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    December 2, 2010

    2022 World Cup Host Is... Not the US

    Brittanie SheyUSA! USA! Did not win!​Houston city leaders, members of the Dynamo organization and soccer fans gathered at a bunting-filled room at the George R. Brown Convention Center this morning to hear the international announcement of which countries will be hosting the 2018 and 2022 Worl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Qatar: How To Pronounce It, With Help From KISS

    Yeah, Houston won't be hosting any World Cup games. Qatar will. Qatar actually has some Houston connections: HCC has a campus there, Qatar Airlines flies only to New York, DC and us in the U.S....but no one knows how to say it. We turn to KISS, as in all things. I know a thing or two about it I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Al-Jazeera Headed For The Houston Airwaves?

    Al-Jazeera: But first, a look at traffic on the Katy Freeway​The Washington Post broke a story this morning on previously undisclosed negotiations between Pacifica and Al-Jazeera that would see Pacifica's five self-owned stations broadcasting content from the controversial Arabic network.One of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Schoolhouse Rocked: Allegations of Conflicts of Interest at HCC

    If the HCC board room is rockin', don't come a knockin'​Things seem to keep getting uglier over at Houston Community College. On Thursday, the board of trustees reportedly held a closed session to discuss an investigation into possible conflicts of interest by trustee Yolanda Flores and former t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Avianca Cortez, 13, Detrihanna Davis, 13 and RaShaunda Raleigh, 17, Bayou Body Counts No. 173-175

    Three teens' lives wiped out​Intoxication manslaughter charges have been filed against a man who prosectors say was drunk when he ran a red light and broadsided an SUV, killing three passengers.Sajan Timalshina, 25, was driving a Toyota Camry on the feeder road at Beltway 8 and the Eastex Freeway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    What, The Name "Death To Jews" Was Taken?

    Photo courtesy Qatar AirwaysQatar Airways is making a big move in the Houston market -- it's got ads on the air touting its luxurious service, it's got a giant new 777 plying the new Houston-Doha route.One thing it's probably not doing -- advertising in Houston's Jewish Herald-Voice. Or, if they are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Voices of a Grateful Nation

    As has been noted in these pages before, my daughter is in the Air Force. I'm not too happy that right now she is on a six-month assignment in Qatar while her two-year-old daughter is in San Antonio. So her active duty certainly colors my opinions regarding the new discs Voices of a Grateful N ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2008

    “Qatar Narratives: A Country Expressed by Its Own Voices”

    Contemporary Arabic artists draw on the traditions of their homeland

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Kiss My Ass, W

    Contemporary Arabic artists draw on the traditions of their homeland

  • Music

    December 6, 2007
  • Film

    July 5, 2007

    Transformers

    As giant robots transform all around us (!), it's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

  • Film

    June 10, 2004

    The Whole Truth?

    Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    War Is Not Hell

    The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Diva of the Deal

    How Enron's high temptress turned massive projects into a $2 billion wet dream for the company -- and an estimated $100 million profit for herself

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