Subject: U.S. Secret Service

• Get Lit: The First Commandment, by Brad Thor

  July 17, 2007

• Drenched In Blog: Being Thankful for JFK Conspiracy Theories

  November 21, 2007

• Bold New immigration Plan -- Give Yourself Up

  July 30, 2008

• Seek Bomb Shelter

  Director Rod Lurie's nuclear debate blows up in his face

  April 27, 2000

• Ms. Deal

  When it comes to movies for Mandy, Moore isn't better

  July 17, 2003

• The Sex Life of Cynthia Hunt

  Between the sheets with KPRC's ace reporter

  December 25, 2003

• Five Other Rock-Star Presidents

  November 5, 2008

• Being There

  December 2, 1993

• Yucking It Up

  March 10, 1994

• The Watchman of the Electronic Frontier

  July 21, 1994

• Letters

  February 23, 1995

• Is Obama's New Family Dog Coming From Houston?

  The saga of the Obama family dog has made the entire nation forget the fact that they soon will be out of jobs, to a degree.The new first family is committed to adopting a rescued dog; an Obama daughter has allergy problems so the process of choosing a pet has become complicated.Now comes word that the lucky dog might just come from Houston.The Examiner cites a brief news report from Dallas about a family up there that was trying to adopt a "Labradoodle," which frankly is a word we hope never to

  January 16, 2009

• Living In W's Hood

    Josh Harkinson used to write for us here at the Houston Press before he decided that living in San Francisco was somehow a lifestyle upgrade.Now he writes for Mother Jones, continuing his stellar career of raking muck.It turns out that Harkinson grew up just six blocks from where George and Laura Bush will be living, the exclusive Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow. (Frankly, we were completely unaware of Harkinson's exalted roots, or we would have watched our table manners better

  January 23, 2009

• Byte Me

  September 14, 1995

• The Bush Twins' Real Letter to the Obama Girls

  Did you hear how the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara, recently sent an open letter to the Obama girls, offering up advice for surviving life in The White House? Now, to be honest, I thought their original letter was a truly sweet and lovely gesture, and I actually think the Bush twins have turned out to be quite mature and generous young women, but dang if the pop culture whore in me can't get snarky about this, too. I had to wonder what a more private letter - not posted in The Wall Street J

  January 27, 2009

• Chamillionaire's Inaugural Diary, Part 4: Bush Departs, Obama Arrives

  Photos by Massa Mohawk The sweetest revenge for eight years of failed policies came when the helicopter door opened. To watch former president George W. Bush walk to that helicopter and wave bye to the world had to be the most memorable moment of the entire inauguration. Who would have thought that Bush could have stolen the show without saying anything? The large crowd applauded and erupted in excitement when they saw him boarding his departure helicopter. Everyone in the viewing party stood u

  January 29, 2009

• The Likely Conspiracies Behind The Katy ISD Counterfeit Ring

  Various news outlets reported Wednesday that the Katy Independent School District received 10 reports of counterfeit bills passed in school cafeterias in the past couple of months. These include several high schools and an elementary school.Steve Stanford, district spokesperson for KISD, tells Hair Balls that the school district gets counterfeit bills on occasion, like any other business, but normally has only one or two incidences per year. However, the recent spike caught their attention."Some

  January 30, 2009

• The Insider

  August 22, 1996

• Power Outage

  February 13, 1997

• Going Down

  July 24, 1997

• French Originals

  November 20, 1997

• 25 More Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

  Photo by JaseMan Okay Mr. Connelly, I read your post from yesterday about the "25 Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo." So I consider myself tagged, and will now do my 25 Random Facts About the Rodeo, derived from the way too many years I worked that damn thing as part of the in-house video crews. 1. If I'm ever in any kind of fight - bar, gun, knife, cat, dog - I ask only for the aid of a rodeo clown. Rodeo clowns are the toughest, baddest bastards I've ever met. Not eve

  February 25, 2009

• The Insider

  May 28, 1998

• The Wrong Enemies

  October 15, 1998

• News Hostage

  October 28, 1999

• 25 More Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

  Photo by JaseMan Okay Mr. Connelly, I read your post from yesterday about the "25 Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo." So I consider myself tagged, and will now do my 25 Random Facts About the Rodeo, derived from the way too many years I worked that damn thing as part of the in-house video crews. 1. If I'm ever in any kind of fight - bar, gun, knife, cat, dog - I ask only for the aid of a rodeo clown. Rodeo clowns are the toughest, baddest bastards I've ever met. Not eve

  February 25, 2009

• Elizabeth Edwards

  The politician’s wife discusses her life — the good and the bad

  May 15, 2008

• Multi-Perspective, Mega-Annoying Vantage Point

  The Truth Won't Set You Free

  February 21, 2008

• The Year In Film

  Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

  December 27, 2007

• Back to Busch

  The Astros' first five NLCS games, as they happened

  October 20, 2005

• Game Four: A Bitter Sweep Ending

  The Astros’ attempt to win without scoring somehow fails

  October 13, 2005

• Ropin' the Rat

  The Houston Texans square off against the Broncos

  August 11, 2005

• Lost in Translation

  All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

  April 21, 2005

• Made in Japan

  The MFAH pays homage to an American's love of Eastern film

  March 3, 2005

• Fahrenheit 2004

  Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

  December 23, 2004

• Yin and Yang

  The killing of Dimebag Darrell rains on Michael Haaga's Continental Club Plus and Minus Show parade

  December 16, 2004

• Powers in the Attic

  Take a walk through the psychedelic landscape of Symphony of Rats

  February 26, 2004

• Turkeys Fly

  Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

  February 5, 2004

• Chasing Mandy

  A pop-star-turned-actress tries to move into her "mature phase"

  January 8, 2004

• Electric Shtick

  The Electric Six's shenanigans have them laughing all the way to the bank

  October 23, 2003

• Man's New Best Friend

  In the wake of September 11, security dogs have become must-have items. Prices have skyrocketed. There aren't enough German shepherds.

  March 21, 2002

• Laff Riot

  Watch out -- it's Wacky Time at Houston's only daily

  December 27, 2001

• Quirky Yes, Al Qaeda No

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

  November 15, 2001

• The Mild West

  American Outlaws' parallel dimensions diminish Jesse James into a cuddly, goofy bore

  August 16, 2001

• Pass or Fail?

  A former employee claims a KPRC reporter counterfeited press credentials

  July 26, 2001

• Confidence Man

  Is the BBB's Dan Parsons the most honest man in Houston?

  May 10, 2001

• A Tangled Web

  Along Came a Spider's flimsy plot survives only because of its many cheats

  April 5, 2001

• Press Picks

  January 2, 1997

• Spy Story

  September 17, 2009

• Facebook Poll Says Killing Obama Isn't Okay

  ​Cyber stalkers, prolific e-haters, overzealous blog followers, Facebook poll developers and authors. Fine, fine company indeed, wouldn't you agree? But more notably, what do they all have in common? They're all enough to put a seriously debilitating quiver in your nether regions, and no, not the kind following a night with an irresistible Jake Gyllenhaal doppelganger, debaucherous flirtation, heavy-handed pours, and steamy stranger boom-boom.This week, Big Brother was in your interwebs, snuff

  October 2, 2009