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Texas, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You

Bill Moyers | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Lbj, William Justice, Segregation, East Texas, Molly Ivins, William Wayne Justice, Justice Justice, Rick Perry, Politics News
Bill Moyers

While so many Texans have fought and are fighting the good fight in the Judge William Wayne Justice tradition, others believe in the law only when it sides with them.

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Four Steps to Save Publishing, by the Unpublished

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Ben Hecht, Chicago, Media, New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers, Huffington Post, Journalism, Newspapers, Molly Ivins, Twitter, Hollywood, James Thurber, Dorothy Dix, Ernest Hemingway, Advertising, Economy, Media News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The collective naval-gazing of reporters and publishers far exceeds the outcry when free downloads upended the music industry and streaming video tanked television ratings, because when a crisis hits the writers it's what we write about.

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What Would Molly Think?

Betsy Moon | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Democratic Convention, Women, 2004, Newspapers, Democratic National Convention, Austin, Molly Ivins, Chicago Magazine, Barack Obama, Memories, Austin Texas, Death, Texas, Publishing, Texas Observer, Women and Politics, Memory, Memorial, Sadness, Molly Ivins Texas, In Memory, Betsy Moon, Living News
Betsy Moon

Molly Ivins made us want to be our better selves and stand up and use our power. Two years after her death, she would be so proud that we finally woke up and worked to make this happen.

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Race at 150 mph? Sure.

Lea Lane | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, George Bush, Craig T. Nelson, Dell, George Herbert Walker Bush, Molly Ivins, Lady Bird Johnson, Ann Richards, Austin, Lance Armstrong, LBJ Memorial Library, Living News
Lea Lane

When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

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If Molly Ivins Could Only See Us Now

Deanie Mills | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Tom Delay, Lou Dubose, Youth Vote, Burnt Orange Report Our Eyes Are Upon Texas Politics, Texas Obama, Howard Dean, Molly Ivins, ROTC, Obama Young People, Barack Obama, Texas Bus Tours, John Cornyn, Texas, Shub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Texas, Texas Republicans, Texas Democrats, Iraq War, University of Texas at Austin, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Molly Ivins Texas, Home News
Deanie Mills

Texas politics are on the move, and for the first time in years, it's exciting to be a Democrat in this very red state. And the Obama campaign is treating us red-staters like our votes count, too.

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Truth and Consequences

Murray Fromson | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Dow Jones, Bailout, Wall Street, Economy, Molly Ivins, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Investors, Media News
Murray Fromson

At a time when the U.S. economy seemed to be going into the tank, the question no one seemed to be asking the past two weeks was what about the press....

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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