Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 14, 2010

  "The Littlest People"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published January 21, 2010

  "Net Gains and Losses"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 3, 2009

  "Credit Repair"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "Language Barrier"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published September 21, 2006

  "Penal Violations"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published February 2, 2006

  "Wize Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Feel My Pain"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 21, 2005

  "Dr. Nice"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

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2010 Stories by Craig Malisow

• Head Start Enrolling Kids Too Rich To Qualify, Including In Texas, GAO Reports

  published May 18, 2010

  The problem with the Head Start program is that it's always been an exclusive, good-ole-boy club where only poor and disenfranchised kids can matriculate. The doors are flung wide open to ragamuffins,... More >>

• Ted Poe, Obsessed With Vagina

  published May 17, 2010

  For hardcore political junkies -- and we do mean hardcore -- capitolwords.org can be downright addicting. Although the actual meaningfulness of the site might be up for debate, its wonkish fun factor ... More >>

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  Johnny Lee Walley, Jr.: Sics His Pit Bull On Cops, Hides In Ceiling (Until He Falls)

  published May 13, 2010

  For three days this week, the man known as "Buzzard" had eluded Montgomery County deputies who were trying to track him down after he jumped bail on a pit bull-related arrest. In that November  i... More >>

• Valero's Tax Ploy: Is It Really Doomsday For Schools And Citiesr

  published May 12, 2010

  Until the day comes when people jump for joy over paying taxes, they will look under every nook and cranny for loopholes that let them save as much as they can. It works the same way for businesses, a... More >>

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  BARC Angers Europe, According To A Petition

  published May 12, 2010

  More than 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for new leadership at Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, according to No Kill Houston President Bett Sundemeyer, who organized the pe... More >>

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  Evander Holyfield Loses A House And A Lawyer

  published May 10, 2010

  Today's edition of the never-ending saga of former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield 's financial woes takes the form of a lawsuit the boxer filed today against a Houston lawyer he says illeg... More >>

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  Fight The Oil Spill By Giving Your Dog A Haircut

  published May 06, 2010

  Until today, Hair Balls thought pet hair clippings were only good for making you sneeze, but apparently the hair is incredibly absorbent, which could come in handy in the case of, say, a gigantic frea... More >>

• I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): Return Of The Haiku

  published May 05, 2010

  After several months of highlighting some of the adoptable critters at the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, we thought we were used to all the sad stares these dogs and cats display while awaitin... More >>

• "Debt-Relief" Companies Get Hit By Lawsuit

  published May 04, 2010

  The West Virginia Attorney General has sued an alleged debt settlement company we investigated in December. However, one of the company's founders had told us the company -- predicated on th... More >>

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  Houston's Anne-Kathrine Ubberud Learns The Hard Way About Immigration Law

  published May 03, 2010

  Ever-vigilant of illegal aliens taking over our state and country, Hair Balls jumped at the chance to look into the case of Anne-Kathrine Ubberud, a Norwegian citizen who will have to leave Houston We... More >>

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  Fifth Ward's DeLuxe Theater Gets Ready For Its Close-Up

  published Apr 29, 2010

  City Council on Wednesday approved a contract with Smith & Company Architects for the renovation of the Fifth Ward's historic DeLuxe Theater. No opening date has been announced for the 59-year old... More >>

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  High School Girls Wrapped In Plastic And Slathered In Whipped Cream & Chocolate: Just Fine With HISD

  published Apr 28, 2010

  Here's what you need to bring if you go to the annual Bellaire High School girls' freshmen volleyball team sleepover: Whipped cream, chocolate pudding, a plastic tarp and plenty of Saran Wrap. No... More >>

• Samuel Bustamante Hunted Aliens; Should Texas Be Killing Him In Light Of Stephen Hawking's Warningr

  published Apr 26, 2010

  "If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America," astrophysicist and wheelchair-enthusiast Stephen Hawking opines in a new documentary ... More >>

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  Save A Houston Librarian, Buy A Book

  published Apr 23, 2010

  While Hair Balls is fearful of ever-expanding government power and its attendant death panels and Wall Street takeovers, there is one government institution we absolutely love: libraries. We're t... More >>

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  Houston Is Under Attack...From Bedbugs

  published Apr 23, 2010

  rIn case you haven't been paying attention, Houston is under attack from bedbugs. Of course, Hair Balls has never had to deal with these savage beasts because all the roaches in our apartment get... More >>

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  An Open Letter To Metro Spokesman George Smalley

  published Apr 22, 2010

  rFans of the ongoing Metro drama may want to check out the beleaguered agency's response to an April 15 KHOU story on allegations that Metro submitted outdated financial projections to ... More >>

• Secession and "Insurance Opportunities": No Place But Texas

  published Apr 21, 2010

  If you haven't had a chance to read Newsweek's cover story on Rick Perry, don't worry. You don't have to immediately drop whatever you're doing, out of the misplaced hope that the pages will yield any... More >>

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  I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): SCOTUS Edition

  published Apr 21, 2010

  With the Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to nix a law criminalizing the production and sale of dog-fighting and crush videos, Hair Balls is nervously waiting to see if there's going to be a big ... More >>

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  Apparently The Noid Was Unavailable for Questioning

  published Apr 20, 2010

  No one can tell when a hot wing jones will overcome them. You might be sitting on the couch, watching a Saved by the Bell marathon, when bam, you get the fierce craving for spicy Buffalo goodness. Whe... More >>

• Police Need Help Finding Bank Robber, Identifying Sports Team Logos

  published Apr 19, 2010

  The Houston FBI and Richmond Police Department are looking for a man who robbed a Capitol One Bank in Richmond this morning. Like most criminal masterminds, he apparently felt it was OK to basically s... More >>

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  Hunting Trip a Bustr Sue Your Guide.

  published Apr 19, 2010

  There is nothing like sitting on a lake's edge, communing with nature, that sanctified space that Thoreau said was "full of divinity," and then shooting the shit out of some ducks.Some people pay... More >>

• Overcrowding Crisis Hits BARC

  published Apr 16, 2010

  The Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care is packed to an "unsustainable" level, so if you've been thinking about fostering or adopting, get thee to the shelter, stat.The facility "has experienced a dr... More >>

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  The Kiddie Porn Producer And The "Family Friendly" Nudist Camp

  published Apr 15, 2010

  Hair Balls was shocked -- shocked -- to find out the former Austin man accused of producing a notorious series of child-porn videos known as "The Tent Series" was a member of an Austin-area nudist col... More >>

• I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): One For You, Nineteen For Me

  published Apr 14, 2010

  Ah, April 14 -- the last day before taxes are due. If you listen closely, you can hear the frantic panic of folks who waited until the last minute to file. And this tax season was especially rough, wh... More >>

• The Spread: Michael's International

  published Apr 09, 2010

  As a service to our readers, Hair Balls has re-launched "The Spread," a weekly review of restaurants that have somehow fallen off the radar of our more esteemed food critics. We hope you enjoy. Michae... More >>