Modern Living

“We went to the Moon because we were called by a higher mission. We need a bugle call to fight climate change.” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, 68, hopes the bugle blows for him in […]

World chess champion Garry Kasparov told an audience at SXSW in Austin that while some worry about robots taking over the world, “humans still have a monopoly on evil.” As the author of a book […]

A guru of the 21st century, Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell envisions a “radical transformation of urban life” if the use of self-driving cars becomes the norm, but he is none too happy about it. In […]

South by Southwest is about to begin, and the highlight this year will be Good Omens. It is an upcoming TV series based on a 1990 book, and will star David Tennant of Dr. Who […]

There are many ways to get into the spirit of Halloween (pun intended), and virtually all of them can be found explained in a new book by Mickie Mueller. Entitled Llewellyn’s Little Book of Halloween, […]

John Kerry, commenting on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination battle, pulled no punches during his appearance in Austin on Sept. 27. Of the Republican senators who want him on the Supreme Court, Kerry said “The fix […]

A new kind of organic trail mix was debuted in Austin a few days ago at the Epoch Coffee shop on the ground floor of Gables Park Tower. The brainchild of Peter Rushford, Shār (pronounced […]

The newest addition to the stores on 6th Street that help keep Austin weird is Dirty Laundry. Open since April 14, DL offers a range of very unusual items ranging from clothes and shoes to […]

The outside temperature is 100. That means Christmas is just around the corner! Well, that might be stretching the point, but for Thomas Harman and his company Balsam Brands, half of his artificial Christmas trees […]

With cars ranging from the $14,000 Spark to the iconic Corvette, represented here by the $119,000 ZR1, Chevrolet covers the price spectrum at the 2018 Austin Auto Show, currently being held at the Convention Center. […]