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Kanye's "New Slaves" Video Bomb: An Eyewitness Account

Between his video premieres and SNL performances, Kanye West managed to confuse me in a good way all weekend. So it's Friday night in Chicago and I had planned my night of catching up on television shows I've missed all week. But I checked my Twitter and my timeline was filled with Kanye West tweets ... More >>

Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech?

Ashley Nicole Richards, who filmed herself torturing and killing kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, was the first person brought up on revised federal crush-video charges -- which backfired magnificently.

George Stark's Parker

Rough guide to a rough guy

Friday Night: Jade Simmons at Jet Lounge

Jade Simmons, Riverlin, Rett Lea Jet Lounge July 6, 2012 When concert pianist Jade Simmons first learned that her computer wouldn't latch onto Jet Lounge's sound system Friday night, thereby ruining her chance to introduce to the audience her experimentation in partnering classical songs with hip-h ... More >>

American Parasite

Mitt Romney's years at Bain represent everything you hate about capitalism.

Leo Berman Not Buying Obama's "Birth Certificate" Stunt; Has Greatest Question Ever

Leo Berman: Not convinced​THANK GOD state rep Leo Berman is still bringing the crazy when it comes to President Obama's place of birth. Obama, tiring of all the attention still being devoted to this issue (CNN has been pounding it lately), Obama asked for, received and released this morning t ... More >>

Maureen McLane

A poet’s job description: Put pen to paper

Houston Museum of Natural Science: "Everyday Religion in China in the Third Century B.C."

Find out what the Chinese believed 2,200 years ago

Hanukkah Latkes: Increasing Our Dependence on Oil?

The fried potato pancakes called latkes are the traditional food of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday which begins this year on the night of December 21. Explanations about the connection between the Eastern European potato pancakes and the commemoration of a battle against the ancient Assyrians general ... More >>

Barack Obama and Me

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Youth Without Youth Is Not Entirely Terrible

Coppola romanticizes his source material

Forbidden City Food

Sometimes when a Chinese waiter says "not for you," he's right

What's Wrong with This Picture?

MFA director Peter C. Marzio gets a bonus of $1.7 million while front-line museum employees say they have trouble paying their rent

Bayou City Body Snatchers

How cold war fears fueled a hot market for Houston's human parts business.

In God's Country

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause.

Rainy Day Dream

A forecasting veteran follows his vision for a Houston weather museum

Accidental Sexologist

When he was young, William Simon wanted to change the world. The late University of Houston sociology professor changed the way we view sex instead.

Landrush

The city of Houston is being carved into special taxing districts, promising windfalls for some, financial burdens for others

Dealer of the Art

In his 14 years as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Marzio has increased the MFA's endowment tenfold, tripled MFA Membership and gotten it started on a huge new home. He hasn't done badly for himself, either.

Bad Boy In Blue

Union head Hans Marticiuc (rhymes with wreck) takes aim at the police chief, the mayor, other labor leaders and anyone else who gets in his way

The Passionate Pilgrim

He owns a baseball team, he's spent millions to wipe out a devastating Third World disease, and now he's out to save pro football for Houston. But what does John Jay Moores really want?

Blues Survivor