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Houston Symphony's Zemlinsky interpretation praised

September 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Charles Ward offers praise for the Houston Symphony’s performance of The Mermaid by Alexander Zemlinsky: For a second week in a row, Houston Symphony music director Hans Graf and the orchestra poured their

Proving the assertion with itself?

September 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

The political scientist in me just got around to a closer look at the Chronicle‘s predictably screeching house editorial on the indictments secured by Travis County DA Ronnie Earle in relation to the TRMPAC: Lawyers

A little appreciation for our downtown tunnels, please

September 25, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Anne Belli Gesalman gives a <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12914935&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=541543&rfi=6 “>pretty decent history and overview of downtown Houston’s tunnel system in the September 15th Edition of The Greater Houston Weekly: Each week day, thousands of office workers, tourists

The "tax man" speaks out

September 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

Paul Bettencourt is sounding the alarm on skyrocketing property taxes: Tax Collector/Assessor Paul Bettencourt said, “The overall increase on the Houston home was worse than I expected.” Bettencourt says the average home in Harris County

Political groups should be labeled equally

September 25, 2004 Anne Linehan

If the Chronicle is going to attach labels to conservative political groups, then the same must be done with liberal political groups. It’s called consistency. In Saturday’s Chronicle there is an article about a 527

Metro's 210 Katy Freeway route latest casualty of service cuts

September 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Mike Zientek reports on one of the casualties of Metro’s decision to cut back on bus services: Driving is drudgery most of the time on the Katy Freeway. That’s why riders of Metro’s 210

Battleship Texas is ailing

September 25, 2004 Anne Linehan

According to this AP report, the Battleship Texas needs some serious repairs: Age, relentless corrosion from saltwater and tight budgets are doing what no bombs, torpedoes or bullets could accomplish. Sixteen years after the state

Murray engages in nonpartisan party building!

September 24, 2004 Kevin Whited

Kristen Mack supplies the following news about University of Houston political science professor Richard Murray: Richard Murray, University of Houston political science professor and noted authority on Houston and Texas politics, will hold the Bob

Corrections, Chronicle style

September 24, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle corrections section is just an endless source of amusement (and one that occasionally garners national attention). Last Sunday, the newspaper ran a story by John Frank of the Washington news bureau on political

Chronicle: Lynne Cheney = Stepford wife?

September 24, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has a daily Election 2004 section and in today’s paper, under the heading “Quotable,” is this: “She plays the smiling Stepford political wife, which is so opposite from what she is. It’s quasi