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Blogs
April 19, 2011
Which Houston Mayor Would Make the Best Rapper?
Yesterday, the Rap Round Table at our sister blog Rocks Off pondered the interesting question "Which Houston rapper would make the best mayor?" You can go there for the discussion. Here, we will ponder which Houston mayor would make the best rapper. We have five nominees. 5. Diamond Jim McConn Smo ... More >>
News
October 22, 2009
Houston's Choice for Mayor
Black Guy, Rich White Guy, Lesbian or Hispanic Republican
Blogs
August 25, 2009
The First Mayoral Ad: A Review
We have our first ad in the mayoral race!! Peter Brown is up with a 30-second spot that will be running on local and cable channels. What we take away from this ad:1. Where's George Clinton? You are the only mayoral candidate in Houston history to be endorsed by P-Funk's George Clinton (actually ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2009
Houston 101: An Earlier Time When Shots Rang Out At TSU
On May 17, 1967 racial tension and misinformation led to a riot on the Texas Southern University campus.At the time, Houston, like the rest of the country, was struggling with race relations. Herman Short was chief of police under Mayor Louie Welch; Short was especially disliked by Houston's b ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2008
Real Astronauts Don't Drink Pee
Everyone is breathlessly following the latest space mission to see if astronauts will one day successfully be able to drink urine (NASA -- the kinkiest space agency evah!!)It's a bit of a comedown from the moon days.As it turns out, at this time in 1969 NASA was just getting ready to launch Apollo 1 ... More >>
News
October 30, 2003
Letters
Music
October 9, 2003
Do You Know the Way to Balmorhea?
Jesse Dayton and Lew Temple do. And now so does Hollywood.
News
August 3, 2000
Out of the Closets
Archiving Houston's queer history, one T-shirt at a time
News
December 30, 1999
The Good, the Bad, the Imprisoned
Houston's best politicos were not always the ones elected -- or the ones who stayed in office
News
January 8, 1998
The Insider
News
September 11, 1997
The Airport That Wouldn't Die
Last fall, environmentalists thought they'd finally put a stake through the heart of the West Side Airport. But the mayoral race seems to have given it a new lease on life.
News
April 17, 1997
What's Wrong With Wheatley?
It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?
News
December 28, 1995
After him, the deluge
Thank the Lord, Jesus Christ above, this is Bob Lanier's last term as mayor of Houston. Now that he's bankrupt every city service, he's leaving the whole mess to somebody else. But who?
News
December 15, 1994
Sixties Survivor
Gene Locke rises from the streets to City Hall without disavowing his past
News
January 27, 1994
Wanna Buy a RoboDome?
The city's sports tycoons maneuver for inside position, and the questions mount: Who needs it? Why? At what cost?