May 2005 - Page 9 of 16

Hearsay: An important part of editorials in an ideal state

May 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

Give the Chronicle editorial board credit for consistently finding new ways to surprise. Friday, the editorialists came out strongly against zero-tolerance policies, which they criticized as driving the punishment in the case of a student

Demystifying recent NBA ratings

May 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Barron seems honestly mystified about the recent Rockets/Mavericks television ratings: If you can explain the following facts regarding the Rockets-Mavericks series, feel free to drop me a line. League-wide, of 35 first-round

Saturday morning blogger radio

May 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner and I get a little break from the BizRadio 1320 blogger radio segment Saturday morning (or maybe in my case it’s listeners who get a break), but you can catch the Chronicle‘s Kyrie

The Virtuoso's mustache is restored

May 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember the downtown sculpture that was altered against the wishes of its sculptor, David Adickes? El Capitan of Baboon Pirates points out that the problem has been remedied, by none other than Adickes himself.

Is opinion valued more than news?

May 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Rick Casey wrote a column questioning HISD priorities, since Casey discovered that HISD spokesman Terry Abbott makes a nice salary: […]Terry Abbott is very aggressive in his efforts to project a positive image of

Art cars to roll this afternoon

May 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

One of Houston’s quirky events, the art car parade, takes place later today. The Houston Art Car Klub (HACK) has the details: An all day event with the largest contingency of Art Cars in the

Houston Strategies op-ed in Sunday's Outlook

May 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week we pointed out three excellent posts by Tory Gattis on Houston Strategies that provided ideas to ease Houston’s traffic congestion. Today, Tory writes that those posts formed the basis of an op-ed he

Houston's in great shape

May 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tory Gattis (Houston Strategies) came across a press release for the Houston Airport System’s A+ bond rating and discovered some interesting things: The system’s primary market area consists of the eight-county Houston-Galveston-Brazoria consolidated metropolitan area

Houstonians think Mayor White has the greatest ideas!

May 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Kristen Mack writes that Mayor White has commissioned a poll and the results, amazingly, show that Houstonians LOVE his ideas: With less than 20 days left in the legislative session, Mayor Bill White has released

Roseanne Rosannadanna-Litella

May 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

You knew it was coming: HISD holds off on plan for less math and science: After hearing critics, Saavedra says a panel will look into proposed change for high schools. Shall we guess how those