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Rush Limbaugh

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    James Vernon McVay: Obama Assassination Plot Foiled After One Murder in Planned Spree

    South Dakota State PrisonJames Vernon McVay: Proud Houstonian​James Vernon McVay wanted to kill President Obama. After his arrest in Wisconsin earlier this month, he told police that he believed the best way to do that was to stalk the commander-in-chief while he was playing golf and pick him ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    KTRH All But Says Goodbye to News, Welcomes More Right-Wing Blather

    The Houston Chronicle's David Barron just reported that longtime KTRH news anchors J.P. Pritchard and Lana Hughes are leaving the station in favor of new hosts Mike Patrick and Lois Melkonian. In case you need an introduction to Mike Patrick, check out the above video where he personifies the term ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Five Very Bad Father's Day Gifts

    Father's Day: What are you gonna do? You are forced by the powers that be to get something, unless your Dad has passed on to his reward. And if you're a Dad yourself, then you have to resign yourself to books from that one author someone saw on your shelf (never mind that you hated that book), tool ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    The 10 Worst Things Texas Has Given To The Modern World

    It's not nature's way, it's Houston's​If we were to list all the great, terrific things Texas, Our Texas has given to civilization, we would be here all day. (Two words: Jessica Simpson.) Unfortunately, Texas has also gifted America and the world with some things the world and America would n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    The Year In Aeros Hockey: 25 Random Thoughts Centered Around Ice Girls

    Dear Aeros, can we get some Ice Girls already?​The Houston Aeros had a disappointing 2009-10 season, and closing in on the midway point of the 2010-11 season, playoff chances are up in the air. Then again, this being Houston, just having a chance at the playoffs should be seen as successful, espe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Runner-Up Turkey Of The Year: Rick Perry

    Rick Perry: One race he couldn't win​It's just one day from the 2010 Turkeys of the Year issue, where we honor what is best in Turkeydom for the past year. This will be our eighth edition of the awards, and as always competition is stiff. Building up to the grand announcement of the winners, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Dear Renu Khator: Use KTRU To Spread UH Sports

    KTRU could be a UH sports resource​Dear Dr. Khator:Now that some time has passed, I thought I would offer up my congratulations on the University of Houston's purchase of KTRU from Rice. I know that you have probably been hearing from some angry people, but seeing as how the station didn't even ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Ten Fun Facts About "God Bless The USA"

    ​As America (fuck yeah!) prepares to celebrate its 234th birthday over the long July 4 weekend, our proud yet troubled nation is about to be inundated once again by Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." About as innocuous as a song can be on the surface, it's become one of the most polarizing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Glenn Beck, Lowering The Standards For What Makes An "Honorary Texan"

    You know what you were needing right now?Video of a screaming Rick Perry making the sanity-challenged rube-riler Glenn Beck an "honorary Texan" in front of a yahooing crowd of East Texans.What, you didn't need that?

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    He Said She Said: "Dear Penis" And Other Country Comedy Classics

    ​ Aside from all the epic cheating, drinking and fighting songs country music has given us, one of the best things it does is make us laugh. Apart from all the crying and cussing, there is a whole deal of laughing going on. This year at RodeoHouston, there aren't many performers on the humorous si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Inquiring Minds: Henry Rollins Has A Lot To Say. Surprised?

    ​Since his debut in 1981 as Black Flag's fourth, last and best lead singer, Henry Rollins has been the emissary of intelligent hardcore punk rock and its accompanying ideals. Through his five-year history with the band, from the LPs Damaged to In My Head, he brought an animalistic, poetic spirit t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    More On The Billionaire And The Bentley: The Coroner's Report Is In, The Lawyer Is A Star, And Why Hasn't Goodman Been Charged?

