Email Author Richard Connelly

Awards

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published December 7, 2006

  "Punk'd"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published November 2, 2006

  "Candidate of the Year"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 18, 2006

  "Lost Dog"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published April 14, 2005

  "What a Devil"

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2001 Stories by Richard Connelly

• In This Together

  published July 5, 2001

  The Houston school district is an absolutely terrific, terrific place to be a teacher -- it's "nationally recognized" and it's got "great... More >>

• Wading for Godot

  published July 5, 2001

  Everyone has had a Bizarre Moment in life, a moment when you just step back and ask, "How the hell did I get in this situation?" Often... More >>

• All That Glitters

  published June 28, 2001

  The Chronicle reported June 20 that former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Golden Richards was a Metro bus driver, and he had just been... More >>

• We're (Kinda) Sorry

  published June 14, 2001

  We figured somewhere, somehow, some wiseacre would try to sneak it past a sleepy editor, what with the latest Bush twins brouhaha. We just never... More >>

• KPRC Tops Itself

  published May 31, 2001

  If you like your sleaziness to be brazen and bold -- if you have nothing but contempt for hypocrites who cloak their seedy grubbiness behind a... More >>

• How Dare You?

  published May 24, 2001

  The Washington Post had some really shocking news May 14. Really shocking. It had to do with the recent ticketing of presidential... More >>

• Divided Road

  published May 24, 2001

  Since time immemorial -- which in Houston means about ten years -- the Art Car Ball has been an annual contender for Best Party of the... More >>

• Starry, Starry Night

  published May 17, 2001

  If you don't have any plans for Friday, May 18, you do now. Even if you do have plans, change them. Drop everything and fork over... More >>

• Wild on the Web

  published May 10, 2001

  The hacked-off, laid-off staffers who used to work at CNN have begun a Web site, More >>

• Holier Than Thou

  published May 3, 2001

  Channel 13's intrepid Wayne Dolcefino is having a fine time these days exposing the city's hapless pothole-filling program, where public works... More >>

• Nut Su Oh Redux

  published May 3, 2001

  Mayor Lee P. Brown's vision of Houston is… bass-ackwards, if this entry into an Internet contest is any indication. Brown was one of 31... More >>

• Quoth the Chron

  published April 26, 2001

  The Houston Chronicle's latest house-ad frenzy involves promoting, of all things, the incisive, sharp, thought-provoking writing that is... More >>

• We Are Terrific!

  published April 19, 2001

  Much of Houston cringed March 10 when they saw the front-page story in the Houston Chronicle with the ominous headline "City Aims to Clean... More >>

• Tale of the Tape

  published April 12, 2001

  As soon as word got out that an alleged spring break gang rape at Crystal Beach might have been recorded by an amateur video cameraman, every... More >>

• Ghost of a Chance

  published April 5, 2001

  Ghosts haunt the fabled Balinese Room in Galveston. They aren't the ghosts of performers who've played the South Seas Ballroom there, like... More >>

• Right-Wing Revolt

  published March 29, 2001

  If you think Vince Foster was murdered by Hillary's lesbian lover, if you're sure Bill Clinton was running drugs out of a rural Arkansas airport... More >>

• Energy Rules

  published March 22, 2001

  We here in Houston, we love the energy industry. At least we do if we work for the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle has... More >>

• Latino Loss

  published March 15, 2001

  There was some happy reaction when Channel 13 announced that former morning anchor Gina Gaston was returning to the station after almost two... More >>

• A Loew(s) Blow

  published March 15, 2001

  Two high-profile Houston movie theaters have closed, victims of the desperate battle between overspending movie-megaplex owners. The Loews... More >>

• Playmaker

  published March 8, 2001

  It was the first exhibition game of the 1986 NFL season, and few football games are more insignificant than the first exhibition of the year. Team... More >>

• Booster Shot

  published March 1, 2001

  In case you were curious, Houston Chronicle readers, that was not an issue of the Texas Medical Center newsletter that was delivered... More >>

• Like It's 1999

  published February 22, 2001

  Despite the fervent wishes of the general public, sweeps month continues to afflict us with inanity. We've had Channel 2 inform us that pet... More >>

• Happy Hearst

  published February 15, 2001

  The past year has been a rough one for the Hearst Corporation, the people who own the Houston Chronicle. There was a tough strike against... More >>

• The Sky's the Limit

  published February 15, 2001

  Throughout the long presidential campaign, television viewers in swing states like Washington and Oregon were bombarded with advertisements... More >>

• No Contest

  published February 8, 2001

  KPRC-TV has been criticized for its idiotic devotion to giveaway contests during sweeps, the times when a station's ratings are used to determine... More >>