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  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Introducing Treaty Oak Collective, Houston's Newest Promoters

    ​Brandon Lemons is no stranger to the Houston music scene. If you've been around long enough, you've most likely either seen a show he's organized, or, if you're a real club junkie, sat and had a beer (or three) with the guy once or twice at a venue around town. The Silsbee, Tex. native bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Thank God, Ted Cruz Will Protect Texas from the U.N.

    This ad for GOP primary senatorial candidate Ted Cruz has been showing up on conservative Web sites. It alerts -- thankfully, finally -- all Texans to the growing threat that the U.N. will....invade? Take over in a bloodless coup? We don't know. All we know is that the U.N. is (apparently) a grave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Rebecca Dauler: State Says She Ran One-Woman Extortion Racket

    FacebookRebecca Dauler: Take your little cease-and-desist letter and stick it, Texas Workforce Commission!​Say what you will about Rebecca Dauler, but if what the State of Texas is alleging about her is true, you can't deny that the 33-year-old Clear Lake woman has plenty of pluck and good-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The Keystone XL Pipeline: Houston's Cardno Entrix In The Crosshairs

    Keystone XL: Coming to Texas​Houston-based Cardno Entrix is the latest target of scrutiny in the newest allegations of cronyism surrounding TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline project. A group of U.S. senators has called for an investigation into the State Department's handling of the Keystone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Treaty Oak Platinum Rum: The Gateway Spirit?

    ​Before I turned it into banana-infused deliciousness, I tried Treaty Oak Platinum Rum for the first time recently. I now have a grand master plan to surreptitiously replace all the vodka in the world with this rum. The world will thank me for it. With all its talk of "double filtered" this a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Back to the `50s, But All The Way

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Josh Daniel Goes From Houston Press To Hillary Clinton's Speechwriter

    Josh Daniel: From the Press to some government job​In a huge step down that can only be seen as evidence of incredible drug abuse or chronic ineptitude, a former Houston Press copy editor has become the new chief speechwriter for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Josh Daniel, who had been working ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 2, 2010

    SPECIAL LABOR DIA EDITION

    La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    "Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust"

    Photographer Norman Gershman sheds some light on an often overlooked bit of history

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009
  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009
  • Culture

    April 2, 2009
  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    A Politician's Blog Actually Worth Reading

    Every politician these days is doing The Twitter, or having some unpaid intern blog for them. It's great if you're looking for the latest in boilerplate rhetoric.And then there's Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio.Check out his blog, Poli-Tex.Here's a note to former ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008
  • Culture

    December 11, 2008

    Why Are Mexicans Obsessed with Scarface?

    Post-9/11 worries target South Texas

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Ambassador Schechter On Secretary Of State Clinton

    With the world media coming dangerously close to announcing that Hillary Clinton plans to accept the Secretary of State position in Barack Obama’s cabinet, Hair Balls thought we’d reach out to longtime Clinton-family ally and former Ambassador to the Bahamas under President Clinton, Houston ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    R.I.P. Miriam Makeba

    With the world media coming dangerously close to announcing that Hillary Clinton plans to accept the Secretary of State position in Barack Obama’s cabinet, Hair Balls thought we’d reach out to longtime Clinton-family ally and former Ambassador to the Bahamas under President Clinton, Houston ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    No End in Sight

    Find out who’s responsible for the Iraq war

  • News

    January 24, 2008

    Bayousphere

    Find out who’s responsible for the Iraq war

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Kyoto Protocol: The View from Kyoto

    Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    It’s Mathew Knowles’s Town. We Just Live Here.

    Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Straight Talk with World Net Daily

    Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2006

    Hu Ha

    Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Shorthanded

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2006

    What on Earth?

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • Film

    April 21, 2005

    Lost in Translation

    All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

  • Film

    January 6, 2005

    Blade Runners

    Hotel Rwanda finds hope amid the horrors of tribal genocide

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Holiday Spirit

    A real-life Christmas move in Kemah

  • Film

    October 7, 2004

    The Power of Yes

    A pair of political pranksters invent the art of "identity correction"

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Well-Dressed Rebels

    Revolt of the operagoing socialites

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place

    Democrats' dilemma: the difference between antiwar and anti-U.S.

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Lost & Found

    One year ago, the Lost Boys of Sudan came to Houston in search of America, a future, safety and an education simple things that got somewhat complicated in the translation

  • Film

    February 7, 2002

    Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right

    No Man's Land cracks wise hoping the world will wise up

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Bayou City Body Snatchers

    How cold war fears fueled a hot market for Houston's human parts business.

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Battle Corps

    How the fine art of diplomacy dissolved into a bitter two-word war

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2001

    Overthrow the Revolution

    Factory Direct might be the Next Big Thing

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Correct-a-mundo

    Fumbling towards reality

  • Film

    April 27, 2000

    Seek Bomb Shelter

    Director Rod Lurie's nuclear debate blows up in his face

  • Music

    July 9, 1998

    Rotation

    Director Rod Lurie's nuclear debate blows up in his face

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    See Juarez

    From a forthcoming book by Charles Bowden and the street shooters of Ciudad Juarez The photojournalists of the border are capturing the grisly face of the future. And it's a lot closer than you think.

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Brothers of the Road

    'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    The Insider

    'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    The Brother Graham (Part II)

    Once upon a time in Humble, there lived two guys named Pat and Mike. They had a way of making people believe, and those people included some of Texas' highest public officials. While it turned out that their stories usually were just too good to be true

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    He Spanked an American Hero

    And it's not every candidate for Congress who can say that

  • Calendar

    January 19, 1995

    Press Picks

    And it's not every candidate for Congress who can say that

  • News

    October 27, 1994

    Faded Love

    When romance wanes, the politics can turn really personal

  • Film

    October 20, 1994

    Love Madness

    Tony Richardson's last film is compellingly complex

  • News

    January 6, 1994

    The Poison Connection

    A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston

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