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December 8, 2011
Rebecca Dauler: State Says She Ran One-Woman Extortion Racket
FacebookRebecca Dauler: Take your little cease-and-desist letter and stick it, Texas Workforce Commission!Say what you will about Rebecca Dauler, but if what the State of Texas is alleging about her is true, you can't deny that the 33-year-old Clear Lake woman has plenty of pluck and good-old ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Messy Lawsuit Features Rival Crime Scene Clean-Up Companies
A dirty jobWho knew the crime scene/trauma clean-up business was so, um, cut-throat? If the allegations in a local civil court case are to believed, only rival drug lords conduct their business more ruthlessly. According to plaintiffs John DiGulio and K.P. Management, two area men and their ... More >>
News
August 4, 2011
Polarizing Playhouse
Readers react to River Oaks splurge.
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Comment of the Day: Back to the `50s, But All The Way
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
The Dark Side of Chocolate
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Food Fight: Battle Gummi Bear
Not all gummi bears are created equal. Some people - including certain unnamed members of my family - do not seem to be aware of this, and blithely purchase generic gummi bears from supermarket bulk bins. While it's hard to get angry at someone who buys you candy, off-brand gummis have a cons ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
SPECIAL LABOR DIA EDITION
La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time
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May 13, 2010
Angels & Airwaves
La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time
Music
May 13, 2010
Angels & Airwaves
La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time
Music
January 7, 2010
Houston Punk Revue
La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time
Blogs
December 15, 2009
Three Days of Giftmas: Where To Shop For Stocking Stuffers
Photo courtesy of CorazonSick of corporate Christmas? Try shopping local. Hair Balls presents a 12-part series highlighting ideas for holiday gifts made and sold in Texas. If you Google "fair trade Houston" one of the first results you get is the Rice Village mainstay Ten Thousand Villages. ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
O'Brien's Song
After years of fighting everybody and anybody, now the ornery, annoying civil rights activist has to concentrate on fighting for his life.
Blogs
August 25, 2009
36th Anniversary: House of Coffee Beans
Photos by Robb WalshPeru Chanchamayo is a rare limited-production coffee that's on special this month during the 36th Anniversary of House of Coffee Beans, 2348 Bissonnet. The coffee comes from the sparsely populated Central Jungle of Peru and is certified organic, Fair Trade, and migratory b ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2009
Who's Leaving First: Ed Wade, Cecil Cooper or Roy Oswalt?
The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2009
Dept. Of Badly Timed Press Releases: We're Building A New Border Bridge From Mexico!
It can be tough to dodge all the PR releases flooding journalists' inboxes offering swine-flu experts telling you to wash your hands.(Our favorite so far: Texas Dr. Gary Butka suggesting humming songs no one has hummed in years while washing hands."I'm not just talking about running your hands under ... More >>
Culture
April 2, 2009
Talking About NAFTA and Mexico
It can be tough to dodge all the PR releases flooding journalists' inboxes offering swine-flu experts telling you to wash your hands.(Our favorite so far: Texas Dr. Gary Butka suggesting humming songs no one has hummed in years while washing hands."I'm not just talking about running your hands under ... More >>
News
March 26, 2009
The T. Boone Pickens Road Show
A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.
Blogs
October 14, 2008
Guy Sues Continental Airlines over Fuel Surcharges
A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.
Blogs
September 11, 2008
One Definite Effect of Ike
A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.
Blogs
July 22, 2008
Four-Dollar Gas Doesn't Stem Felons From Flooding Houston
A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.
Blogs
June 30, 2008
High Gas Prices: Protests, Segways and Prostitutes
A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.
Music
June 5, 2008
High Gas Prices Still Hurting Touring Bands
Notes toward a post-cheap-gas touring economy
Blogs
May 27, 2008
Black Math Experiment to Go On Hiatus
Notes toward a post-cheap-gas touring economy
News
May 22, 2008
Truck Drivers Falter Under the Weight of High Fuel Prices
The rising price of diesel hits independent owner/operators the hardest
Blogs
March 27, 2008
High Price of Crawfish
The rising price of diesel hits independent owner/operators the hardest
Blogs
October 22, 2007
It’s Mathew Knowles’s Town. We Just Live Here.
The rising price of diesel hits independent owner/operators the hardest
Blogs
August 9, 2007
Straight Talk with World Net Daily
The rising price of diesel hits independent owner/operators the hardest
Calendar
August 2, 2007
Ty Barnett
Comic solves the world’s problems, one joke at a time
News
December 7, 2006
Shorthanded
Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops
Film
October 7, 2004
The Power of Yes
A pair of political pranksters invent the art of "identity correction"
News
March 13, 2003
Uncivil Defense
A pair of political pranksters invent the art of "identity correction"
Calendar
May 3, 2001
Overthrow the Revolution
Factory Direct might be the Next Big Thing
News
November 2, 2000
Pumped Dry
Gas station dealers find big oil blocking the way in their struggles against extinction
News
October 26, 2000
Paying the Price
Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed
Best of Houston
September 21, 2000
Best Time and Place to See Street Racers
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News
January 6, 2000
Borderline
Some former associates aren't accepting the strange death in Mexico of eccentric attorney Roy Beene
Dining
August 6, 1998
Hot Plate
Some former associates aren't accepting the strange death in Mexico of eccentric attorney Roy Beene
News
December 11, 1997
See Juarez
From a forthcoming book by Charles Bowden and the street shooters of Ciudad Juarez The photojournalists of the border are capturing the grisly face of the future. And it's a lot closer than you think.
News
May 22, 1997
Brothers of the Road
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
News
May 16, 1996
The Insider
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
News
March 28, 1996
The Brother Graham (Part II)
Once upon a time in Humble, there lived two guys named Pat and Mike. They had a way of making people believe, and those people included some of Texas' highest public officials. While it turned out that their stories usually were just too good to be true
News
April 6, 1995
The Wendy Card
Wendy Gramm's all-American success story is a centerpiece of her husband's fledgling presidential bid. But there's more to the story than what's being packaged and sold by the Phil Gramm campaign.
News
October 27, 1994
Faded Love
When romance wanes, the politics can turn really personal
News
April 14, 1994
Trashing Houston
To a world worried about waste, Houston may offer an answer -- or at least a place for the garbage to go
News
January 6, 1994
The Poison Connection
A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston

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