Gettysburg

Playing Pretend: Local Sports Media Figures as Political Pundits

What It Is, What It Was, What It Shall Be

A review of the films of '93, and hopes for an adventurous '94

Lady Bird's Lunch

A review of the films of '93, and hopes for an adventurous '94

Lost in the Cause

In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

In the Name of...

These Generals speak the name of the Lord, but is it in vain?

Bloody Biking

The MS 150 is a war zone, one activist claims

The Mark

A reporter gets branded for cash (again)

Forget It

Jerry Bruckheimer wants to be taken seriously with Remember the Titans. You can stop laughing now.

Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House

If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described ... More >>

And The 2009 Turkey Of The Year Is.....

​The suspense has been so thick you could cut it with....Oh, Christ, what's the word we're looking for here...some kind of cutting implement...a really sharp-edged melon-baller? No, that's not it. Maybe box cutters.At any rate, you can relieve that suspense right now by clicking on our current cov ... More >>

The South's Gonna Do It Again In Galveston

​We're coming up on the anniversary of the Battle of Galveston. Each January 1 Americans all over the nation celebrate the day by watching football and gorging themselves on leftover party snacks, in memory of the Union and Confederate soldiers who lost their lives.It wasn't exactly Gettysburg out ... More >>

San Jacinto Battleground Among State's Most Endangered Historic Places, Group Says

Photo by diveofficer​Is it a good or bad thing to be named one of the state's Most Endangered Historic Places?The Sam Jacinto Battlefield is going to find out, having earned that dubious honor this morning."The landscape is all that remains of this important historic site, and without a comp ... More >>

Nano Fiction Reading Series

Laurie Clements Lambeth and Greg Oaks share their latest work

Illegal Immigration: What Bikini Babes Have To Say About It

But those damn aliens can't read English!!!​ The controversy over immigration into America has been discussed ad nauseam on TV, op-ed columns and books, but it is perhaps best dealt with via the medium of bikini-babe posters.At least that's the thinking of one Alan Sessarego, of Gettysburg, PA. Se ... More >>

The James Baker Monument: Five Things It Needs

James Baker: Not related to Velvet Revolver​Finally, there will be a reason to visit downtown Houston: A statue honoring former Secretary of State James Baker will be unveiled Tuesday.Why Baker? As the monument's official website so modestly puts it, he's "A Magnificent American."Some people might ... More >>

Pop Rocks: You're Not Fooling Anyone, Downton Abbey

​A quick survey of status updates on Facebook Sunday night confirmed what I'd suspected for weeks: 200% of them were watching something called Downton Abbey. Season 2 just debuted on Masterpiece Classic on PBS, you see, and people responded with an enthusiasm usually reserved for when some m ... More >>