    Photo by bing The Goodman cabin in Florida​Some further developments in the case of John Goodman, the billionaire Houston / Palm Beach polo patron who was involved in a fatal Bentley accident last week... The coroner's report is in on Scott Wilson, the victim in the crash. His death was ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Be Proud, Texas: Your Public School System Is So Great It Can Turn Down $700 Million

    ​Governor Rick Perry, in a valiant bid to be talked about approvingly on Fox News and Rush Limbaugh's show, came to Houston today to announce he will be rejecting $700 million in federal stimulus funds for education.Because, you know, Texas has the whole education thing covered."Texas is on the ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Houston Music Fight Club: Michael Berry vs. Outlaw Dave, Don Walsh vs. Dirty Jeff Smith, Notsuoh vs. Mango's

    ​Another week and yet another clash of the sorta-titans, wherein we pit some of Houston's best and brightest music luminaries against each other in brutal mortal combat. This week we will briefly take a step away from the burgeoning Bayou City indie scene to spotlight two of the town's radio perso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Some (Few) Good Things Emerge From Texans' Monday-Night Loss

    ​It's never truly Texans season until there's the first Matt Schaub injury scare. This year, it came before the season even started -- when the Texans' QB ran out of bounds and turned his left ankle in Monday night's 17-10 preseason loss to the Vikings.But Schaub recovered, and so did the Texans, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: War, Still "Hard to Believe"

    Photos by John Moulder I'm always looking for good lyrics that make sense of the current military situation. I recently got Slaid Cleaves' fine new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, which contains this wonderful verse in the song "Hard to Believe": "Here comes another blown up kid from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    25 Super Bowl Memes You'll Be Sick Of

    It's Super Bowl week. The game is on Sunday, but by the time kickoff rolls around we're going to be so sick of the hype that nobody is going to care about the game. The memes have started coalescing, so here's a little primer for every storyline that you will be sick of come Thursday evening once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    25 Super Bowl Memes You'll Be Sick Of

    It's Super Bowl week. The game is on Sunday, but by the time kickoff rolls around we're going to be so sick of the hype that nobody is going to care about the game. The memes have started coalescing, so here's a little primer for every storyline that you will be sick of come Thursday evening once ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2008
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    August 7, 2008
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    January 23, 2008
  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Sunny Side Up

    An egg-seller's defense gets strange

  • Film

    October 26, 2006

    Assassination Tango

    Controversial docu-drama imagines a post-Bush scenario

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Controversial docu-drama imagines a post-Bush scenario

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Letters

    Controversial docu-drama imagines a post-Bush scenario

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Against the Odds

    No betting shows on one sports-talk station

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Letters

    No betting shows on one sports-talk station

  • Dining

    August 11, 2005

    Past Its Prime

    Taste of Texas Steakhouse takes you on a nostalgia trip to the salad bar.

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Renaissance Man

    A cop learns the pain of piercing

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Webb Wilder, with Opie Hendrix and the Texas Tall Boys

    Friday, March 18, at Dan Electro's, 1031 East 24th, 713-862-8707.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Friday, March 18, at Dan Electro's, 1031 East 24th, 713-862-8707.

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Rockin' in the Free World

    Soundtracks for your Election Night shindigs

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Well-Dressed Rebels

    Revolt of the operagoing socialites

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Waves of Fascination

    Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

  • Music

    July 4, 2002

    Damming the Streams

    The major labels want the Internet to be as arid as the airwaves

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    Racket

    The Nuge keeps on offending all sorts of people

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Letters

    The Nuge keeps on offending all sorts of people

  • Culture

    January 20, 2000

    Student Bodies

    Rob Nash flits between characters, and time frames, in his hilarious high school comedies

  • News

    January 4, 1996

    Ritalin on Trial

    While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

  • Culture

    July 20, 1995

    Play With Your Food

    Houston's dinner theater leaves a bad taste in our critic's mouth

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    Letters

    Houston's dinner theater leaves a bad taste in our critic's mouth

  • Film

    December 8, 1994

    Hot and Bothersome

    Though hooey on harassment, Disclosure knows how to entertain

  • Calendar

    November 17, 1994

    Press Picks

    Though hooey on harassment, Disclosure knows how to entertain

  • News

    November 10, 1994

    Letters

    Though hooey on harassment, Disclosure knows how to entertain

  • News

    October 20, 1994

    Tea at the di Portanovas'

    What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

  • News

    July 28, 1994

    Talk Radio Takes Aim at the Bad Guys

    Dan's the man behind a new anti-crime group

  • Culture

    July 21, 1994

    Screwball Comedy

    A Comedy of Errors for the television age

  • Calendar

    July 7, 1994

    Press Picks

    A Comedy of Errors for the television age

  • News

    December 30, 1993

    Round One to the Host

    A Comedy of Errors for the television age

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