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It's always fun when the Chron Editorial LiveJournalists go international

November 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

It’s always entertaining when the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists offer their thoughts on international politics. Today’s subheadline was particularly fun: What will Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon do if his new party wins power? And for

Looking for that elusive balance on Chron's op-ed page

November 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s op-ed page today is sporting this anti-Wal-mart column by a syndicated columnist named Neal Peirce, who appears not to be a fan of Wal-mart. If the Chronicle really wanted to be “neither liberal

Chron pushes death penalty case hard in leadup to Thanksgiving

November 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The anti-death-penalty Chronicle pushed one of its favorite topics hard as Thanksgiving approached. In a high-profile story, Lise Olsen concluded that an innocent man had been put to death courtesy of the Texas death penalty:

Thankfully, it's not called a Holiday Tree

November 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

Now that we have survived Thanksgiving, it’s time to move on: The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration Join Mayor Bill White welcoming the equally honorable Santa Claus to downtown (Where will he park the sleigh?)

Mayor Nagin holds town hall meeting in Houston

November 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a meeting in Houston today with some of his former constituents: Frustration, doubt and anger greeted New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday as he implored displaced residents from

Ellis campaign bungles sanctuary policy, begins to circle drain

November 26, 2005 Kevin Whited

Matt Stiles reported before Thanksgiving that the State Senate campaign of current city councilmember Mark Ellis committed a big blunder: Mark Ellis’ state Senate campaign has sent an e-mail to supporters calling two of his

Usually, it's just the downtown pols emitting gas

November 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Monica Guzman reports on a mishap at yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day parade: A woman watching the 56th annual Washington Mutual Thanksgiving Day Parade passed out after inhaling gas that was leaking out of a

Councilmember solicits blogger input on panhandling

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Michael Berry, who reads this blog among others locally, has circulated an email to various bloggers asking for input on panhandling/soliciting on Houston roadways. He’ll be sitting in for Chris Baker on KTRH-740 on

A Chron.com page we would have designed

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the redesign, Chron.com is touting this page as its one-stop headline page. However, it’s not a one-stop page. Unfortunately, only a handful of the day’s headlines from each section are contained on that page.

Blood-red cranberry sauce: Thanksgiving celebration of genocide

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle editorial page editor James Howard Gibbons apparently just LOVES Robert Jensen. That doesn’t reflect well on the Chronicle or on Gibbons, given Jensen’s position WAY out on the fringes even of the far Left.