Subject: Kenneth Lay

• Dead Letter Office

  January 9, 2007

• How About a Trial After Dinner?

  July 26, 2006

• In Ken's Name We Pray

  July 13, 2006

• Hang in There, Bob

  July 12, 2006

• Jailhouse Rocks

  July 10, 2006

• Blocking Shots

  We pay for the arena; they'll finance the campaign

  October 19, 2000

• Up In Smoke

  Enron used political ties to rid itself of regulators. But in the end, its supposed free-market trailblazing only burned investors.

  February 7, 2002

• King Kinder

  Rich Kinder has made a cool billion dollars since leaving Enron. Now he’s ready to take over the world, or at least the nearest pipeline.

  March 6, 2003

• Tunnel Mole, Givin' It Up In The Tunnel

  Don't know what your Thanksgiving plans are, but the Tunnel Mole is feeding a dozen folks!Nope, the Mole did not give birth to a litter since the last missive. I don't even know my holiday guests, much less share DNA with 'em. I did what so many are doing -- and the new administration is very much down with -- by forking out $2.87 a plate for the Star of Hope homeless mission's 2009 holiday season dinners.Surely you've seen the Star of Hope's own little advertising cubicle in the Downtown Housto

  November 25, 2008

• 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 Houston Arts Alliance will take suggestions from Houstonians over what the weird span should be called.The bridge has a funky curved design that is modernistic and far too sophisticated for the likes o

  January 23, 2009

• Bonus Babies

  October 3, 1996

• Champions!

  November 14, 1996

• Sportin' Life

  February 20, 1997

• The Insider

  September 11, 1997

• The Insider

  November 6, 1997

• Make Way for McLane

  December 4, 1997

• Up-in-the-Air Ball

  April 2, 1998

• GOP Lay-Ups

  July 9, 1998

• News Hostage

  January 27, 2000

• Reaping the Wind

  Kopper cops to a Fastowian bargain

  August 29, 2002

• Lay It Down

  January 12, 2006

• Enron's Judge Not

  U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal abruptly recuses herself without explanation

  February 14, 2002

• Turkeys of the Year

  The 2006 Collectors Edition

  November 23, 2006

• Par for the Course

  Forget the money crunch, let's play golf

  June 29, 2006

• Still Fighting

  The battle against Nooky's Erotic Bakery rages on

  May 4, 2006

• A Blog of His Own

  One analyst indulges his gonzo side

  March 23, 2006

• You Can Quote Me

  A Conroe man is ready to help the nation's Enron reporters

  February 16, 2006

• New Year's Resolutions for Houston

  We have a lot to forgive – and forget – about 2005; here's hoping local celebs do better next year

  January 19, 2006

• Backhanded Slapstick

  Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane

  December 22, 2005

• Answering the Musical Question

  Wesley Willis's ghost in the machine pays rock 'n' roll tribute to notorious Houstonians

  September 15, 2005

• Press Pix

  The winners of the "Doing Lines" caption contest

  August 11, 2005

• Lay of the Land

  Kenny Boy's fall: a sign of Houston's corporate culture gone wrong

  May 5, 2005

• Scoundrel Time

  Alex Gibney expertly captures the lies and fall of Enron

  April 21, 2005

• The Smartest Film at Sundance

  Alex Gibney tells the story of Enron's rise and fall -- and you won't need an economics degree to understand it

  February 10, 2005

• Pretty Please, Tilman

  Houston's Donald Trump can't be bothered with paperwork

  July 29, 2004

• No PAL of Mine

  The doors indeed will close on a respected program

  June 10, 2004

• A Hard-on for Numbers

  The Chron tries to stay, uh, abreast of circulation counts

  November 6, 2003

• Year of the Yao Woo

  The crazy times in 2002 — Kmart raids, Olympian losses, stadium mania and more —- now make sense. Houston was just mining Ming.

  December 26, 2002

• Best Local Girl Made Good

  Sherron Watkins

  September 26, 2002

• Best Activist

  Bob Lee

  September 26, 2002

• Bashing Bush

  The Chronicle's film critic doubles as a pinko commie naysayer

  August 15, 2002

• Living in a House of Cards

  Rank-and-file employees suspected something was wrong at Enron. Now they want someone to pay.

  March 28, 2002

• Any Story Will Do

  It's rerun time with the Chronicle's Enron coverage

  February 28, 2002

• Rewriting History

  The Chron pities the fools who bought Enron's hype

  February 7, 2002

• He's Still Our Guy

  The Chronicle stays loyal to Kenny Boy

  January 31, 2002

• Learning Curve

  The Chronicle's still stumbling on Enron

  January 24, 2002

• Lay of the Land

  Houston headed toward hard times: sports flops, floods and transit duds. If only city fathers could find a proven leader, an energy executive with a KEN-do attitude.

  January 3, 2002

• Before the Fall

  The Chron plays catch-up on the biggest local business story of the year

  December 20, 2001

• America's New War Against Enron

  Lawyers go gunning for corporate terrorists

  December 13, 2001

• Linda Lay, Briefly Back In The Big Apple Spotlight

  Linda Lay, wife of Ken, is back in the news!The New York Daily News, that is. And what company she's keeping: Victoria Gotti, Rith Madoff, Karen Kozlowski, etc. -- all members of what the News calls "The Cursed Wives Club."Cursed? Living for years and years on "I-know-nothing" millions while being treated as a secular saint who does endless charity work? Just because the gravy train ended, you're cursed?We can think of worse curses.Anyway, the News gave Lay the lowest-ranking in the club. (Will

  July 1, 2009