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Media hypes flawed study

October 30, 2004 Anne Linehan

100,000 Iraqi civilians estimated killed That’s the headline of a Washington Post story the Chronicle ran the other day, based on a newly released “analysis” done by some researchers. In the fourth paragraph of the

A mole in Mayor White's administration?

October 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

Dan Patrick’s successor website to Chronically Biased has obtained what appears to be an internal memo to Mayor White highlighting a loophole in city finances that might allow the city to evade the requirements of

The Astros offseason gets underway

October 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Astros announced yesterday that the team will pick up the $3 million option on Craig Biggio’s contract for next year. However, the Astros declined to pick up the $9 million option for Jeff Kent’s

Improving customer skills

October 29, 2004 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, L.M. Sixel had an interesting column on how Chipotle Mexican Grill is beefing up its employees’ communication skills: In June, Chipotle decided to go beyond its basic training of burrito-making and key English phrases

Get Houston moving

October 28, 2004 Callie Markantonis

blogHOUSTON sometimes questions the city’s priorities, but Houston drivers will certainly appreciate this news from KHOU-11’s Dan Lauck: “Getting traffic signals timed right, getting the stalled or wrecked vehicle off the road quickly, making sure

Local media on Rosenthal

October 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rick Casey penned yet another column that takes shots at Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal on Wednesday, continuing a pattern of coverage by the anti-death-penalty Chronicle of tying Rosenthal negatively to the ongoing controversy

Effectiveness of Tasers questioned

October 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

We have previously questioned the city’s priorities in light of plans to purchase nearly $5 million in Taser equipment at a time when HPD is having to deal with manpower shortages because political leaders have

Food and drink roundup (10-28-2004 edition)

October 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

This was a busy week for Houston’s food and drink writers, with plenty of good new stuff posted. Robb Walsh makes a trip to the Barbecue Inn in the Heights with fried chicken aficionado John

Live Music Roundup (10-28-2004 edition)

October 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

I usually link to David Cobb‘s weekly roundup of live rock music in Houston, but he hasn’t posted one for a couple of weeks (although he is running an interesting interview with local musician Jeff

The N.Y. Times covers catblogging!

October 28, 2004 Anne Linehan

You know you’ve made it when the N.Y. Times recognizes you, right? Well, ok, that may not hold the same wowza it once did, but still, this is very cool: Some participants take Friday catblogging