Chuck Rosenthal

Five Exceptions to Straight Ticket Voting in Harris County

In spite of several indisputably bad candidates on either side of the aisle, apparently tens of thousands of Harris County residents are still going to vote straight ticket. Maybe those people are just lazy. Maybe it gives them a jolt of pride or even spite, as in "I am going to stick it to those i ... More >>

The Five Best Houston Sex Scandals, Such As They Are

It takes two hookers to get James Worthy ready for Showtime​Houston is not a big town for sex scandals. Whether it's because we have a sophisticated European, laissez-faire attitude to such things, or because bigfoot Houstonians are better at hiding things, we don't know. Although we guess it's th ... More >>

The Five Biggest Sex Scandals Of The Decade In Houston, All Unfortunately Not Very Sexy

​The Oughts have been a busy decade of people getting busy here in Houston, as perhaps every other decade has been. There's a reason the population has been booming, after all, and it's not all due to people leaving Detroit.But some Houstonians have been shtupping where they shouldn't shtup, and t ... More >>

It's Turkey-Lurkey Time, As Burt Bacharach Would Say

​November brings with it Thanksgiving, which in turn brings with it the annual Houston Press accounting of the Turkeys of the Year here in Houston.Last year was easy, of course: any year that includes the e-mail antics of District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal is pretty much a no-brainer. When a year i ... More >>

Magazine Actually Claims Harris County Can Govern Itself

​Reporter John Mecklin worked a long time in Houston for the old Post; he also served as an editor at the SF Weekly, the San Francisco paper in our very own Village Voice Media chain.He's now editor at a magazine called Miller-McCune, a publication started by a Southern California philanthropist; ... More >>

A Digital Bathroom Wall for Pat Lykos

Disgruntled prosecutors scribble their complaints about the new boss on a blog

The Buffalo Bayou Pedestrian Bridge Needs A New Name

No one can tolerate the name of Houston's newest pedestrian bridge, the Tolerance Bridge (get it?).The Houston Chronicle reports that the mayor's office is seeking new names for the $7 million bridge over Buffalo Bayou near Allen Parkway and Montrose after city council members cried "lame."The H ... More >>

Political Change (Here And In DC) May Help Murder Victim's Mom

Carrie Ruiz of Humble is praying that President Obama and his promised commitment to foreign diplomacy will help bring her daughter's killer to justice.Nine years ago, Ruiz's teenaged daughter, Felicia, was stabbed to death 26 times in an open field. Two of the three attackers are now behind bars, b ... More >>

The Five Least Significant Deaths In Houston This Year

We've already noted the five biggest local deaths in 2008; now it's time to look at the five deaths that leave the smallest amounts of sympathy or significance.5. The Playoff Chances of the Texans and Astros. Insignificant because really, did anyone expect anything different? The teams blew when the ... More >>

Emmett, Also, Visits With The Sikh Family That Said It Was Harassed

The Sikh family that says it was harassed by Harris County Sheriff's deputies has been getting to know county politicians more than they might have guessed.Over the weekend, sheriff-elect Adrian Garcia met with the family and many other Sikhs; yesterday is was County Judge Ed Emmett.Emmett apologize ... More >>

Turkeys of the Year

DA Chuck Rosenthal flies off with top honors

No Death Penalties This Year For The Death-Penalty Capital Of America (That's Us)

Death Threats and TAKS Tests

Some TAKS tests are murder

Chuck Rosenthal on trial, Metro Q Cards and a Scandal Scorecard

The Great Deleter takes the stand

Quanell X Joins the Chuck Rosenthal Ouster Party

Chuck Rosenthal, Nan Goldin and Soulja Boy

American Gladiators, Religion, HAR Elections

Chuck Rosenthal: So Tough on Crime That a Suspect Goes Free

The DA doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

But at Least the Guns Aren’t Gay…

No Pain, No Gain

Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame

Best Court Ruling

Ties That Bind?

The D.A. shares something with those he's supposed to be probing: campaign support

Blessed and Bewildered

Recent debacles demonstrate why District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal needs more than a moustache to match the legacy of Johnny Holmes

Pimpin' Ain't Easy

Tension mounts at the Chronicle

Bench Blues

The judiciary starts scrambling after state cuts in visiting judges

The Highs and Lows of Life with Lee

The best and worst from the Brown days

Dumb and Dumber

Rod Paige does no better when he doesn't have an answer than when he does

War Is Not Hell

The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

The Bradford Game

A mid-trial meltdown scorches the district attorney

All I Want for Christmas Is...

A shopping list for your favorite political types

Innocence Lost

The D.A.'s policy cuts into an inmate advocacy program

Needling the Mayor

Former drug czar Lee Brown has trouble negotiating a question about why there's no needle-exchange program for addicts in Houston

Lethal Legacy

Yates isn't dying to prove the equity of Harris County executions

Dumped On

Houston was supposed to be cracking down on polluters. So why has it spent five years cleaning up on little guys like Walter Bazarsky?

Bar Tabs

The D.A. and county attorney dip into office funds to up the influence in judicial polls

Paying the Price

Hospital district officials wanted a simple one-sentence policy on immigrant health care. What they got instead was a criminal probe and plenty of politics.

Votes 'n' Bail

GOP consultant Allen Blakemore looks to become a do-it-yourself bondsman

Picking Up the Bill

This time, a plan to bring drug courts here has real teeth

An Open Mike

He wants to castrate pedophiles and purge the courts of politics. He has assailed fellow jurists, lawyers and lawmakers. He's maverick Mike McSpadden, a tennis ace with a tomahawk tongue.

The Bench Warmer

After two defeats by voters, will Bob Burdette finally lose his black robe to a DWI?

Hotze's Blue Angels

Not-so-divine DWI help arrives for a conservative kingmaker

Innocence Lost?

Despite its increasing importance, DNA evidence routinely gets destroyed here

The Mod Squad

With Brown adrift, can this trio carry the ball?

The Day the Democrats Died

Learning to love the one-party state

Justice on the Block

Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

The Judge Who Can't Talk Straight

Can a statewide race save Jim Wallace from himself?

The Insider

Political Goodfellows Editor: Gabe and Gary get new toys; Lee and Mario cry in their stockings

Chucked Up

The D.A. and sheriff sizzle over Rosenthal's misleading campaign mailer

Sarofim II: The Next (De)Generation

In the latest divorce donnybrook, things didn't go better with coke

The Insider