War and Conflict

Assault on Wall Street

Uwe Boll's solution to the crash? Bloodshed.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

The thrilling manhunt of Zero Dark Thirty.

War/Photography

Images of battles won and lost paint us all with the brush of brutality at a searing, resonating MFAH exhibit.

FFL Highlights (Fan Fighting League) -- Special Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition Bout

Much has been made over the last decade or two of the rise of popularity (and skill, quite frankly) in international basketball. Many trace it back to the 1992 USA Dream Team's ceremonious romp through the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Ask any international star today between the age of 30 and ... More >>

Breaking It Down

It may not be PTSDs or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.

Arcade Fire, Civil Wars, Taylor Swift to Pen Hunger Games Songs

You may or may not remember a week ago when we told you about how the head of the largest musicians' union in North America ripped into Lionsgate for farming out the score for the upcoming film Hunger Games to Europe despite the film's Appalachian setting and decidedly American style of music. Well ... More >>

Valentines for Soldiers: Send Your Love (and Baked Goods) to Our Troops

​Although Christmas and New Year's Eve are right around the corner, we're already thinking of Valentine's Day here at Eating Our Words. And that's because this year's Valentines For Soldiers event on Monday, January 16, is going to be bigger and better than ever. Last year, the turnout for th ... More >>

6 Wrestling Finishing Moves That Would Suck at Stopping Riots (w/ Video)

Your riot-control specialist​I am admittedly not always the most up to speed on current events. I'm a generally selfish person. If it has nothing to do with my a) job, b) family, c) friends, d) bank account or e) need to satisfy hunger pangs, then whatever "it" may be gets thrown on the back b ... More >>

Sheriff Asks Congress for More Money to Patrol Port

HCSOGive me more money, Garcia said.​Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia told a congressional subcommittee today that he needs more cash to protect the Port of Houston. "At the end of the day, it comes down to the ability of someone to patrol in a patrol boat or a patrol car," he told the Ho ... More >>

Bin Laden Mission: Six Other Notable Raids; Three That Worked And Three That Didn't

You don't want Chuck Bronson coming after you.​There are uncountable things that could have gone wrong in the raid that ended up with Osama Bin Laden dead; operations like this usually have the odds against them. The Bin Laden raid will join the ranks of historic missions, some famous because ... More >>

Rough Justice: Bloodthirsty Bar Greets Bin Laden's Death

ericalessandrini.blogspot.com​Osama bin Laden is dead. Following a late dinner at Van Loc Sunday, Rocks Off was a block or two away from Leon's Lounge when a friend texted us the news around 10 p.m. When we entered the bar, our buddy Lonesome Onry and Mean's daughter in the military had just ... More >>

Michael Hamby: HPD Cop Accused of Throwing Tear Gas at BBQ Cook-Off Competitor

Just be glad no Tasers were involved​People take the barbecue seriously in Texas. But even some competitors would draw the line at throwing tear gas. Not Houston police officer Michael Hamby, if reported allegations are true. Media outlets are saying he's been relieved of duty after allegedly ... More >>

CNN Celebrates Houston's Brother-Filled Marine Batallion

CNN has a piece up that celebrates the 1st batallion of the 23rd Marine Regiment that's stationed at Ellington Field. The Texas reserve unit has gathered fame because it has five sets of brothers, as the Houston Chronicle reported a while back. The unit is set to deploy to Afghanistan soon, so kee ... More >>

Die Hard

Tiffany Young-Hartley: Beheading Related To Case Or Not?

A tradition unlike any other​The Mexican military leader of the investigation into the disappearance of David Michael Hartley has been beheaded, according to Texas state representative Aaron Pena and Zapata County sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.A spokesman in the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office c ... More >>

Mayalino's Message

Readers respond to "Deporting All WetWacks."

Chuckway: Seafood Yes, Groupies No

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducingliston@ ... More >>

ReFried Rice: Whose down for the after-afterparty?

It's last call at the VIP room. Everyone is heading to (or at least they should be) to Mosaic with Brett Koshkin of Dirty Honey, Squincy Jones & Dayta, Gritsy Showcase and Ceeplus Bad Knives. Don't forget to check all the action from the frontlines tomorrow on Rocks Off. Look for plenty of show ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Special: Donohoe & Grimes' cover of Denis Leary's "Traditional Irish Folk Song"

Fun Fact: On November 21, 1920, Michael Collins' squad of fighters killed 14 British Army officers, police officers and civilians, wounding five. In retaliation, members of British paramilitary group "The Auxiliaries" drove their trucks into Dublin's Croke Park during a soccer match and began random ... More >>

1968 with Tom Brokaw

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Lowell Sanders

Here’s some advice: You should never date girls younger than your socks

A Handy Guide To Terror Targets In Houston

Sometimes it seems like organizations that want to protect Americans from terrorism end up doing all the terrorists' research for them. The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank headed by John Podesta, formerly Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff, has compiled a handy guide to the nation' ... More >>

Houston Doomed If Obama Wins

Oh Yeah -- It's 9/11

Houston Officially A Top Terror Target, Again

Is Jose Cruz a Terrorist?

Bayousphere

The Hunting Party

Two hardened journalists and a newbie go after a war criminal in this dark and dirty winner

In the Valley of Elah

Don't let Paul Haggis's heavy hand stop you from seeing his latest

No End in Sight

Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devastates

World Trade Center

A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the twin towers

Watch for the Signs

Bill of Rights

Wheels on the Bus

HISD's version of "neighborhood input"

Image of the Week

Cindy Sheehan visit

Wait Your Turn

Living with lead paint? The city will tell you...eventually

Train in Vain

A bomb scare at a Midtown light-rail stop

Reality's Bite

Prose and post-9/11 prejudice combine in Chitra Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams

Clash Course

Warriors of the right take their battle against the left to the streets of New York

George of the Bungle

Michael Moore goes Bushwacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

The Whole Truth?

Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Terror Firmer

John Malkovich turns Peruvian politics into a big-screen thriller

Peace Signs

Third–generation activist Luchita Rodriguez and her friends find the missing rally bus — and a fresh, family-style fight against war in Iraq

Searching for Normal

At Clements, Muslims push church-and-school issues

Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Art Car Museum

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

Sound the Retreat!

When the going gets hot, federal prosecutors head south

More Troubles

As The Boxer, Daniel Day-Lewis K.O.'s a weak script

The Belfasters

Be glad that In the Name of the Father was made. But don't expect this Irish movie to leave anyone's eyes crying.