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Chronicle should consider shuttering DC bureau (cont'd)

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today’s column from the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau reporter Julie Mason is the latest to lend credence to the notion that the newspaper should consider shutting down its D.C. operation and redeploying the journalistic resources locally.

An Isolated Desolation doubletake

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists just can’t help themselves. Today, they managed to take an issue that many can agree on — poor conditions at the Harris County jail — and come up with a typical editorial

Jon Lindsay not seeking reelection?

July 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lone Star Times has heard that state Sen. Jon Lindsay will not seek reelection: Multiple sources confirm to LST that State Senator and noted tree-farmer Jon “Appleseed” Lindsay has informed Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and key

Jackson Lee: Internet outreach improves neighborhood safety

July 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Carolyn Campbell reports that the Fifth Ward is engaged in a community internet outreach program of sorts: For all the news about high-speed Internet and the information age, there are still places in Houston

Food and drink roundup (07-18-2005 edition)

July 18, 2005 Callie Markantonis

What better way to kick off a Monday morning than with a food and drink roundup. Alison Cook takes in sushi and robata at downtown’s version of Azuma and finds the sushi better than the

A Wrap-Up story that doesn't wrap it up

July 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week we posted on Spring Branch ISD’s fight to prevent the city of Houston from condemning a piece of land in front of an elementary school to create a new turn lane. Both the

DART vs. METRORail

July 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s story in today’s Chronicle about why Dallas’ light rail has fewer accidents than MetroRail, is an exercise in frustration. Not Sallee’s reporting, but the “expertise” Metro employed to give us at-grade light rail:

Can Houston be world-class without light rail?

July 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon found an AP story about how to play tourist in Houston, and he points out it’s missing a little something: If you look through this AP piece on Houston in CNN.com, you’ll find

Chron editorialists discover the obvious

July 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

For any Houstonians who might be confused as to whether F-16s are useful aircraft for the civil defense of Houston’s infrastructure from terrorist attack, the Chronicle editorial board weighs in today with a resounding no:

Stale editorial page: An ongoing Chron series!

July 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

For the past couple of Sundays, we’ve pointed out that the Chronicle‘s opinion pages were a little stale, with all sorts of content previously published in major newspapers. We were hoping James Howard Gibbons might