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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2006 Stories by Richard Connelly

• Beer Time in Austin

  published December 21, 2006

  The Saint Arnold brewery, and the beer that flows from its small facility, are two of the best things about Houston. So it is with some... More >>

• It's Art!

  published December 14, 2006

  The fall semester is over, and UH art student Joel Bender can breathe easy. Apparently he will get credit, and not jail time, for his latest... More >>

• Punk'd!

  published December 7, 2006

  Walk behind the Leopard Lounge clothing store on Westheimer and you may be in for a surprise. If you're lucky enough to stroll in just the... More >>

• Conflict of Interest

  published November 30, 2006

  The race to replace Shelley Sekula-Gibbs on the City Council -- as if anybody could -- has its first candidate. His bio? Four years in the Air... More >>

• Online Fun

  published November 23, 2006

  Finally, the state of Texas has done something to alleviate the shocking lack of finding entertaining things to do online. This month... More >>

• Turkeys of the Year

  published November 23, 2006

  A Houston Thanksgiving conjures up many time-honored traditions. These include: 1) Throwing a football around and saying, "Kinda hot out for... More >>

• Candidate of the Year

  published November 2, 2006

  In a turbulent electoral season full of distasteful political ads -- does anyone out there really want to be forced to think about Carole... More >>

• Getting Schooled: Bombs Away

  published November 2, 2006

  The biggest concern among residents of the seventh congressional district, according to U.S. Rep. John Culberson, is not the Iraq War, it's... More >>

• Getting Schooled

  published November 2, 2006

  The rain, on this October Sunday afternoon, is coming down as a near-solid mass, the kind of rain where you wait in your parked car for five... More >>

• Spaced Out

  published October 26, 2006

  Things are a little tense these days among the 15 Harris County criminal court-at-law judges. For some observers, though, it ain't the tenseness,... More >>

• Tears of a Klown

  published October 12, 2006

  Almost everyone out in the boonies hates those countless signs that homebuilders and sellers illegally put up on private property and street... More >>

• Show God the Money

  published September 28, 2006

  The bright spotlight of the journalistic world shone on George Adams recently, when he starred in the lead anecdote for a Time magazine... More >>

• What Happened?

  published September 21, 2006

  Houstonians curled into a fetal position on June 1 of this year, waiting all a-tremble for one after another in a series of deadly Category 5... More >>

• Name That Town

  published September 14, 2006

  Reading one of the many zoned editions of the Houston Chronicle, we learned a few things about Missouri City September 6: 1) headline... More >>

• Here We Go Again

  published September 7, 2006

  It hasn't been easy being a fan of the Houston Texans, and last season was the worst of all. Now the team is promising a new start, with a new... More >>

• Reliantly Unhelpful

  published August 31, 2006

  In case you haven't noticed -- and if you haven't, then congratulations on your apparently very comfortable financial circumstances -- you are... More >>

• $50K Between Friends

  published August 24, 2006

  Normally, when an organization like LULAC gets word of a $50,000 gift, members don't ask many questions beyond how soon the check will clear.... More >>

• Bragging Rights

  published August 17, 2006

  The Port of Houston, those folks who bring you splashy commercials telling you how wonderful they are -- because that's something you need to... More >>

• Ugly and Slow

  published August 10, 2006

  Just off Market Square, near the center of the area that's supposed to be triggering a downtown revival, one property owner has persisted in... More >>

• Beer and Porn

  published August 3, 2006

  We knew someone who was a hard-core regular at Rudyard's, and he once told us a sad tale. One day he needed some cigs, so he went next door to... More >>

• Bishop Is Back

  published July 27, 2006

  Even if you don't remember George M. Bishop, the Houston legal community does. Married to a judge, Bishop was a behind-the-scenes power in... More >>

• Online Confessions

  published July 20, 2006

  Parents and the media can't seem to say it enough: Kids, be careful what you post on MySpace. Especially if you're an alleged murderer.... More >>

• Debate Club

  published July 6, 2006

  Chris Baker is the leading local talk-show host in town; since the town in question is Houston, he is of course hard-core right-wing. A... More >>

• Top of the World

  published July 6, 2006

  Yeah, okay, you're right -- Mike Willcox flies toy airplanes. And flying toy airplanes, especially when you're 35 years old, is about as hip a... More >>

• Par for the Course

  published June 29, 2006

  You're a community college with a rebelling faculty, a departing chancellor, a possible fiscal crisis. What do you do? Open a golf course!... More >>