Year: 2009

KTRK-13’S MIYA SHAY blogs about the big meeting between Roy Morales, Allen Blakemore, and Christian Archer. We LOVE reading stories about Gene Locke power brokers groveling for the support of the guy who finished fourth

DAVID BENZION blogs that Texas voters should not allow Houston’s Barbara Ann Radnofsky “anywhere near the AG’s office.” We don’t expect there’s much chance of that.

THE CHRON’S “SCIGUY” blogs about the “disconnect between TV meteorologists and climate scientists on the issue of global warming.” For our part, we are frequently amused by the disconnect between faith-based global-warming enthusiasts who play

THE CHRON (and other media outlets) love the “Muslim backlash” meme. When the backlash never materializes, the natural followup is “[LATEST NEWS EVENT] raised fears.” Why does the newspaper waste its ever-shrinking print space with

If you like your storytelling exaggerated and are a fan of Mayor Bill White, then you’re probably going to love the latest Texas Monthly tribute to the man. On the other hand, fans of high-quality

NEW CHRON POLITICAL WRITER JOE HOLLEY blogs about… speculation that Mayor Bill White might run for governor instead of Senate. Count us underwhelmed by this sort of thing. If the Chron is even going to

THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON reports on Mayor Bill White’s latest boondoggle: a $600,000 payoff to developers to build 10 single-family homes as part of the “Houston Hope” program. The story has slightly more balance than

One Chron diarist is out for three months on maternity leave, apparently not to be replaced during that time. And an editorial in today’s Chron offered readers a note that it was *ahem* recycled content:

DAVID “BIG JOLLY” JENNINGS posts about Jerry Eversole, ethics violations, and the Harris County Republican Party (here, here, here, here, and here).

MIKE MCGUFF posts a mini-review of the new ABC13.com layout (a subject he certainly knows something about). It’s definitely an improvement over the old site, although the recent KHOU web redesign appeals to me more