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The Chronicle should use its bully pulpit more wisely

November 10, 2004 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has an editorial taking HISD to task for its secretive superintendent search. Good for the Chronicle – except that it’s really late in coming. This has been an issue for weeks now. Richard

Hines is generally wrong on abortion

November 10, 2004 Anne Linehan

Cragg Hines does some more post-election analysis in today’s Chronicle. Mostly it is his usual stuff, but this should be addressed: “On these values issues, Bush faces a dilemma now,” Shrum argued at a breakfast

blogHOUSTON meets Wolfgang Puck (sort of)

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

Wolfgang Puck is coming to his Westheimer Express restaurant tomorrow (Wednesday), from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., for a cookbook-signing event. The blogHOUSTON crew will be there also, hanging out with Wolfgang. Well, okay, he’ll

HISD is aiming for better science education

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

HISD is looking to improve science education at its elementary schools: HISD has a new plan to boost students’ exposure to science here in the Space City. Superintendent Abe Saavedra announced a new plan to

Hoffman's on a roll

November 9, 2004 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman’s one of the few reasons to read the local newspaper, and he’s certainly on a roll today as he takes aim at KPRC-2: In case you missed it, Channel 2 anchor Dominique Sachse’s

Neighborhood districts do not enjoy power of eminent domain

November 9, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston has a growing number of quasi-governmental neighborhood districts, which enjoy limited powers of taxation. However, the state attorney general has ruled that these entities do not enjoy the power of eminent domain: The Upper

CenterPoint Energy's neighborliness, part 2

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

It looks like CenterPoint Energy is in a tree-cutting mood again: Sugar Land’s First Colony is trying to save 200 Crape myrtle and Wax myrtle trees, which were planted along the sidewalks of Austin Parkway

A teen summit for tolerance is just what we need

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

blogHOUSTON is getting very concerned about the Chronicle‘s editorials. Well, more for the readers who actually read the things. Today’s lecture appears to have been authored by Tolerance.org:

Clemens wins number seven

November 9, 2004 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to Astros pitcher Roger Clemens, who won his seventh Cy Young award today. Let’s hope he comes back to try for number eight next season.

Port of Houston competes with California for Asian trade

November 8, 2004 Kevin Whited

Bill Hensel pens an article for the Chronicle business section on our busy Port of Houston: When Wal-Mart’s enormous distribution center in Chambers County opens next year, it will trigger a substantial increase in shipments