Subject: U.S. Senate

• Cover Story: Barack Obama and Me

  February 28, 2008

• Cornyn's Killing Noriega, Money-Wise

  July 15, 2008

• Fresh Milk

  A gay martyr gets a breath of life from Houston Grand Opera

  January 26, 1995

• No Contest

  KPRC uses the IRS for this month's sweeps giveaway

  February 8, 2001

• A South By Southwest How-To

  Let's do like the Texans and punk Dallas

  October 3, 2002

• Got It, Flaunt It

  Those campaign donations aren't buying yard signs and pamphlets

  July 22, 2004

• Campaign Finance Shenanigans -- Maybe Fiction, Maybe Not

  With the recent news of Barack Obama's record-breaking $750 million campaign fundraising efforts, it's an interesting time to release a novel about greed and deception in the field of political moneymaking. Especially if you, the author, were part of the team that helped secure Obama's three-quarters-of-a-billion sum.  But local lawyer/politician/author John Odam tells Hair Balls he actually finished his political thriller, The Candidate Conspiracy, before he started working on the Obama/Bi

  December 12, 2008

• Is 1986 Coming Again to Houston?

  The ever-cheerful blogger Lou Minatti, by way of warning everyone about Houston's coming fiscal apocalypse, has unearthed a 1986 Time article largely comparing booming Massachusetts and oil-bust Texas.Houston plays a part: Houston is the big city hardest hit. The town once giddily expansive on oil money has an unemployment rate of 9.2%. Brilliant new skyscrapers stand nearly empty. Loans in real estate and energy portfolios are going bad; hotels are all but deserted. That temple of Texas giantis

  December 19, 2008

• Press Briefs

  January 20, 1994

• The Case Against Kay

  June 23, 1994

• Scary Tales from the Tapes

  September 29, 1994

• Letters

  November 3, 1994

• Battle of the Retreads

  December 22, 1994

• The Czar's Return

  February 23, 1995

• Angry White Male

  March 2, 1995

• The Web Conducts Yet Another Calm, Reasonable Discussion

  The Houston Chronicle reported today that the burgeoning problem of jail overcrowding may be dealt with by releasing low-risk offenders. They are also, as we mentioned today, eventually creating a mental-health court that will aim to treat the ill instead of simply repeatedly sending them to jail.The new Harris County Jail opened, of course, because the old one was getting too clogged up with low-risk offenders. That's what happens when every judge is scared to death of being accused of bein

  January 26, 2009

• The Insider

  March 21, 1996

• The Insider

  March 28, 1996

• Victor's Big Adventure

  March 28, 1996

• Archer's Way

  April 11, 1996

• Being There

  April 18, 1996

• The Insider

  July 3, 1997

• A Family Affair

  December 18, 1997

• Letters

  January 22, 1998

• News of the Weird

  December 10, 1998

• Same As the Old Boss

  August 24, 2000

• The Candidate Conspiracy author John Odam

  This Texas lawyer/novelist uses experience in campaign finance to keep you on the edge of your reading glasse

  December 11, 2008

• Janet Napolitano = Homeland Futility

  Janet Napolitano’s sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Homeland Security secretary.

  November 27, 2008

• Fresh Starts

  For two Houston politicos, 2003 brings big changes

  January 2, 2003

• All I Want for Christmas Is...

  Some pols count blessings; others keep on running

  December 20, 2001

• Nice Guy, Wrong Color

  How Ken Bentsen got run over by a rainbow

  March 21, 2002

• The DREAM Act Might Be Dead, But These Kids' Hopes Are Not

  June 19, 2008

• Barack Obama's past

  The Reporter and the Politician

  March 13, 2008

• Barack Obama and Me

  February 28, 2008

• Press Picks

  February 15, 1996

• A Kinky Kind of Campaign?

  Friedman may be just the one to muss up Guv Goodhair's re-election plan

  December 4, 2003

• Bad Blood on the Tracks

  Metro's consulting becomes insulting for some Hispanic leaders

  October 2, 2003

• Dumb and Dumber

  Rod Paige does no better when he doesn't have an answer than when he does

  April 17, 2003

• Calling the Behavior Police

  Kevin Klean squeaks by in the moralistic Emperor's Club

  November 21, 2002

• Bush Envy

  When Democrats try to impersonate Republicans, the results ain't pretty

  November 14, 2002

• Dream Team or Bad Dream?

  Democrats sift pre-election portents for the answer

  October 31, 2002

• Jumped or Was Pushed?

  The election supervisor's departure makes Democrats nervous

  June 13, 2002

• Political Flights of Fancy

  Dem Hispanic stars collide while a resigning judge targets the county attorney

  January 10, 2002

• Calling On the Governor

  WorldPeace wages telemarketing terror in his quest for office

  January 3, 2002

• For Whom Bell Tolls

  Chris Bell's bid for the mayor's office may be over, but his political career is just beginning

  November 15, 2001

• Rush to Judges

  Texans long to secure seats on the bench

  May 17, 2001

• Smoke and Mirrors

  As part of the Bush legacy, a special law can hide polluting industries

  October 26, 2000

• The Insider

  June 27, 1996

• Bill White Swears His Campaign Donations Won't Be A Loan

  Supporters of Bill White's Senate campaign -- or at least people he hopes are supporters -- are getting a special one-time offer these days.White says he'll match every donation he gets with one of his own! Limited time only!! And that's not all.....Actually, that is all.Says the e-mail from the campaign: I am writing to ask for your help in responding to an incredibly generous offer: Bill will match all donations to his U.S. Senate campaign that we receive by June 30!... If you are willing

  June 23, 2009

• T. Boone Pickens Names A New Holiday

  To celebrate the one year anniversary since launching the Pickens Plan, ol' T. Boone himself has declared today, July, 8, "Energy Independence Day." It nice to know that all it takes is befriending a few powerful congressmen and about $100 million to name your own national "independence" day honoring yourself. (See our take on Pickens' plan). Pickens made this declaration earlier today on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. alongside influential lawmakers including Senate Majori

  July 8, 2009