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I'll have the Chicka Chicka BOOM BOOM enchiladas

December 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Who would have guessed an explosion in H-town would attract the attention of the big boys? It’s good that Reynolds is on terror alert for our city, I guess. But it’s better that it prompted

Tom DeLay's views on mobility

December 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

I’m cleaning up some old links and bookmarks, and ran across a feature on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) that ran in the Fort Bend/Southwest Sun after DeLay paid a visit to the Fort

A statue of former President Bush (41) was unveiled yesterday. According to KHOU-11, the statue was a surprise for Bush: The George Bush Presidential Monument at Preston and Main was a well-kept secret from the

Thou shalt not (really) criticize Tilman

December 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle gave Tilman Fertitta a boatload of free publicity for his downtown aquarium, with front page coverage (including color photo) and more coverage inside the newspaper. Today, the editors try their best to

A new low even for MeMo

December 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

It’s bad enough that Jack Sweeney and Jeff Cohen empowered MeMo effectively to destroy the Chronicle Features section, renaming it after a symbol that the Chron presses apparently can’t reproduce in small type (since corrections

HEB holds off Wal-Mart in Houston grocery battle

December 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

According to a Wall Street Journal article reprinted in the Austin American-Statesman, Houston is ground zero in an escalating grocery business battle between longtime Texas grocer HEB and retail giant Wal-Mart: Although H-E-B is relatively

Chron: "ABC's" Dan Rather to retire

December 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle made a rather silly gaffe in the * section on Wednesday: How about that Dan and those cute sayings? Ha ha ha. What great fun! Of course, it would have been nicer if

TxDOT's impeccable timing

December 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle points out today that TxDOT is giving Galleria-area shoppers a Christmas present, of sorts: Just in time for the annual Christmas shopping rush, TxDOT will close access to one of Houston’s busiest malls

A retro economic editorial

December 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

Remember back in the ’80s, when conventional (media) wisdom suggested that Ronald Reagan’s “twin deficits” in trade and the budget were going to usher in the next great depression? It didn’t quite work out that

Mayor White doesn't support a toll road in the Heights

December 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

In this KHOU-11 story about Mayor White’s new bike program, there’s a quote that should be music to the ears of Heights residents worried about the possibility of a toll road running through their backyards: