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Comical complaint indeed!

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle ran an editorial with the headline Comical Complaint. Since a number of local bloggers and message board netizens refer to Houston’s sole English-language daily newspaper as the Comical, that headline prompted a

Creating political cover on the METRO Solutions switcheroo

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Friday, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that some transit agencies obtained exemptions from federal cost-effectiveness rules that have hindered METRO’s plans to build light rail. Culberson, the only local congressman on the House Appropriations

Q and A with Laurence Simon

August 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

We don’t know why the Houston Chronicle won’t introduce its readers to one of Houston’s more interesting residents, so in the interest of (fun) public service, blogHOUSTON conducted a little Q and A with blogger

Guns, Guns, Oh My (Cont'd)

August 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

It certainly took the Chronicle editorial board a long time to react to Rep. John Culberson’s border-control proposal, especially given the predictability of the reaction: The answer to understaffed federal security agencies, including the Border

It's time to celebrate the Ship Channel's improvements

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

The project to widen and deepen the Houston Ship Channel is complete: Earlier this year, the port had said the $638 million project — which was first proposed in 1969 — was just about finished.

The Houston Conspiracy Theory

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Sedosi has been drinking thinking, and says he has figured out what’s really going on in Houston. My favorite line: James Howard Gibbons looks terrible in heels.

CenterPoint's zero-tolerance policy for trees

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

CenterPoint Energy has been in a tree-cutting mood: When Bill Coats looked out the window of his law office and saw tree-trimming crews for CenterPoint Energy cutting down more than 20 blooming crepe myrtles, he

Demystifying the embryonic stem-cell debate for the Chron

August 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

Sen. Bill Frist (R), no doubt a Chron editorial board “bad guy” for his role in the Terri Schiavo affair, is now in the good graces of the editorial board for his recent change of

Best of Westchase

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s Westchase District is running a Best of Westchase contest. You can vote here.

Three incidents and not a wrecker in sight

August 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

I just drove on the Southwest Freeway northbound from the Galleria to the Main Street exit. I saw one wreck (involving two cars, with a fire truck on the scene), one broken-down vehicle, and a