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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2003 Stories by Richard Connelly

• Turkeys of the Year

  published November 27, 2003

  The onset of the holiday season always brings a rush of warm feelings, of giving thanks for the blessings that have been bestowed on us all... More >>

• Gone But Not Forgotten

  published October 16, 2003

  Mike Nixon knew how to make a big entrance. It can be hard sometimes to upstage the antics at the floating party bar that is Lance's Turtle... More >>

• Trainspotting

  published September 11, 2003

  The plan was, if not perfect, pretty damn well thought out. Build yourself a little rail line through the picturesque parts of Hermann Park... More >>

• Speak No Evil

  published September 4, 2003

  Unlike a lot of media, the Houston Press was never an enthusiastic cheerleader for the so-called Houston Miracle, the unending public... More >>

• Blessed and Bewildered

  published July 31, 2003

  Ask Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal the ubiquitous informal question "How're you doing?" Chances are he'll give this... More >>

• A Super Super Bowl

  published June 12, 2003

  In case you hadn't heard, the Super Bowl is coming to town. (If you live in Houston and hadn't heard, we should also inform you that there... More >>

• Hard News, Baby

  published June 5, 2003

  Even though they dispute some Enron-type bookkeeping by rival KPRC, Channel 11 didn't have the best of sweeps months in May. So, it appears, they... More >>

• Jailhouse Shock

  published May 29, 2003

  People have been upset before with Channel 2's Cindy Garza -- it all comes with being a reporter. So it wasn't unusual when she got a phone call... More >>

• Lineup Change

  published May 22, 2003

  In the year since he took over as editor of the Houston Chronicle, Jeff Cohen has made most of his changes behind the scenes, as far as the... More >>

• Bond Bombshell

  published May 22, 2003

  Ronnie Sheridan, a 37-year-old mechanic from Magnolia, needed a laugh on March 3. On the one hand, he was in line with a bunch of other folks... More >>

• Profiles in Boredom

  published May 15, 2003

  Connoisseurs of the Houston Chronicle now have something new to savor: the pointless profile. Editor Jeff Cohen apparently loves the... More >>

• Rites of Spring

  published May 8, 2003

  All the signs of spring in Houston are here: The Astros are ineptly flailing about, the humidity's beginning to hint of a sauna, and the ambush... More >>

• Money to Spin

  published May 1, 2003

  Times are getting tough these days over at the Houston Independent School District. Thanks to a slumbering economy and cuts in state funding,... More >>

• Bloody Sunday

  published April 17, 2003

  On April 10, the Philadelphia Inquirer announced that -- after more than 100 years -- it will stop publishing its Sunday magazine section.... More >>

• Billboard Blues

  published April 10, 2003

  You never know what new stuff you'll learn about Houston by reading The New York Times. On March 29, for instance, we -- and the rest of... More >>

• Sex It Up

  published March 27, 2003

  The Houston Chronicle sent a reporter to South Padre Island to cover spring break, which is (ever so slightly) a more thankless gig than... More >>

• Jailhouse Mock

  published March 20, 2003

  KHOU/Channel 11 continues to show an impressive degree of cockiness over its investigative work into the Houston Police Department's inept DNA... More >>

• Nice to Be Nice

  published March 13, 2003

  Okay, now it's clear: Niceness has become an official policy of the Houston Chronicle, according to the time-honored journalism tradition... More >>

• Uncivil Defense

  published March 13, 2003

  Houston, the experts say, is as likely a target as any other major U.S. city for a terrorist attack. Houston is also a city that -- let's face it... More >>

• All Duct Up

  published March 13, 2003

  Stafford is a nondescript Fort Bend County suburb with maybe 10,000 residents. Leonard Scarcella, mayor of the sleepy commuter city, recently... More >>

• Too Quiet

  published February 27, 2003

  It was big news, splattered across the Metro section of the Houston Chronicle Tuesday, February 18: The city was dropping its "Funday in... More >>

• No-Name Offense

  published February 20, 2003

  There was a bizarre little story in the February 1 Houston Chronicle. The facts were intriguing enough: According to the story, a local... More >>

• Spaced Out

  published February 13, 2003

  The Columbia space shuttle tragedy should be a time for the Houston Chronicle to shine -- it's one of the few papers in the country with a... More >>

• Houston: The Musical

  published February 13, 2003

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• Line in the Sand

  published February 13, 2003

  For a lot of people, it's a rite of passage on the way to becoming a true Texan. Kirk Schwartzenburg is 32 now, a salesman for an environmental... More >>