Houston Chronicle reader representative James T. Campbell is quoted by Marvin Lake in a Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot commentary on the Dan Rather controversy: Aside from damaged credibility, James T. Campbell, reader representative at the Houston
KPRC-2 reports on yesterday’s groundbreaking of a new HPD station for the South Central division. The station will be named after Ronald E. McNair, an astronaut killed in the 1986 Challenger accident. In attendance were
Sometimes the Chronicle throws us skeptics a bone. More often than not, though, the Chronicle lectures us. Tuesday we got both, and the lecture is a doozy, basically saying pro-life advocates are wrong to try
The Chronicle reports the following embarrassing news: Nearly two-thirds of 2004’s graduating high school seniors now enrolled in Houston-area community colleges are taking remedial classes because they weren’t prepared for college. Sixteen local school districts
Although we dish out a fair amount of criticism to the Chronicle, they occasionally deserve some credit for creativity. The editors do seem to realize that it’s not quite right to show outright bias on
What is going on with the Chronicle‘s section formerly known as Features? It has been renamed to a picture of a gold star, which means we must call it the “star” section, but that’s not
In Monday’s Chronicle, the editors tell us they think the proposal to turn the Astrodome into a hotel is a good one, as long as the taxpayers don’t have to pay for it: The Harris
A little over a week ago, the Houston Business Journal ran an editorial by Doug Williams that attacked the unorthodox “Houston: It’s worth it” campaign masterminded by local advertising firm ttweak. Williams, who is a
Our friends at Chronically Biased have finally taken time from commenting on Twinkies, endangered bugs, and cancer-detecting dogs to address two competing referenda that will be on ballots within the city of Houston this fall.
The Chronicle‘s Cragg Hines, with his perfect hindsight firmly in place, gave us this column last week that calls President Bush (surprise!) incompetent. It’s supremely easy — and facile — for President Bush to ridicule