Terrorism

Assault on Wall Street

Uwe Boll's solution to the crash? Bloodshed.

Die Hard, Die Alone

When John McClane lost his family, the movieslost much of John McClane

Leftover Crack

Spontaneous Memorial: A Commemorative Installation

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Oleander Girl

A Touch of Danger

John Caparulo

Houston Says: Make the Call on Suspicious Activities, Or Just Things You Think Are Suspicious

The city of Houston has put up a new Web page called "Make the Call." Our federal, state and local governments are working hard to keep us safe, but we all play a role in securing our public spaces. You are the first line of defense in protecting our fellow citizens, public spaces as well as our ec ... More >>

Bruce Charles Rhodes' Traffic-Court Follies: Kicks A Cop In The Nuts, Tells Judge He's Joining Al-Qaeda

Bruce Rhodes: Al-Qaeda might have something to say about that hair​There's no two ways about it: going to traffic court always sucks, and that's even if you walk away with a dismissal. When you lose your case, it's even worse, and it's the mother of all bummers if the violation you were charge ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Lights, Camera, Osama

It'll be the feel-good movie of the year.​On the Geologic Internet Time Scale, the news of Osama bin Laden's death took place almost a century ago. We're already fondly recalling our whereabouts when we heard the fateful news (drinking beer and watching The Killing...NEVAR FORGET) and relivi ... More >>

Top 10 Musician Tweets About Bin Laden's Death

​Last night, this member of Rocks Off was sitting at a pizza parlor off Ella when he found out that our military killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. It was a monumental moment in time, as we sat back and looked at the past decade and half of our lives, since we learned his name in 1998 with th ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Mission: Rick Perry & Greg Abbott Weigh in Without Mentioning Obama

Neither went so far as the New York Daily News.​The world has presumably been waiting breathlessly for the chance to know exactly what Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott think about the death of Osama Bin Laden. The wait is over. Both politicos issued statements this morning ... More >>

Bin Laden's Houston Connections Prove Fatal

The hat is out!!​The man who killed almost 3,000 Americans was dead, and Houston played its part. At least we can assume so. For who can forget the Houston Chronicle's zoned edition for the Heights, which in 1999 told readers -- probably along with the fact HISD's menus for that week would in ... More >>

Unsolved Mysteries

Stages' Yankee Tavern lacks a dramatic core.

Remembering Our Friends, The Mujahideen

​Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward's new book about the President's management of the Afghanistan War, exposes some pretty significant divisions between Obama's civilian advisers and the U.S. military on strategy concerning what is now America's longest war: Book excerpts published yesterday sugges ... More >>

The George W. Bush Library: We Get A Very Special Offer To Donate

A little something for the ladies....​One of us here at the Houston Press -- and we won't say who -- must have done something very, very Republican in a previous life.For the person -- and since we feel the invitation is really to all of us here, we're going with the editorial "we" -- has/have bee ... More >>

Chuckway: Seafood Yes, Groupies No

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducingliston@ ... More >>

Don't Call it a Comeback. Call It a Cultural Moon Rising.

​ During the Washington, D.C. sniper hunt of 2002, you didn't want to be the person who owned a white van in that metropolitan area. That's because the alleged sniper, who randomly killed ten people and critically injured three, was supposedly driving one. Everyone was looking for that vehicle des ... More >>

Pay No Attention To The Massive Police Activity At The Ship Channel Tonight

​PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The Houston Ship Channel will not be the scene of a terrorist attack tonight, one that will involve FBI agents, huge law-enforcement motocades, sirens, lights, all the good stuff.If you see such things, don't start running for the hills. It's a drill, baby."Late this evening int ... More >>

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 >>

Yet Another Strange Houston Connection To Tech-Savvy Terrorists

Photo by (nutmeg)For of those of you who are tired of getting your War on Terror information from biased western media sources who are doing the bidding of the American capitalist infidels, you might want to check out this allegedly Taliban-sponsored site -- hosted by a server right here in Houston! ... More >>

Guantanamo's Final Days, For Better Or Worse

Photo by Barry BlandOur sister paper, the Miami New Times, has done an in-depth look at the last days of the prison at Guantanamo Bay.A reporter was there for the last hearing at the camp -- involving the youngest detainee -- and when the order to close it came down the next day.The article, linked ... More >>

We Can Believe In Body of Lies

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

Oh Yeah -- It's 9/11

Towering Cinema in Man on Wire

Philippe Petit's World Trade Center tightrope walk was made for the movies

The Origin of Liberty White

Sex, Drugs and Amputees in "Apertura-Colombia"

The Station's at its best

Radio Houstoned: Remembering 9/11 with Dom Irrera

The Bourne Ultimatum

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of pure art, with fries

The Astrodome Speaks

The Astrodome Speaks

Oh, Yes

Take That, Osama!

Various Artists

Voices from the Frontline

Kicking A Team!

"Black" Is Back

Wait Your Turn

Living with lead paint? The city will tell you...eventually

"I Raq and Roll" vs. "We Can't Make It Here"

Two Houston-connected musicians offer up different takes on the war. One veteran tells Racket which he thinks is better and why.

Finalist Times Two

Two Houston Press stories do well in national competitions

Up in the Air

Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?

All Aboard

Since 9/11, tanker sailors are having a tough time making it to dry land in Houston

Best Drink Name

The Boat at 3 Cheers' Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall

Best Radio Commentary

Dean Becker, "420 Drug War News"

Best Unsigned Band

J.W. Americana

Reel Life

Duncan Ganley can't seem to tell the difference between fact and fiction

Quirky Yes, Al Qaeda No

Feds find weird art but not anthrax terrorists at the Art Car Museum

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

It's Only Business

Readers complain of Chronicle price gouging

Going Down

Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui