THE MYSTERY OF HOUSTON’S DISAPPEARING RED DOTS
Houston’s reported 32 billion gallons of annual water loss is enough water to supply roughly 275,000 to 290,000 American households for an entire year. Using the EPA estimate of 82
I Have Lived Here Since 1973. Edward Pollard Is the Best Council Member I Have Had.
I moved into this part of Houston in 1973. Richard Nixon was president. The Astros still played in the Astrodome. Houston was a very different city. The council districts have
The Rupture – I am not going to be “Left Behind.”
I once decided I should prepare for the Rapture. Not because I had received a vision, heard a trumpet, or seen four horsemen galloping down Interstate 10. I had started
Art Thou But a Worm?
William Blake once asked a question that sounds almost insulting: “Art thou but a Worm?” Perhaps he was asking the wrong creature. Perhaps he should have asked us. A worm
Trump opens the door for more screwworms to enter the United States.
For more than a year, the United States kept Mexican cattle out because federal officials said the danger was too great: New World screwworm was moving north through Mexico, and
Trump Gives Cristo Rey a Facelift — and Himself a Promotion
The problem a religious symbol atop a mountain of Christ King. The wall is needed, says Trump, and no religion is allowed to stop the construction of the wall. But
Trump is asking for Mexico’s help to bring the deportation numbers up.
Trump’s New Mass Deportation Plan Trump noticed that Mexican deportation numbers were way down, even though Biden deported more than he did. He is worried the economy is down; He
Regina Needs a Résumé. I Just Say Meme.
I like Regina Lankenau. That is important to say before I start making fun of her. Regina was born in Monterrey. She has lived in Vienna, Warsaw, Aix-en-Provence, Laredo, and
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 WALL THAT UNITED TEXAS
Donald Trump intended it to divide two countries. In the Big Bend, it is bringing Republicans and Democrats together—against him. Donald Trump may finally have built something that unites Texans.
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