Molly Ivins

Politics and Pop Culture Take a Whoopin' in Shows Inspired by Green Day and Molly Ivins

If You're In Philly, That One-Woman Show About Molly Ivins Opens This Week

​Back in December we made mention of a one-woman show set to bow in Philly this month: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Yesterday, The New York Times offered a lengthy sneak peek at the show "by" and about Schutze's former colleague and competitor, which stars Kathleen Turner as t ... More >>

From Matty Walker to Molly Ivins

I spent 20 minutes trying to decide whether to use an old Kathleen Turner photo or a more recent one.​But a month after Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith's book about the late, great Molly Ivins hit stores comes word of a stage production based on the Dallas Times Herald columnist's life: Red H ... More >>

A Few Sneak Peaks at Ivins's Rebel Life

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

What's That The Texas Observer Smells in Dallas?

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

Molly Ivins Did Say That

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

​A Friend of Unfair Park asked if I wouldn't mind mentioning Bill Minutaglio's appearance at Legacy Books in Plano this Saturday, when the ex-DMN'er heads up north to sign copies of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, which he co-wrote with W. Michael Smith. Sure; happy to. Which reminds me: The book's in ... More >>

Fun and Justice

Ten years later, the Dallas Times Herald is still missed

Letters

Missing Molly, Discordant Sound, A Sorry Man

Parting Ways

Molly Ivins leaves the Star-Telegram's staff, but not its pages

Dream a little dream

During South by Southwest, the harsh reality is always a free drink away

Night & Day

March 19-25, 1998

Lean to the left, lean to the right

The Star-Telegram struggles to please

Letters

The Star-Telegram struggles to please

Letters

The Star-Telegram struggles to please

Feeling small

Pat Buchanan ponders his puny conscience

'A little bit of revenge'

Stung Star-Telegram yanks Ivins column from Observer

Surplus labor

The fashion for corporate downsizing cuts into the economy in many ways

Gold diggers

The telecommunications bill brings out the greed in all of us

A pox on 1995!

Next year will be better

Stuff it

State legislators agree on the issue of dead deer heads

The new Civil War

Tax breaks for corporations are about to tear us in half

True crime story

Forget the usual tales of rape and pillage--consider the sins of corporate America

Nasty and negative

Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics

Letters

Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics

Buzz

Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics

Stolen thunder

Morales anoints himself hero

Falling into The Gap

The chasm separating the haves and have-nots is getting wider

Global warning

Republicans are aiding and abetting denial of the worldwide shift in climate

Stop the sanctimony

It's time to question the popular wisdom about families

It's a woman's world

Reflecting on the anniversary of woman suffrage in America

Unkindest cuts

Reflecting on the anniversary of woman suffrage in America

The mouse that roared

How telecommunications deregulation will help Disney--and other media giants--rule the world

Getting real

Clinton's plans for fixing affirmative action are sensible and moderate

Letters

Clinton's plans for fixing affirmative action are sensible and moderate

Letters

Clinton's plans for fixing affirmative action are sensible and moderate

Redefining reform

Big business proponents contrive some of the worst bills of the 74th session

Letters

Big business proponents contrive some of the worst bills of the 74th session

Making schools smarter

Lege fiddles, with results unknown

Bovine bliss

They're happy in Northfield, Minnesota. And that's OK

Fight the power of hatred

We cannot let evil cowards make us less free

Cyberdummies

New bill to outlaw "indecency" on the Internet makes no sense

Dumb and dumber

The Nation of Nitwits rolls along with the Republican Revolution

Letters

The Nation of Nitwits rolls along with the Republican Revolution

Crazy day in Nootsville

Job Creation Act threatens sanity of our environmental and health laws

Events for the week

Job Creation Act threatens sanity of our environmental and health laws

Letters

Job Creation Act threatens sanity of our environmental and health laws

Letters

Job Creation Act threatens sanity of our environmental and health laws

Letters

Job Creation Act threatens sanity of our environmental and health laws