Charles Boisseau is a professional journalist and freelance writer formerly of Austin, Texas and now based in Gainesville, Fla.
Armstrong Dropped by Nike, Leaves Livestrong : Discovery News
Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer charity on Wednesday as Nike broke all ties with the disgraced cycling star over "seemingly insurmountable evidence" of doping.
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Blue Mesa Review - A Literary Magazine » Really Living
"Really Living" is a literary essay I wrote about a tortured relationship with my late eldest brother, who suffered from schizoaffective disorder.
Texas Stories: Stage Plight - Returning to the stage for first time since high school
An essay about returning to the stage to appear in a community theater production of "12 Angry Men."
Profile of Michael Dell
The story of how Michael Dell, who started a little business in a dorm room in 1984, created a multibillion-dollar computer and information services giant.
Five cowboy poets invite us into their world - Houston Chronicle
Not at all, says poet Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and a BBC commentator. Gioia, author of the controversial book Can Poetry Matter?, contends that cowboy poetry...
A test in the desert
Controversy over a proposed dump may determine how the U.S. disposes of nuclear waste
Burnet's discharge dilemma
Critics have lined up to assail a small community's plan to build a wastewater plant that would take advantage of a loophole to discharge treated effluent into a tributary of Lake Travis.
Campground Comrades
The subculture of people who live in RVs and volunteer at state, national parks
Texas Co-op Power Magazine - Texas Stories: Tales in Twilight
Now, some 70 years after U.S. troops were pulled into the war, we get the rich details of lives so cruelly interrupted. Here are some men we would like you to know:
‘We didn’t even know where Pearl Ha...
Put me in coach: Importance of business coaches
Tiger Woods has one. So why don't more entrepreneurs have coaches?
Business column: Elevator pitches
If you are an entrepreneur, you need to develop a quick spiel about your business. Here's why.
Austin American-Statesman: Surge in women boxing
Some of the women who flock to boxing gyms are refugees from fitness centers where, they say, they felt pressure — real or imagined — to pay undue attention to how they look, competing with women in fashion leotards.
The Sit Safe Rap ... tales of driving a school bus
My year driving a school bus.