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Alan says: I am in favor of limiting the governor to two consecutive terms. But blacklisting someone after eight years altogether, regardless of how good or bad they did their job, can needlessly force an effective public official out of public service. Many state governors throughout history have served well over eight years without their constituents regretting it. I would point out that such a system is wholly unworkable in twenty-first century America: we live in the era of the permanent campaign and the 24-hour news cycle. A governor facing re-election every other year would essentially do nothing but fundraise (which is close to what most do anyway even with four-year terms). (November 19th, 2009 at 11:09pm)
Christopher Kelly
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Thank God It’s Friday
And Saturday. And Sunday. The arrival of fall means weekends spent watching football, up close and on-screen, and yet another opportunity to love the greatest game on earth for all the usual reasons. Forty-nine of them, in fact. (September 2006)
Reporter
You Lost Us at Hello
Renée Zellweger versus the Oscar curse. (December 2009)
Apocalypse Now
Hey, movie people, leave Cormac McCarthy alone! (November 2009)
Skating By
Drew Barrymore keeps Austin weird. (October 2009)
King of The Hilarious
How Mike Judge got his groove back. (September 2009)
Angel Heart
Before her death, Farrah Fawcett achieved what had long eluded her: three-dimensionality. (August 2009)
Dreamgirl
How Beyoncé could become a great actress. Seriously. (July 2009)
Mist Opportunity
Why Tommy Lee Jones’s newest film went straight to DVD. (June 2009)
Unreality Show
Are the Jonas Brothers for real? (May 2009)
Action Heroes
The best new Texas filmmakers. (April 2009)
No Bull
Urban Cowboy’s indelible imprint on menswear. (March 2009)
Bottoms Up
The brave new world of Web serials and how they make money. (February 2009)
We Shall Overreach
Enough with all the high-minded sports movies! (January 2009)
Marley and Him
Owen Wilson’s new movie is no dog. (December 2008)
Gossip Boys
Boy toys will be boy toys. (November 2008)
Minor Movie Star
The Jessica Simpson oeuvre. (October 2008)
I Wish I Knew How To Depict You
The gay cliché. (September 2008)
American Booty
Alan Ball’s near-great teen sex flick. (August 2008)
Porn Yesterday
A porn classic turns thirty. (July 2008)
Frozen Asset
The best sitcom you may never get to see. (June 2008)
Urbane Cowboy
Julian Schnabel’s metrosexual Texanness. (May 2008)
Bombing Iraq
Hollywood loses the Iraq war. (April 2008)
Action Heroes
Action Heroes 2008. (March 2008)
All Your Movie Are Belong to Us
Geeks from Austin will destroy American cinema. (February 2008)
Sorry, Charlie
Charlie Wilson’s warts. (January 2008)
Crude Truth
Paul Thomas Anderson drills a dry hole. (December 2007)
Blood Brothers
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Fatally Hip
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Grounds for Suspicion
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Please Stop Directing
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This Just In
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Arousing Success
A slasher flick to die for. (May 2007)
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Action Heroes
The best of the new auteurs. (March 2007)
Failed Coup
News you’d Rather not use. (February 2007)
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Immaculate Misconception
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Err America
Bush bashing on the big screen. (November 2006)
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Terror Alert
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Fanfare for the Common Man
In praise of Mike Judge. (August 2006)
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Royal Flush
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