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DeLay: The GOP's ten years as the governing party

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) pens an article reflecting on ten years of Republican control of the House of Representatives. Of course, the Houston Chronicle would never run such a piece during election

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David Cobb interviews The Methods

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

David Cobb runs the best local music site in Houston (even though it’s a little light on my beloved alt-country/American stuff). It’s the best local music site in Houston because he regularly interviews local bands,

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Will the media scrutinize the politics of Fannie Mae?

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Terry Keenan wrote an article for the New York Post pointing out that if the major media were truly objective and fair in their characterizations, they would be treating the ongoing Fannie Mae scandal

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James Campbell talks to a Virginia newspaper

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston Chronicle reader representative James T. Campbell is quoted by Marvin Lake in a Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot commentary on the Dan Rather controversy: Aside from damaged credibility, James T. Campbell, reader representative at the Houston

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New police station to honor fallen astronaut

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports on yesterday’s groundbreaking of a new HPD station for the South Central division. The station will be named after Ronald E. McNair, an astronaut killed in the 1986 Challenger accident. In attendance were

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Planned Parenthood overcomes bullying pro-lifers

September 28, 2004 Anne Linehan

Sometimes the Chronicle throws us skeptics a bone. More often than not, though, the Chronicle lectures us. Tuesday we got both, and the lecture is a doozy, basically saying pro-life advocates are wrong to try

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A poor use of (skyrocketing) property tax revenues

September 27, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports the following embarrassing news: Nearly two-thirds of 2004’s graduating high school seniors now enrolled in Houston-area community colleges are taking remedial classes because they weren’t prepared for college. Sixteen local school districts

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Can news in the guise of an editorial be biased?

September 27, 2004 Kevin Whited

Although we dish out a fair amount of criticism to the Chronicle, they occasionally deserve some credit for creativity. The editors do seem to realize that it’s not quite right to show outright bias on

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The section formerly known as Features

September 27, 2004 Anne Linehan

What is going on with the Chronicle‘s section formerly known as Features? It has been renamed to a picture of a gold star, which means we must call it the “star” section, but that’s not

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Taxpayers shouldn't have to fund the Astrodome hotel

September 27, 2004 Anne Linehan

In Monday’s Chronicle, the editors tell us they think the proposal to turn the Astrodome into a hotel is a good one, as long as the taxpayers don’t have to pay for it: The Harris

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