Jefferson Davis

Silver Lining Huh?

Punched Out

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

Mr. Big

Houston sculptor David Adickes has one message for the art world: large is good

Rebmaster

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

Renovated Out of Existance

The First Ward never had much in the way of worldly goods. But it had a rich history. Now, even that is disappearing.

Eating It Up

Are HISD and Aramark cooking the books to feast on federal breakfast subsidies?

Houston 101: The Short Happy Life of Dick Dowling

​Aside from the city's namesake, no 19th-Century Houstonian was more famous than Dick Dowling, the Irish-born saloonkeeper/businessman and Confederate war hero. In fact, when city leaders commissioned Houston's very first public monument in 1905, it was Dowling and not Sam Houston who got the hono ... More >>