Email Author John Nova Lomax

2008 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Metro's Fare Hike, Explained

  published Oct 16, 2008

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• More Hi-Def Channels, More Getaways

  published Oct 16, 2008

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• Sam Houston, Comcast Pitchman

  published Oct 15, 2008

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• McGowen Green in Midtownr

  published Oct 15, 2008

  For years I have walked, driven, and ridden trains and buses past the so-called Midtown Superblock, the four-block long and one or two-block wide vacant swath bordered on the east and west by Main... More >>

• Black October, Set to Music

  published Oct 10, 2008

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• Always Look on the Bright Side of Ike, Vol. 4

  published Oct 08, 2008

  So you know Houston is finally getting back to normal after Ike. I had just set off for the bus stop yesterday morning, right after the morning rain had abated. The storm drain across the street ... More >>

• The Purse Party of No Return: Louis Vuitton Brouhaha Leaves One Injured, Two in Jail

  published Oct 07, 2008

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• Always Look on the Bright Side of Ike, Part 3: Free Wood!

  published Oct 03, 2008

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• Houston Circa 2001, Courtesy Of Google

  published Oct 02, 2008

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• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Ike, Part 2: Fewer Billboards

  published Oct 01, 2008

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• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Ike

  published Sep 30, 2008

  Over the past couple of weeks, we've heard ad nauseam about the painful effects of Hurricane Ike -- the flooded homes and businesses, the damaged rooftops, the rampant power outages, the lingering... More >>

• Rice Shuts Down Valhalla, Panic To Ensue Among Cheap-Beer Drinkers

  published Sep 26, 2008

  Looking for a place to grab a cold with the kids this afternoonr Scratch Valhalla off your list of places to do so. Seems the Rice grad student pub and family-friendly haven for lovers of cheap b... More >>

• Gatemouth Brown Gets Hit By A Third Hurricane, Doesn't RIP

  published Sep 25, 2008

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• The Worrisome List Of The Missing

  published Sep 23, 2008

  The Friendswood-based non-profit The Laura Recovery Center has set up an online clearinghouse/utility page for missing persons and their loved ones. The public can both scan their list of missin... More >>

• Rex "Wrecks" Bell Is Just Playing

  published September 25, 2008

  Foreword: Much of the reporting of this feature took place before Hurricane Ike. On the eve of the storm, Rex Bell sent the following e-mail... More >>

• Ike Spawns A Peace Treaty

  published Sep 23, 2008

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• Chambers County Smacked by Hurricane Ike

  published Sep 20, 2008

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• Sunny San Leon Picks Up the Pieces After Hurricane Ike

  published Sep 18, 2008

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• Life by the Drop: A Dispatch from Houston's Bars

  published Sep 12, 2008

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• The Sound of Ike

  published Sep 11, 2008

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• I Come From Alabama With A Shofar On My Knee

  published Sep 10, 2008

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• Bacliff Wiggers

  published September 11, 2008

  Ever since Norman Mailer penned his essay "The White Negro" in 1957, white people who act black have been alternately studied earnestly and... More >>

• Gangsters in Bacliff

  published September 11, 2008

  At the stroke of midnight and into the predawn this past May 20, the little unincorporated Galveston County town of Bacliff was roiling with... More >>

• Rainbow Hair Is Apparently A "Distraction" In Galveston

  published Sep 03, 2008

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• State Rep. Kino Flores: If The Collar's Poppin', The ICE Ain't Stoppin'

  published Sep 02, 2008

  South Texas state representative Kino Flores has some explaining to do. The Brownsville Herald is reporting that over the weekend Flores' ranch worker Froylen Casares allegedly beat an unnamed m... More >>