Why I Still Pay for My Favorite Whore
I have called the Houston Chronicle a whore for years. Used to go to the Bissonnet Corridor to find her. She provides great service at a very reasonable price. Yet
Houston Is Leaking From Both Ends
Maybe the city has been eating raw vegetables grown with water from our bayous? By Manuel Barrera and Santiago IES Yesterday we asked a simple question. How much clean, treated
The River Houston Never Talks About
The news media isn’t asking these questions, and the Mayor isn’t volunteering the answers. Are Houston taxpayers getting screwed without even knowing it? Houston is famous for its bayous. Buffalo
WHY DO HOUSTON’S BAYOUS KEEP BECOMING MORGUES?
A city should know why so many of its people are dying in the thing it uses as its name. Another body has been pulled from a Houston bayou. A
TRUMP PROVED HIS MATH SKILLS WERE BELOW A 10-YEAR-OLD’S—AND HE HASN’T IMPROVED
The tears of a mother are not something you compare to others. He once said 17 × 6 was 112. Now he wants Americans to compare four months of deaths
Is Houston the bayou-bodies capital of the world?
After heavy rains receded, another body appeared along Buffalo Bayou. Was it a new death—or an old secret the water finally gave back? Did Houston Find Another Body—or Did the
HOW MANY SONS IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO SACRIFICE?
Before the uniform comes the induction order. Before the order comes the list. By December, the government plans to make that list automatic. In my previous story, “How many American
TRUMP’S HAMMER AND SICKLE
The economy pounds him. The Iran war cuts him. And the man who sees communists everywhere forged both weapons himself. Donald Trump has spent years shouting “communist” at anyone who
How many American mothers will be told he died for freedom?
Presidents give wars noble names. Freedom. Security. Peace through strength. They stand before flags and polished uniforms. They speak of unavoidable choices and terrible responsibilities. They tell us that every
THE BRIDGE THAT KEPT TEXAS RED IS WASHING AWAY
Bush built it. Trump may be destroying it—and Texas Republicans are beginning to panic. BUSH BUILT THE LATINO BRIDGE. IS TRUMP WASHING IT AWAY? For years Texas Republicans have acted
HITLER’S FIRST YEAR. TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR. WHAT LOOKS FAMILIAR?
HITLER’S FIRST YEAR. TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR. WHAT LOOKS FAMILIAR? Mass detention. Emergency powers. Beatings behind closed doors. Attacks on lawyers and the press. Official denials. History does not have to
Is the City of Houston Putting People’s Lives in Danger With Its ICE Policy?
How a “Good Address” Can Put the Wrong Man in the Wrong White Van A Houston police officer stopped a Honduran woman for driving 58 miles per hour in a
Let’s Go to the Bridge Over the Bayou and See If We Spot a Body
That sounds sick. It is supposed to. Finding a body in a Houston bayou has become common enough that the discovery may lead the evening news, remain there for a
John Whitmire has made a 180-degree change in his stance on ICE. Why?
“During the past week, Chief Diaz and Mayor Whitmire have spoken several times with state and local agencies to ensure a transparent and thorough investigation following the deadly ICE shooting.
Iran wanted to operate a tollbooth. Trump apparently wants 20 percent of everything in the truck.
Trump is proposing a much larger charge than the one associated with Iran. – Most people would call it Protection Money. Iran never published one clear universal rate. It said
While Abbott was watching the river for human invaders, the invaders flew over the river.
By pandering to those who want to make America White Again, Greg Abbott focused on the wrong invaders. Now our state may suffer tens of billions of dollars in damage
I am nearly Trump’s age, and the doctor did not give me a cognitive test; how can I prove that I am a genius?
The Test I Wasn’t Given I went for my physical. Blood pressure.Weight.Pulse.The usual old-man inspection. Nobody asked me to draw a clock.Nobody asked me to remember five words.Nobody asked me
Was it HPD or Constable’s Pct 6 who notified ICE?
There is a question that the newspapers and news media have not asked: who supplied the tip and why? Who can the community trust? HPD and Constable 6 need to
When does a car become a weapon?
Police shoot thousands of people yearly, yet very seldom is the reason that a car was used as a weapon. Going back ten years, The New York Times found that
Thirty-eight times and counting that is how many Times Trump has claimed to have ended the war with Iran.
Thirty-Eight Trips Around Jericho According to the Old Testament, the Israelites marched around Jericho for seven days. On the seventh day, they circled the city seven times. The trumpets sounded.