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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:

Chron: public schools are paid to care for children

October 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

This is getting very strange. Today the Chronicle‘s editorial board gives us its third editorial on local school districts’ summer lunch programs. A THIRD editorial! (Isn’t there anything else going on in Houston they could

Most city employees did report to work as Rita was approaching

October 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Local media has been reporting on the handful of essential city employees who did not show up for work as Hurricane Rita was bearing down on Houston. From KTRK-13’s story: Most of the 4,700 HPD

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

Houston wants to fund museums? Don't forget about our veterans

October 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

At last night’s Icehouse gathering, I had a conversation with a gentleman which relates to a previous blogHOUSTON topic — the city’s funding of the African-American Museum. The conversation led to this conclusion: if the

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

The Chronicle's slick piffle

October 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

‘Stros + Gloss = fun with the Chronicle. Go read Slampo’s latest.