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Simon Killer: Good Works

Brady Corbit explains how a nice gut became Simon Killer.

Bloody Tide: How Puerto Rico Affects the U.S.

As Puerto Rico is battered by a wave of drugs and brazen murders, Houston and other continental U.S. cities feel the blowback.

Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Found in Only Three Nations -- Rest of World Smothered in Tyranny, Apparently

We've known for some time that the American Constitution, that yellowed document containing all our inalienable and God-given rights, was a special slip of parchment. The first of its kind, we've been told. The example. The lodestar. The exceptional. But recent research, publicized last week in Blo ... More >>

Getting Reacquainted with Amazon Grill

When there was still an Amazon Grill on Gessner near Westheimer, I ate lunch there -- on average -- once a week. It was an easy choice to please a pack of picky co-workers, as it offered everything from fun South American food to "diet" food (gross, guys) and hamburgers. It had fried plantains just ... More >>

SXSW Releases First Batch of 2013 Performers

Here go hell come, SXSW has just released the first batch of names for the 2013 festival. I know, only a week after Fun Fun Fun Fest and a month since ACL. Did you see the FPSF blog from earlier today? Yeah, time is moving too fast. The big names on the list so far include the Zombies, Alt-J, Akro ... More >>

Dynamo Earn 1-1 Tie In Honduras To Keep Pace In CONCACAF

Down a man for almost the entire second half, the Houston Dynamo held on to an important 1-1 road draw against Honduran side Deportivo Olimpia. The Dynamo and Olimpia remain tied atop of the CONCACAF Champions League Group 3 standings with 4 points apiece. It didn't take long for the home team to g ... More >>

Hurricane Season 2012: The Predictions -- A Quiet Year in the Tropics?

With so few storms impacting the U.S. last season and with one of the worst droughts in recorded history gripping our region, it would be tempting to think that last year was a down year in hurricane production. In fact, it was quite the opposite. In 2011, the Atlantic produced 19 named storms incl ... More >>

ICE Sweep Nets 74, Including Child Molesters, in Houston Area

A nationwide sweep of convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and "egregious" immigration violators resulted in almost 100 arrests out of the Houston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE took in 3,100 people nationwide in its six-day "Cross Check" operation, with 74 com ... More >>

SPECIAL MORMON EDICION

Saturday Night: Santana & Spearhead At The Woodlands

Photos by Marco Torres​Santana, Michael Franti & Spearhead Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 10, 2011 Timeless. Classic. Legend. OG - all classifications that tend to be distributed loosely in the music industry these days. Yet for Carlos Santana, the skinny Mexican kid who played at ... More >>

Why It's So Hot, When It Might End and Why We Should Count Our Blessings

High pressure is like the Heat Miser but not claymation.​Polite elevator conversation usually includes something like, "How about that weather, huh?" Lately, that conversation might be more along the lines of, "Holy shit, I went outside and thought I was going to die!" Normally, summers in Hou ... More >>

Lady Gaga Sings The Big Easy Blues

Photos by Annelia WililamsEugene Moody​Rocks Off woke up to Lady Gaga on Good Morning America this morning. It looked like she was having a little trouble with her zipline. The reason Rocks Off woke up to Lady Gaga on Good Morning America this morning, instead of Channel 13's Eyewitness News ... More >>

Destroy All Anti-Heroes

Houston punk vets Anarchitex still full of piss and vinegar.

The ALL CAPS chicas

Carlos Lee, Team Leader? Well, the Astros Have Had 25 Worse Ideas

Believe it or not, this guy's not actually running the Houston Astros​Astros Manager Brad Mills traveled to Panama last week to meet with his left fielder/first baseman/slacker Carlos Lee.  The trip was billed as a bonding mission.  And while there's nothing wrong with a manager an ... More >>

Special Year-End, Mexicans-Do-Assimilate Edition

Dear Mr. Santa: A Houston Sports Fan's List

Dear Mr. Santa...​Dear Mr. Claus: I know it is Christmas Eve, and maybe I'm a bit late with sending this little note to you, but I'm sure that with this newfangled internets thing you'll get it in time. I'm also aware that I might have been a bit naughty, and that I've made a few people an ... More >>

Tiffany Young-Hartley: Beheading Related To Case Or Not?

A tradition unlike any other​The Mexican military leader of the investigation into the disappearance of David Michael Hartley has been beheaded, according to Texas state representative Aaron Pena and Zapata County sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.A spokesman in the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office c ... More >>

Planet Houston: Country Cooking

An around-the-world guide to the foods of Planet Houston

Honduras in Houston

A too-small dining scene gets a welcome addition.

Mexicans, Mormonism and the "Texans" of Mexico

Game Time: An Open Letter To Carlos Lee

Life is a breeze when you're Carlos Lee​Dear Carlos: I hope your travels are going much smoother this week than last week. I'm guessing the pilot of the Astros' team charter doesn't have any issues with an expiring pilot's license, so getting from Pittsburgh to Chicago and then eventually back h ... More >>

World Cup: Today South Africa; Tomorrow Houston

This ball is shaped funny​The world's biggest sporting event might be coming to a stadium near you, that is, if you want it here more than everyone else. A reception was held at City Hall Thursday to announce that Houston is holding the top spot in the bidding to host the FIFA World Cup in 2 ... More >>

Top 5 Grocery Store Openings of the Decade

Photo by athomsonThe hot dog section at an H-E-BYesterday, we recounted the top five grocery store closings that had a significant impact on the Houston supermarket scene during the past 10 years. But for as much as we may (or may not) miss AppleTree or Albertson's, we've had some much better grocer ... More >>

Trying to feed the homeless? Not so fast! Meanwhile, METRO blows $80K congratulating itself.

Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

Soccer, Soccer and... Soccer

Help A Brother Out For Peace

​Heading into work this morning, we noticed two guys walking down Milam who we assumed were either crazy American or regular German tourists.They looked like twins and were dressed identically, each sporting a frame backpack with a bedroll attached to the top. We didn't think much of it, until the ... More >>

Wabs and Mexican Guatemalans

Top Five Houstonians As Hurricanes

Mexican-American Culture

Are Mexicans racist?

CRACKED UP

Gary Webb's reporting on CIA ties to cocaine destroyed his life, too

Brave New Art

Artists take on corporations and the government in "Thought Crimes"

Banana Breakfast

Central American early-bird specials

Marinara Monopoly

Has Amerigo's been resting on its "best restaurant in The Woodlands" laurels too long?

Meat and Tomatoes

Avenida Paulista Churrascaria should please carnivores and vegetarians alike

¡Viva México!

The International Fest casts light on one of the world's most underrated musical nations

Goat Doughnuts Go Global

The Hot Breads franchise serves unique pastries to a worldwide audience

Globalization's McBacklash

Guatemala’s Pollo Campero has American fast-food franchises running scared

He Ain't Ever Coming Back

Joe Strummer, a titan of the Clash

Wake-Up Call

The TAKS field test results were so gawd-awful they may become a catalyst for good

Cross Ways

Hispanics search for the origins of their unique faith that fuses Jewish tradition with the celebration of Christ

Conspiracy Theory

Arms dealer-turned-gadfly Al Johnson thinks everyone's out to get him. He's right

Poop Happens

An apartment complex loses the battle against guano

A Slice of Heaven

New York Pizzeria bakes up a pie that's the stuff of dreams

Downtown-on-the-Wold

Picture This

Lynn Randolph brings a touch of reality to the Medical Center

Letters

Press Picks

Shooting In the New Year

Out with the old, in with the new, and don't forget to duck!

Pub Grub? No Flub

The hometown entry in the Richmond brewpub battle fights with good food