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Earth to the Chronicle

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

CBS News points out something interesting in an online story (we’ll assume the story isn’t based on fake documents) about the debate last Thursday: But, with the exception of Mr. Bush’s essentially hometown newspaper, the

Go 'Stros!

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

How about those Astros? They charged into the playoffs today after most everyone — this blogger included — had given them up for dead a couple of months ago. The usual staid analysis from the

The Grand Parkway

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Grand Parkway has turned into a grand brouhaha, in north Harris County, as opponents of the segment slated to be built through Spring fear it will be fast-tracked. The Chronicle reports on a meeting

Trees for Houston

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

Apparently, Houston needs some tree diversity as an ongoing inventory of the city’s trees shows a disproportionate number are live oaks: Surveys of various local neighborhoods consistently show that 60 percent to 70 percent of

Motorists complain about inadequate TXDOT signage

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards reports that motorists are having difficulties because of inadequate signage around TXDOT’s ongoing I-10/610 construction: One driver who decided to change lanes at the last minute ended up stuck in the median.

Chron editors misrepresent unreleased study

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

In a staff editorial today, the Chronicle endorses the smoking ban that has been proposed by Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. One can’t help but think that the city ought to be considering more important issues than

That Newsweek poll

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

One can imagine how excited the Chronicle editors were to pounce on this Reuters story of a Newsweek poll: Democratic challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of President Bush in a poll published by Newsweek

Bad air in Houston

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

By all accounts, ozone levels in Houston last week reached unhealthy levels that should please nobody. However, it’s interesting to compare the headlines that different news outlets applied to the news: Groups disagree on severity

Rice inaugurates seventh president

October 2, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rice University inaugurated its seventh president, former Columbia University law dean David Leebron, earlier today. Leebron assumed the presidency on 1 July, but today’s inauguration represented the official, full transfer of power. Houston is blessed

Education news

October 2, 2004 Anne Linehan

There were two education stories of note last week, the biggest of which was the release of school ratings, based on Texas’ new accountability system: After an absence of one year while a new, tougher