Articles by Kevin Whited

A publicist for The American, a journal of ideas affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute, passes along an article about Houston (“Lone Star Rising“) by Joel Kotkin in the latest issue. Here’s an excerpt that

Local blog readers surely know that area attorney Tom Kirkendall’s blog frequently offers an alternative perspective on business risk and the criminalization of business, resisting the easy populist critiques that grace so many newspaper pages.

Last week, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino continued his look into some suspicious Harris County land deals. This story looks at how Michael Surface, David Blumhardt, and others figured in some really convenient (and profitable) wheeling and

The Chronicle runs some free PR for the company that now owns Ninfa’s on Navigation and Antone’s: LEGACY Restaurants may be a new Houston company, but its businesses are familiar to almost everyone in town:

KPRC-2 is reporting that the city of Houston is “cracking down” on graffiti: The city of Houston is cracking down on graffiti during spring break, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. Houston police will be out

Earlier today, the Chronicle‘s Allan Turner and Peggy O’Hare reported that Gov. Rick Perry was close to naming an interim Harris County District Attorney. Tonight, Alan Bernstein and Clay Robison are reporting a name, along

Matt Bramanti spots an interesting post about the excellent (albeit brief) D.C. adventure of Doctor-former-Congresswoman Shelley Sekula Gibbs on Politico’s Shenanigan’s blog. This part amused us: Here’s a nice example of Gibbs’ style: She left