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http://www.texasobserver.org/ Opening the Eyes of Texas for Fifty Years en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:01 CST Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Texas Observer RSS Generator 1.0 TXOBSRSS0003057 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3057 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003058 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3058 Bob Moser on Texas' Republican chickenhawks. Bob Moser Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003059 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 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003060 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3060 Dallas' long and winding Trinity River Corridor Project. Ian Dille Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003061 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3061 Ruth Pennebaker reports from recession-era Odessa. Ruth Pennebaker Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003062 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 Mann Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003063 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 Wheat Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003064 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3064 Brad Tyer reconsiders Bud Shrake and the glory days of Texas Lit. Brad Tyer Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003065 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 Theis Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003066 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 Bode Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003067 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3067 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003042 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3042 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003043 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3043 Bob Moser prods the politics of Gov. Rick Perry's states'-rights charade. Bob Moser Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003044 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3044 Dave Mann has breakfast with Texas' Christian Right activists. Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003045 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 Zurcher Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003046 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 Bosque Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003047 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 Wilder Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003048 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3048 Forrest Wilder Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003049 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3049 Dave Richards remembers pioneering Texas environmentalist Bob Burleson. Dave Richards Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003050 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3050 Senate Bill 2556 & Senate Bill 1912 Susan Peterson and Reeve Hamilton Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003051 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 Tyer Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003052 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. McWilliams Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003053 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3053 Josh Rosenblatt Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003054 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. Kellman Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003055 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3055 Joe Ely on the signs of homelessness, with photographs by Randal Ford. Joe Ely Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003056 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3056 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003025 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3025 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003026 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3026 Bob Moser on why Texas is funny again—except when it's not. Bob Moser Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003027 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 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003028 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3028 Ruth Pennebaker interviews Rick Perry's remorseful third-grade teacher. Ruth Pennebaker Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003029 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 Moser Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003030 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 Hamilton Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003031 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. Galbraith Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003032 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3032 Melissa del Bosque on the booming business of payday loans in Texas. Melissa del Bosque Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003033 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3033 Looking for work in South Texas. Kevin Sieff Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003034 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3034 Mortgaging a future in McAllen. Forrest Wilder Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003035 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3035 Susan Peterson and Reeve Hamilton Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003036 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3036 Brad Tyer explores the future of big box stores and itty-bitty houses. Brad Tyer Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003037 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3037 Sarah Wimer Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003038 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 Palaima Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003039 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 Valenzuela Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003040 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 Sublett Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003041 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3041 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003011 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3011 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003012 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3012 Bob Moser on the Observer's new cultural coverage, and good old-fashioned investigative reporting. Bob Moser Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003013 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 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003014 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 Bosque Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003015 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 Hamilton Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003016 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 Peterson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 TXOBSRSS0003017 http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3017 Reeve Hamilton and Susan Peterson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700