Ann Richards

  • Where the aldermen are all women

    Good ol' girls run panhandle town.
  • A women's tea for Nancy and Ann

    The first woman speaker of the House remembers one great Texan who paved her way ... and we don't mean George W. Bush!
  • The Texan who actually governed

    Karl Rove's cutthroat tactics eventually defeated her, but not before Ann Richards made a huge impact on American politics.
  • Lone Star lady

    Ann Richards and I saw everything on Broadway and loved to rag about George W. Bush. They were some of the happiest years of my life.
  • Ten reasons we already miss Ann Richards

    One former Texas governor we'll never want to forget.
  • Truth to power: Ann Richards, 1933-2006

    The former Texas governor warned that we won't have the "America that we want" until we elect leaders who "tell the truth."
  • Betting on Ann Richards

    At a bash for Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards picks her mother in the fight against cancer.
  • Annie Lennox look-alike takes over Planned Parenthood

    The New York Times reports that the group's new platinum president will fight for abortion rights with pluck.
  • Ann Richards is diagnosed with esophageal cancer

    Long may the former governor of Texas' wicked wit reign!
  • Bush feeds the scandal

    The president's claim that Enron's chief supported his Texas opponent -- at best an evasion, at worst a lie -- drags the White House a step deeper into Enrongate.
  • If you can't say anything nice ...

    The nation's first women's museum dodges controversy -- and whole chunks of history.
  • Elian! Nature trumps politics

    Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
  • Why won't George W. Bush talk about AIDS?

    Texas gays say their governor's "compassionate conservatism" doesn't include them.
  • The truth about Texas school reform

    Has George W. Bush made his state's education system a model for the nation?
  • Louder than words

    George W. Bush, who refuses to answer questions about his own drug use, slashed drug rehabilitation programs for inmates while ushering in tougher sentencing laws.
  • Guns and money

    The owner of the firm that made an assault rifle found in the van of accused killer Buford Furrow was, until recently, a key George W. Bush fund-raiser.

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