Subject: Vladimir Lenin

• Andrei Codrescu

  March 26, 2009

• Radio Houstoned: The Cinema of East Germany

  October 20, 2007

• Clash Course

  Warriors of the right take their battle against the left to the streets of New York

  September 9, 2004

• Hot Plate

  April 16, 1998

• The Sister Cities Of Houston: A Critical Appraisal, Part Two

  With the recent addition of Karachi, Pakistan, Houston now is a sister to 18 other cities around the world. Hair Balls is on the case - we studied all of them so you wouldn't have to. See the first half here.Sister: Luanda, AngolaHow we are sisterly: Houston's only African sister is yet another seaport/oil hub and its population (4.8 million) and hot climate are similar to ours. There is also this from Wikipedia: "Luanda's roads are currently in a poor state of repair, but are currently undergo

  March 13, 2009

• Letters

  February 11, 1999

• Night & Day

  May 20, 1999

• Chantal Akerman turns the everyday into the extraordinary

  The Observer

  February 21, 2008

• Dissent for Sale

  Opposition is a Commodity in Sundance Docs.

  February 1, 2007

• Art of Rebellion

  The Edukators terrorize the rich by...rearranging their furniture

  August 18, 2005

• Renaissance Man

  A cop learns the pain of piercing

  April 21, 2005

• War Is Afoot

  "Eyes Wide Open" brings statistics to life

  February 3, 2005

• Back in the USSR

  Break out the vodka -- The Nightfly tours Houston's Russian-themed bars

  January 6, 2005

• Strange Heights

  Bobbindoctrin offers up a lighthearted look at tyranny

  May 6, 2004

• Adam 'n' Heave

  50 First Dates is a patchy toss-off strictly for Sandler fans

  February 12, 2004

• Training Day

  Light rail's first day brings one high after another

  January 8, 2004

• Rallying Round Al

  Houston pitches in to help an ailing Austinite; also: Dennis Kucinich hits the hip-hop hustings

  December 11, 2003

• Vodka Venue

  Red Star serves up a Russian theme with its martinis

  August 28, 2003

• Club Directory

  April 10, 2003

• Olympic Moments

  A marathon through the downtown tunnel, a rowing venue in a flooded Katy Freeway, the javelina throw -- how splendid, how Houston!

  August 29, 2002

• An Introspective

  "The Inward Eye" is blind to all but your feelings

  January 3, 2002

• High-Tech Spectacle

  Jennifer Steinkamp and Sharon Engelstein bring back the big and bold.

  October 18, 2001

• You Deserve a Break Today

  McDonald's has it their way - in your museum, church and even in print

  February 22, 2001

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Capitalist

  Painter Vladimir Gorsky learned how to work the system in the Soviet Union for personal gain. He discovered that things operate much the same way in America.

  February 22, 2001

• Bawdiness and Brains

  Tom Stoppard's Travesties offers both

  June 3, 1999

• Choke, Hit, Bash, Cha-Cha-Cha

  It's a bare-knuckled fight for gory glory in this Texas twist on an ancient form known as submission fighting

  March 19, 1998