Tom Kirkendall, over at Houston’s Clear Thinkers, points out this Richard Connelly article about the Astrodome problem: Except for the occasional scholastic playoff game, the 39-year-old Eighth Wonder of the World is all but abandoned.
The Chronicle‘s Ron Nissimov reports that the White/Hurtt plan to boost municipal revenues via automated citation-dispensing red light traffic cameras may not outlast this session of the Texas legislature. Democrats and Republicans alike seem determined
I must admit I have threatened my cherubs with the “No Santa Claus for little kids who can’t behave” line, but thankfully I’ve never had to actually follow through on it. The Chronicle has the
The Brazosport News points to recent Houston radio ratings, and notes the decline of country music in our fair city. Onetime country powerhouse KILT-100.3 is now just twelfth in the ratings. In another post, Banjo
Kevin Roderick at LA Observed points to a Denver Post article that reports investor Philip Anschutz has filed to reserve the name “The Examiner” in 69 cities across the country. A spokesman didn’t want to
Here’s a nice story about a local artist whose Christmas ornaments were chosen to hang on a tree in the White House: Out of the 500 ornaments decorated by artists across the nation, 350 were
If you are interested, the Chronicle editors have written an editorial about the TAKS cheating uncovered by the Dallas Morning News. This story broke last Sunday and it took the Chronicle editors four days to
Today the Chronicle editors decided to give us their wisdom regarding the Houston Emergency Center mess. I suppose they decided that since they already tackled the pressing issue of Swaziland’s King Mswati III, a looming
Sports talker Charlie Pallilo’s old employers temporarily took him off the air yesterday, as Pallilo had to respond to their court challenge. According to David Barron’s reporting for the Chronicle, state District Judge Randy Wilson
Anne Linehan has been blogging about the ongoing problems with Houston’s Emergency Center (most recently here and here). Now that priorities like Tasers, ticket dispensing cameras mounted on traffic signals, additional downtown parking meters, and