October 2004 - Page 8 of 19

Music update: Bob Schneider at the Mucky Duck

October 20, 2004 Kevin Whited

We normally provide a roundup of live Americana/Texas/alt-country type music on Thursdays, but sometimes venues will sneak in an interesting Wednesday show. Tonight, Bob Schneider will be playing the Mucky Duck at 8:30 ($15, nonsmoking).

Flu vaccine shortage blame

October 20, 2004 Anne Linehan

In an entirely predictable development, Cragg Hines blames the Bush administration for the flu vaccine shortage that the media is busy whipping into near-hysteria: In May 2001, four months into the Bush administration, Janet Heinrich,

Who will pay for Houston's own Central Park?

October 19, 2004 Kevin Whited

Mayor White has announced plans to acquire land near the George R. Brown Convention Center, part of his broader plan to create a large, downtown park: Mayor Bill White announced today that he has completed

Beldar explains yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court sentences

October 19, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rob Booth calls attention to this Chronicle/AP coverage of yesterday’s two-sentence U.S. Supreme Court order regarding Texas redistricting, and local blogger William Dyer’s analysis of that order. Dyer’s analysis goes well beyond the AP coverage,

Demagogue on Sunday, "objective" journalist the rest of the week?

October 19, 2004 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison penned a typically shrill column for the Chronicle‘s editorial page this past weekend, and one that is highly reflective of his worldview. Here is an excerpt: While controversy continued to swirl last week

Turning to Dallas for local sports coverage

October 19, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s newspaper partner (the Chronicle) must be pleased to know that the television station’s website is running a really great newspaper column on Astros manager Phil Garner. There’s only one problem. It’s a newspaper article

Food problems at UH

October 19, 2004 Anne Linehan

Chartwells, the company that holds the food service contract at UH, is under fire from students: “The students as a whole are not gung-ho happy,” RHA President Russell Payne said. “However, they have acknowledged that

Lone Star Emmy awards

October 18, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Lone Star Emmy awards were handed out on Saturday, at the Hilton Americas-Houston, and here’s the Chronicle‘s story on the winners: KHOU (Channel 11) won the night’s biggest prize, for overall station excellence, while

Win, Win, WIN!

October 18, 2004 Anne Linehan

There were big smiles and warm hearts all around, as the Chronicle editors wrote this editorial for today: Austin attorney Thomas Van Orden has no delusions about the role of appearance. When the civil liberties

Southwest Freeway problems

October 18, 2004 Kevin Whited

On my way to the Galleria this morning (about 7:15), I noticed a pretty bad accident on the Southwest Freeway inbound near Kirby. A vehicle was flipped, and several lanes were closed as emergency officials