'Naz' beats an immigration system slim on second chances
Armed immigration agents woke Nazry Mustakim and his wife, Hope, as dawn broke on March 30, 2011, banging on the door of their North Waco home. Even as they handcuffed...
| 2/22/2012
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: I've tried and failed to learn the Spanish language for the last two years. During high school and college, I took both Spanish I and Spanish II, but...
| 2/22/2012
Ginobli tweets about Jeremy Lin on Valentine's Day
When Manu Ginobili took to Twitter on Valentine's night, he didn't tweet about the Spurs victory over the stalled Detroit Pistons. Nor did he tweet about his comfort on the...
| 2/22/2012
Saturday Night Satellites: 'Drop City' EP
This local trio explores similar territory as Austin’s Black Angels,
mining sweltering neo-psych with raw garage presence.
| 2/19/2012
Texas fracking critics tour the Eagle Ford as complaints of contamination surface
Calvin Tillman set out on his weekend tour across South Texas hoping to alert area landowners about the dark side of the growing oil shale boom. Beginning at a Laredo forum packed with local farmers, environmental activists, and industry reps, Tillman worked his way northeast from the Rio Grande, crossing a region teeming with drilling rigs.
| 6/22/2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I invite you to identify all the things in your life that you really don't need any more: gadgets that have become outdated, clothes that no longer feel...
| 2/22/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What do you typically do just before you fall asleep and right after you wake up? Those rituals are important for your mental health.
| 2/15/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sad but true: A lot of people seem to be perpetually in a state of wanting what they don't have and not wanting what they actually do have.
| 2/1/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I'm afraid that means you're not going to have as much right to complain as...
| 1/25/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Macy's ad I saw in the newspaper had a blaring headline: "Find Your Magic 2.0." The items that were being touted to help us discover our upgraded...
| 1/18/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Sanskrit word tapasya is translated as "heat," but in the yogic tradition it means "essential energy." It refers to the practice of...
| 1/11/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions," said poet Robert Bly. That's why he decided to learn to love his obsessions.
| 1/4/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In North America, a farmer who grows wheat gets only five percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop. When my band recorded an album for...
| 12/28/2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the fictional world of the wizard Harry Potter, muggles are people who have no magical powers. Because of their deficiency, certain sights may be literally invisible to them, and certain places inaccessible. I'm going to boldly
| 12/21/2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Jim Moran (1908-1999) called himself a publicist, but I regard him as a pioneer performance artist.
| 12/14/2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in your life? To answer that question is your first assignment.
| 12/7/2011
