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News
August 2, 2012
Barbarians in the Ivory Tower
America's for-profit colleges offer education only a con man (or a congressman) could love.
Blogs
January 25, 2012
One Year After Woman Gets Masters In The Beatles, We Hunt Down Most Bizarre College Music Courses
A year ago today, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy of Ontario became the first person in the world to earn a master's degree in The Beatles. I'm not quite sure what she's doing now, but I do know she could probably kick anyone's ass in Beatles trivia. This little anniversary of her graduation got me think ... More >>
News
November 4, 2010
Fifth Ward Saints
Carlos Honore and his wife Tatum started up a youth football league out of nothing in an area of Houston not much known for opportunity or hope.
Blogs
October 1, 2007
Get Lit: Sedaris, by Kevin Kopelson
Calendar
April 3, 2003
ZZ Tops
Young author ZZ Packer is the real thing (and so is her name)
News
July 17, 1997
Holistic Touch
Some ex-patients credit the mind-body therapy of New Age healer JoAnne Mandel with saving their lives. Others say her compassion stopped at the bottom line.
News
January 4, 1996
Ritalin on Trial
While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.
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.