Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Rodeo announces entertainment lineup

January 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced their schedule of artists today. It’s a decent mix of Nashville Country, Texas/Americana, and assorted categories this time around. The full lineup is here. UPDATE: For those of

Who needs editors when you have a Pulitzer cartoonist?

January 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle NFL writer John McClain seems downright giddy with his speculation today: Broncos offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak impressed the Texans so much in his interview at Denver last week that he has become the heavy

HPD crime lab back in the news

January 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

We’ve previously noted the deficiencies in the Houston Chronicle‘s reporting and editorializing on the Bromwich investigation into the HPD crime lab, so it’s no surprise that the newspaper’s recent coverage of the Fourth Bromwich report

Chron politics columnist not impressed with inaugural

January 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

In her most recent politics column for the Chronicle, Kristen Mack almost seemed to be channelling blogHOUSTON: MAYOR Bill White and the City Council began their new terms in a ceremony this week at the

Does anybody edit the recipe section?

January 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Running erroneous copy on the miners was a bad enough blunder, but lately the Houston Chronicle has been making other blunders that have the potential to upset adventurous culinary types among their readership. From recent

A truly quotidian editorial on interest-group money and national politics

January 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Friday, the Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists deemed “truly shocking” the interplay of interest-group money and politics on Capitol Hill, as related to the Abramoff scandal. As Sedosi noted, their complaints are mostly true, but hardly

On magazine PR gambits and flawed methodology

January 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

A magazine has posted an update to its annual survey of “fat” cities. Houston no longer is “fattest” according to said magazine. We’ve had nothing to say about the magazine’s annual effort at free publicity

DeLay will not seek to return as majority leader

January 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Rep. Tom DeLay announced today that he will not seek re-election as House Majority Leader, and urged Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to conduct new elections for a permanent leader as quickly as possible.

Talking about the Texans

January 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle sports reporter Megan Manfull reports comments on yesterday’s meeting between Denver Broncos assistant coach Gary Kubiak and the Texans’ brass: He was more prepared, relaxed and familiar with the entire process than he was

Mayor tackles energy spending, lauds "unprecedented" boom

January 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports that Mayor White has been hard at work trying to offset rising energy costs in the city’s budget: Houston’s mayor says his biggest concern with the city budget is the rising