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Kevin Whited is co-founder and publisher of blogHOUSTON. Follow him on twitter: @PubliusTX
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Still thinking about the Astrodome

January 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Dallas Morning News ran an article by Bruce Nichols on the fate of the Astrodome over the weekend. The article breaks no new ground, but maybe Dallasites are as used to reading “olds” in

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Casey's SAFEclear solution: a new tax

January 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

Talk radio and blogs have done a really good job picking apart the SAFEclear program, examining alternatives, and critiquing various proposals to change the program. However, Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, who seems to have missed

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Planners map Upper Kirby/Montrose traffic improvements

January 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

Anna Marie Kilday has some interesting coverage of recent Upper Kirby/Montrose traffic planning developments. As she notes in the Chronicle‘s “This Week” section, everything from returning West Alabama to four lanes to providing center-median barriers

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Agenda trumps fact in recent Chron editorial

January 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran such a stunningly erroneous and misleading editorial last Tuesday that it’s taken a while to prepare an adequate, careful critique. The editorial and critique are so convoluted as to require something of

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A "forum for new ideas" or a platform for strawman attacks?

January 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last Wednesday, the Chronicle‘s cultural blogger Kyrie O’Connor responded to recent comments by Harvard president Larry Summers: It’s just not possible to have to go through this again. It’s not possible that the president of

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Clear Channel takes top spot in latest Arbitrons

January 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

The latest Arbitron radio ratings for Houston are out, and Banjo Jones analyzes them over at the Brazosport News. The talkers at Clear Channel seemed mighty happy earlier. As it turns out, Clear Channel took

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Food and drink roundup (1-21-2005 edition)

January 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston’s food and drink reviewers report on mostly good experiences this week. Alison Cook seems to like Velio Deplano’s Antica Osteria, located in the two-story structure that once housed the Detering Book Gallery. Robb Walsh

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Municipal politics beat needs a boost

January 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

In December of last year, a California court ruled that Los Angeles city council members must pay attention during testimony by parties appearing before council. The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack, assigned to the municipal politics beat

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Olds: Chron editorial board criticizes Brown administration

January 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, we briefly noted a Chronicle staff editorial criticizing the administration of former mayor Lee P. Brown. Here is an excerpt from that editorial: The indictment of another Brown administration official indicates influence peddling at

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An editorial page survey of inaugural commentary

January 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s interim editorial page editor James Howard Gibbons made some curious decisions with today’s editorial page. The Chronicle chose not to devote a staff editorial to the second inauguration of President Bush. Instead, one

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