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. […]
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Who will the bus run over first, the guys at the top, or the men and women at the bottom?
The Bus Is Already Warming Up Standing on a stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Dallas, the man
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
Starr County: Four Hundred Years of Solitude
How an ancient web of families survived empires, borders, and outsiders Starr County survived four hundred years of solitude because
