003030Understimulated
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3030
While other states use stimulus funds to think ahead, it's more of the same in Texas.
Reeve HamiltonFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003031Commentary
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3031
James K. Galbraith on how America got into this economic mess, and how to climb out.
James K. GalbraithFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003032The Perils of Payday
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3032
Melissa del Bosque on the booming business of payday loans in Texas.
Melissa del BosqueFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003033Which Economic Crisis?
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3033
Looking for work in South Texas.
Kevin SieffFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003034Home Sweet Home
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3034
Mortgaging a future in McAllen.
Forrest WilderFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003035Bad Bills
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3035
Susan Peterson and Reeve HamiltonFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003036Back of the Book
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3036
Brad Tyer explores the future of big box stores and itty-bitty houses.
Brad TyerFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003037Critic's Notebook
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3037
Sarah WimerFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003038Review
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3038
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3038" title="Review"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqx_090501/images/warcomeshome-sm.jpg" alt="The War Comes Home" /></a><br /> Tom Palaima on the unjust rewards awaiting Americas latest veterans.
Tom PalaimaFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003039Review
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3039
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3039" title="Review"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqx_090501/images/mexico-sm.jpg" alt="Mexico Unconquered" /></a><br /> New contributor Liliana Valenzuela considers Mexico Unconquered, by former Austinite John Gibler.
Liliana ValenzuelaFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003040Dateline
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3040
<a href="http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3040" title="Dateline"><img src="http://www.texasobserver.org/archives/zqx_090501/images/crane-sm.jpg" alt="Whooping crane." /></a><br /> Jesse Sublett goes to the birds.
Jesse SublettFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003041Jim Hightower
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3041
Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003011Dialogue
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Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003012Editorial
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3012
Bob Moser on the Observer's new cultural coverage, and good old-fashioned investigative reporting.
Bob MoserFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003013Political Intelligence
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3013
T. Boone Pickens fights water-conservation efforts in the Panhandle and Forrest Wilder on shady business in UT student elections.
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003014Lights, Cameras, Mayhem!
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3014
Melissa del Bosque on the national media invasion of El Pasoand how they're bungling the border-violence story.
Melissa del BosqueFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003015Be It Hereby Resolved
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3015
As the Texas Legislature attempts to pay homage to George W. Bush, Reeve Hamilton offers a few modest suggestions.
Reeve HamiltonFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003016The Governor's Job Con
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3016
What does Gov. Perry's 'rejection' of unemployment insurance money really mean? Observer writers Dave Mann and Susan Peterson sift through the rhetoric and find the reality.
Dave Mann and Susan PetersonFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700TXOBSRSS0003017Bad Bills
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3017
Reeve Hamilton and Susan PetersonFri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700