Subject: Abraham Lincoln

• No Choice

  February 1, 2007

• Playing Pretend: Local Sports Media Figures as Political Pundits

  January 23, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Bar Hopping and Political Posturing

  February 18, 2008

• A Modest Proposal: Teach the Gangbangers Respect

  June 26, 2008

• Astros-Nationals: Back from Vacation and Ready for the All-Star Break

  July 14, 2008

• Don’t Blame Me. I Voted for the Duck.

  October 16, 2008

• Punched Out

  Have patience: From the wrath of dangling chads comes computerized dial-a-voting

  August 9, 2001

• Yes, You Can...Make A Giant Obama-Head Sculpture

  It’s pretty easy to guess what was going through the minds of most Houstonians after Barack Obama was elected. When would David Adickes get to work on his 7,000-pound concrete and steel Barack Obama head? The answer: the very next day. All he’s got so far is a model -- in truth, one that doesn’t much look like the president elect yet -- but give the man a few months. Adickes says the head should be done at least by early spring. “I could possibly get it done by inauguration,” he

  November 18, 2008

• Sam Houston's Not The First Politician To Be In A Cheesy Ad

  If you needed any more evidence that Comcast was an agent of evil on par with Al Qaeda or whomever makes those peanut-butter-filled pretzels, look no further than the cable company's inescapable local commercials featuring Sam Houston. The former Texas President/Governor is shown engaging in a variety of "hip" and "with it" activities to dupe us into signing up for Comcast's antiquated coaxial garbage. Sadly, these are merely the latest in a long and unpleasant series of appropriating political

  December 1, 2008

• Arming Peggy MacGregor

  December 9, 1993

• Letters

  January 5, 1995

• Night & Day

  June 18, 1998

• The Rite Stuff

  July 9, 1998

• Judicial Arts Endowment

  October 22, 1998

• Fighting Cancer

  Who says Texas isn't battling cigs?

  November 27, 2008

• Rebmaster

  Web designer George Kalas wanted to re-fight the Civil War. Instead, he started one in his own movement.

  July 22, 1999

• “African American Battlefields of the Civil War: Contemporary Photography by William Earle Williams”

  The MFAH hosts an exhibit of more than 50 photographs of the remains of black colonial sites

  June 5, 2008

• The Critical Craftsman

  H.C. Westermann was the quintessential American artist

  December 26, 2002

• Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

  By the looks of Wayne Static's hair, somebody already has

  July 29, 2004

• Oh, Maya!

  May 11, 2006

• Emancipation Jam

  June 15, 2006

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

  ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of pure art, with fries

  April 12, 2007

• Hand It to Him

  February 8, 2007

• Master Cockfighter

  After more than 70 years, Mike Ratliff prepares to retire from his blood sport

  January 18, 2007

• Capsule Reviews

  A picture of our critics' opinions on local exhibits

  September 14, 2006

• Pop Rocks

  "Power Pathos" presents pop surrealism with Texas ties

  September 7, 2006

• Art Scavenger

  Robert Gober loads up "The Meat Wagon" with provocative juxtapositions

  January 19, 2006

• Bombs and Bikinis

  Stealth aims low but hits its mark

  July 28, 2005

• We Know What You Should Do This Summer

  Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

  May 26, 2005

• Who's Your Daddy?

  Track your true identity along a DNA trail left behind by your ancestors

  April 14, 2005

• Fortunate Son

  Sahara has no reason to exist, until you see who made it

  April 7, 2005

• Mixed Blessings

  Opposing sides will grapple over gay issues this week

  February 10, 2005

• Outside the Box

  In keeping with the Halloween spirit, we bring you the tale of George Russell, who buries people in cardboard on his property. Welcome to his neighborhood.

  October 28, 2004

• Best Actor

  September 23, 2004

• Oh, Brother

  Two siblings named Lincoln and Booth battle it out in Topdog/Underdog

  January 29, 2004

• Let the Picture Paint Itself

  The Houston Kid hits his stride a quarter-century into his recording career

  January 1, 2004

• Torn Identity

  Get real art for a hundred bucks at "5x7/Houston"

  September 4, 2003

• Bluegrass Meltdown, Montrose-Style

  Medicine Show, J.W. Americana and Two Star Symphony have the cure for the Monday-night blahs

  August 21, 2003

• The Whole Package

  Medicine Show is packed with talent, youth, and charm

  January 2, 2003

• Deli-Gate

  Katz's never closes -- except perhaps in the face of a father-son lawsuit

  December 20, 2001

• Planet of the Ape

  Monkeybone drops you into a surreal world overrun by your worst simian nightmares

  February 22, 2001

• Hi, Bob!

  Bob's back

  October 5, 2000

• Getting to Know You, Again

  Sumptuous, massive and lyrical, Anna and the King is a classic reborn

  December 16, 1999

• Why Does Memorial Day Suck In Houston?

  Photo by Paul KeleherIf you've ever lived outside of Texas or the Deep South, you can find yourself asking a simple question: What the hell happened to Memorial Day?Up north and back east, it's a huge event. Every little town has a parade, there's a ceremony, people really, really look forward to it. (And even the little kids know: Memorial Day, for those who died in wars; Veteran's Day, for those who served.)Here, not so much.We're not as bad as some places in the Deep South, where it was only

  May 21, 2009

• Houston Homeless Get Their Own, Unofficial Library

  Photo courtesy CHOMThe people at the Beacon can use a good distraction. Since the start of the new year, the homeless day center has seen a 20 to 30 percent increase in clients as more people fall victim to the worsening economy. Tracy Burnett, the director at Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministries, which runs the Beacon, has met local nurses and construction workers, and families who moved to Houston for jobs that suddenly disappeared -- "people who haven't been homeless before," she says.

  June 18, 2009

• Houston 101: Hi, Bob!

  ​When it comes to stand-up, Houston isn't famous merely for launching the careers of some of the edgiest comedians of the `70s and `80s. It also gave the world Bob Newhart.Newhart grew up in Chicago and became an accountant, but always had a comedy jones. He wrote gags and did some radio work in Miami, but still hadn't fully committed to giving up the day job for what seemed an unlikely dream.Then he came to the Tidelands club in Houston.Newhart had impressed an agent with his routines, and th

  August 7, 2009

• The First Mayoral Ad: A Review

  We have our first ad in the mayoral race!! Peter Brown is up with a 30-second spot that will be running on local and cable channels. What we take away from this ad:1. Where's George Clinton? You are the only mayoral candidate in Houston history to be endorsed by P-Funk's George Clinton (actually, we still checking to see if Clinton didn't endorse Louie Welch) and you don't feature that? And we have to assume Clinton didn't write the background music here, which comes direct from the "inspira

  August 25, 2009

• Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

  Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More" and "The Ballad of Charles Whitman," as well as numerous mystery novels, took once before in 2006, when he took about 13 percent of the popular vote as an independent. Running as a Democr

  September 2, 2009

• Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

  Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More" and "The Ballad of Charles Whitman," as well as numerous mystery novels, took once before in 2006, when he took about 13 percent of the popular vote as an independent. Running as a Democr

  September 2, 2009

• Halloween Countdown: Fool-Proof Last-Second Inspirations

  This is the final post in our series of articles offering Halloween costume advice. Check out the other four entries here, here, here and here. You've been too busy to run by Frankel's, Party Boy or even Wal-Mart to start formulating your Halloween costume this year. No ideas have jumped out at you. We've all been there -- stuck a day or two before the witching hours of October 31 with nothing to wear to the big party except a shrug and whimper. So to help you out, your friendly Halloween sta

  October 29, 2009