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An op-ed that lacks elegance, wit and insight

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Why would the Chronicle‘s editorial page decision-makers decide to run this nasty piece of olds, when they could have chosen to run an opinion piece by Mark Steyn or Michael Barone or anything from Townhall.com

Redstone's new golf course is open

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall points out that the new Redstone Tournament Course is open for business: Inasmuch as the new course is central to the Houston Golf Association’s plan to revive the Shell Houston Open, which had

Sometimes the ideal state is a confused state

August 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Remember a few weeks ago when the Chronicle editorial idealists ridiculed the notion that the F-16s at Ellington Field had any real role to play in homeland defense or the war on terror? The subheadline

And the point of that was?

August 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today’s Chronicle devotes a significant amount of column space to a story whose headline suggests problems with race at Katy Independent School District: Katy schools lagging in diversifying staff: District admits there’s a problem but

Food and drink roundup (08-02-2005 edition)

August 2, 2005 Callie Markantonis

Last week’s food and drink roundup follows. Robb Walsh had an amusing review of Nick’s Pasta Place last week. It so amused several members of the bH crew that dinner had to be had there

Red light cameras can help with Houston's day laborer problem

August 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Minutemen sure have stirred things up in Houston. Oh, and it’s not just about diversity, harmony and peace. We forgot about compassion: A regular police community meeting near Shepherd and Washington last week drew

Hoffman whacks METRO

August 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman takes a jab at METRO in his Q&A column: My question is this — why do you never see a Metro bus pulled over getting a traffic ticket? Those drivers perform more dangerous

City and firefighters resume negotiations

August 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles does some solid reporting on the resumed negotiations between the city and Houston Firefighters. Houston firefighters rejected the last deal by nearly a two-to-one margin. According to Stiles, HFD negotiators have

Chron: METRO's never unreasonable!

August 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs an editorial with the following headline today: Metro’s willingness to route the track around Afton Oaks is a reasonable compromise Can anyone recall the last time the Chronicle editorial board deemed any

Bob Stein, Houston bicyclist

August 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

Oh look: Bob Stein makes an appearance in today’s Chronicle as a Houston bicyclist: Since moving to Houston in 1979, Bob Stein, a political scientist at Rice University and dean of its School of Social