Karl Rove

Killer Page, Your Honor!

The Minutemen Are Happy Karl Rove Is Leaving. We're Not Sure How to Feel About That.

The Trailer For Oliver Stone's Bush Movie Now Online

King Kinder

Rich Kinder has made a cool billion dollars since leaving Enron. Now he’s ready to take over the world, or at least the nearest pipeline.

Fox Calls It For Obama. People Desperately Look Up How To Spell "Shadenfreude"

Rich Kinder has made a cool billion dollars since leaving Enron. Now he’s ready to take over the world, or at least the nearest pipeline.

Election 2008: Winners and Losers

Rich Kinder has made a cool billion dollars since leaving Enron. Now he’s ready to take over the world, or at least the nearest pipeline.

The Case Against Kay

Last year, a grand jury was told tales about Texas' junior senator. Here's what they heard.

Bush's Brain: W.

Oliver Stone assigns motive to Dubya's m.o., but at this point, who cares?

Return of the Boogie Man

Can the Texas Ten "MoveOn" without him?

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

No Logo — Brands, Globalization, Resistance

Naomi Klein’s documentary about branding covers clothes, shoes and people

Your Guide to Being Cool

Stuff you need to know this week to avoid musical ostracism

Took a Shot

Stuff you need to know this week to avoid musical ostracism

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz's nation of idiots lands a little close to home

Solitary Man

Part ironic sophisticate, part sentimental movie composer, Randy Newman is an American original

Terry Allen

The Silent Majority (Terry Allen's Greatest Missed Hits)

Letters

The Silent Majority (Terry Allen's Greatest Missed Hits)

Blizzard of Oz

Dubya, Ashlee and Bill O'Reilly have spun Racket's mind into the twilight zone; also, two local retro-cool institutions bite the dust

Vote No

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

Gotta Dance

A few tweaks here and there, and house music may survive

Moby for Veep

John Kerry should hit the decks for his running mate

Hail to the Turd Blossom

A SXSW film takes a look at Karl Rove, a.k.a. Bush's Brain

Texas Monthly's Bullshit

The magazine offers yet another favor to a Bush

The Insider

The Talented Mr. Stockman. A defeated politician resurrects himself in Seventh District heaven with a stash of campaign cash

The Man Who Would Be Kingmaker

Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul.

HISD's Former Board President Moves On In Portland

Cathy Mincberg, the longtime political semi-honcho who once was HISD's board president and left the district as its chief business officer, is now leaving her latest gig.She had been chief operations officer of the Portland school system, but now she is becoming the V-P and chief academic officer fo ... More >>

Lone Star Scorecard: How Accurate are Your Favorite Songs About Texas?

​Many songs about Texas are written by residents wishing to celebrate some part of their beloved Lone Star State. Others come from non-Texans who are unable to resist the je ne sais quoi of the place that produced both Walter Cronkite and Karl Rove. One thing that many of them have in common, ... More >>

The Tug of War

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a pitched battle over the soul of the GOP. They are also running for governor.

Mission Finally Accomplished

American hero Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style.

Alberto Gonzalez: Former Houstonian, Former Attorney General, Needs Your Cash

Alberto Gonzalez: Give `til it hurts​Alberto Gonzalez, the pride of Houston's Vinson & Elkins, memorably served as Attorney General under George W. Bush. Sure, there were a few bumps along the way, what with the torture and helping Karl Rove purge the roster of U.S. Attorneys in a way that an ... More >>

Kay Bailey Hutchison Retires: Five Career Highlights

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has announced she will not seek re-election to the Senate, probably a wise move after conservatives sensed blood in the water after her disastrous gubernatorial campaign. KBH's three terms in the Senate were somewhat odd in that she never made all that much of an impres ... More >>

Voter ID Is a Texas Emergency, Rick Perry Declares

Rick Perry: It's a red-meat special in Austin today​Remember that vast tsunami of voter fraud that swept across Texas, coming close to throwing into chaos the very concept of democracy? Neither do we. Even Karl Rove, using every bit of the federal government he could get his hands on, couldn ... More >>

Pop Rocks: A Few (Updated) Non-Pokemon Speeches for Herman Cain

"Over?"​It was fun (to watch) while it lasted, but Herman Cain officially "suspended" his Presidential campaign last weekend. The former Godfather's CEO had long been dogged by accusations of sexual harassment (to say nothing of his unfamiliarity with the Libyan crisis or how to pronounce "Uzb ... More >>