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Denigrating Rod Paige

Here’s the last paragraph from today’s Chronicle editorial on outgoing Education Secretary Rod Paige: Perhaps the greatest irony of Paige’s career is that although he grew up in segregated schools in Mississippi and served as

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Disconsolate editors

The Chronicle editors are not happy campers. This whole media effort to unseat President Bush didn’t turn out well, and that fact is settling in: Specter, who supports a woman’s right to choose abortion, is

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Moving on and moving in

Heflin team in limbo over election challenge: Many in Capitol ready to move on after defeat by Vo (from the Chronicle): Although veteran Republican state Rep. Talmadge Heflin still is contemplating a challenge to his

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TranStar gets a nod

Houston’s TranStar gets a mention in this Reuters story on CNN.com about websites that help commuters: The Greater Houston Transportation and Emergency Management Center provides a real-time traffic map with color-coded trouble spots in addition

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Updated flood maps

After the widespread flooding from Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, FEMA and the Harris County Flood Control District formed the Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project: When the local rains finally eased, Allison had left Harris