"Texas Observer" now has 6 year archive online!

The "Texas Observer," which for decades has been the gold standard for sweaty, muckraking journalism in Texas, has put the entire contents of every back issue since January, 1999 online. (Note: only part of the current issue's content is online -- if you're not a subscriber, you'll have to wait a few days for the rest to be added, when it's moved into the archive section.) If you're trying to get up to speed on the Texas political scene, have a masochistic need to revisit the last legislative session, or want to refresh your memory about something columnists Molly Ivins or Jim Hightower wrote, this archive is for you: Texas Observer.

Of particular interest: Bill Moyers' remarkable speech at a recent fundraiser for the magazine, now celebrating its 50th anniversary year. Also highly recommended: an interview with ACLU state director Will Harrell in the April 15, 2005 edition which gives an insider's tour of the raunchy workings of the state government.