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Strom Thurmond

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    5 Bands That Thankfully Still Aren't Getting Back Together

    With all the bands reuniting these days, it's hard to say anything is forever in the world of music. Bands are even getting smart and putting themselves on "indefinite hiatus" rather than actually "breaking up." See, they're just going away for a while. A "break up" would be too much of a commitment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Our San Jacinto Quiz, Including Silk Underwear, Syphilis and Dennis Quaid

    Good thing he wasn't named Sam Schnackenpfefferhausen​Today marks the 175th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the glorious day when a ragtag Texan army surprised a siesta-enjoying Mexican force and won independence for the Lone Star State. The battle, fought near present-day Refinery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Term Limits FAIL: City Council Rejects Extension Proposal

    Like Jamie Kennedy and Strom Thurmond, the term limit debate is old skool.​With immigration, taxes, abortion, religion and terror babies dominating so much of the news, one mainstay of political discussion doesn't get the love it once did, but it looks like city council is digging deep into the po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    For The National Day Of Prayer: Five Invocations For (Almost) Any Occasion

    If nothing else, pray for poor shrinking Alaska.​The good news is, President Obama didn't cancel the National Day of Prayer, as was alleged by e-mails sent by a few of my dimmer relations over the last few years. The bad news is, it's still pretty goddamned hard to find an appropriate bit of Scrip ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    David Leaf’s documentary shows the giant steps the feds took against a cultural icon

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    If That Ain't Country

    Stampeding horses and twangy riffs at the HMNS

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    Crash Course

    A stuntman is mightily impressed by Houston's rail crashes

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Texas Monthly's Bullshit

    The magazine offers yet another favor to a Bush

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Bar X Views

    Plus: Junk Food, Junk Suits; Pigeon Hold, Meds for the Poor

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    Strapping Young Lad

    Friday, January 17

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Rush to Judges

    Texans long to secure seats on the bench

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Camp

    When Pigs Fly

  • Culture

    May 18, 2000

    Theatrical Truffles

    Strom Thurmond as a gay man's date to the prom? New York City without Queens? Yeah, When Pigs Fly.

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    This Bud's for John

    John McCain's family

  • Music

    July 17, 1997

    Rotation

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