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Casey: Do as I say, not as I do!

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey thinks the office of Chron “bad guy” Chuck Rosenthal should not have indicted a clerk at HISD for breaking the law because he was just an underling:

Less Casey and idealists, more hard news = higher ratings

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey unsurprisingly misses the obvious in these observations about a recent poll on attitudes and Hurricane Rita: Just over half (52 percent) declared media coverage of Rita to

AMAZING!

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to the Houston Astros, for outlasting the dreaded Atlanta Braves in an 18 inning marathon. How about Roger Clemens and Chris Burke coming up big to finish out this series?! UPDATE: Tom Kirkendall posts

No 2010 Super Bowl? Life goes on

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists are upset that Houston was not awarded the 2010 Super Bowl: National Football League team owners’ decision to award the 2010 Super Bowl to Miami is yet another indication that their main

Chron: The letters editor works really hard

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Byron Calame, the public editor of the New York Times, has been on the warpath over some pretty shoddy practices at his newspaper of late. In a September column, Calame wrote: I find it disturbing

New feature

October 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

A printer-friendly option has been added to the blog. Beneath each post, with the permalink/category/comment information, you’ll now find a “Print” link. Clicking on that link should produce a printer-friendly version of the page, although

Firefighters approve new contract

October 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Houston firefighters have voted to accept a new contract with the city. The contract now must go to Council for final approval, which should just be a formality. The

How not to lower fuel prices

October 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports on what must be one of the dumbest “protests” of 2005: Nearly 100 18-wheelers formed a convoy on a Houston freeway to protest rising diesel prices, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. Diesel is

Do Barnum & Bailey need a Texas partner?

October 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

For the past two days, the Chronicle has posted interesting reporting on the DeLay indictment(s), although the most compelling tidbits have been buried at the bottom. Yesterday, Chris Elam caught the following information in reporting

Greek festival time

October 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The 39th annual Greek Festival put on by Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church opens tonight and continues through Sunday. Although the other Greek Orthodox church in town also puts on a festival, this one is still