By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2009 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the newly-appointed Chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Pro-Life Committee, has defended the Church's role in advocating for the unborn in the health care bill in his first interview since ascending to the chairmanship last month. "If you call it lobbying, we're lobbying on moral issues that relate...
Why is it that the nation that put a man on the moon can't produce a plastic bag that will keep a newspaper dry? Not that it matters much anymore. Today's Houston Chronicle was about the thickness of a Hershey bar. Soon it'll be so thin it'll disappear.
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Frozen Stiff Algore Today the local newspaper, the Mansfield (Ohio) News-Journal , published an editorial, titled “Climate change is an accelerating threat,” which appeared originally in the Houston Chronicle newspaper under the banner, “ As a crucial climate change conference nears, more evidence of a warming globe .” I read this editorial with astonishment. The editors ignored...
ON THE 97th anniversary of the Houston Chronicle's first formal Goodfellows Christmas appeal, let's join the newspaper in buying presents for children in low-income families. Here's an excerpt from the 1912 frontpage story that announced the formation of the organization:...
Houston Chronicle Moises Mendoza , a law-abiding newspaper reporter, often gets asked if he's the vicious killer, Moises Mendoza (left). "I think those who accuse me of murder haven't done their research, so I don't take their anger personally," writes the reporter. "But the confusion does get annoying."
HOUSTON CHRONICLE HEADLINE: Some Muslims fear backlash after rampage. There was no mindless "backlash" after 9/11. There will be no mindless "backlash" after 11/5. Why? "Unca" Darrell Hancock has the answer. And if the local newspaper had any se...
As ISPs have introduced capped or metered broadband, the one element that’s been missing is the meter. Over at my old hometown newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, columnist Dwight Silverman points out that Comcast’s meter still isn’t ready, but is being tested in the homes of its employees. I chatted with Charlie Douglas, a Comcast [...]
Apr-Sept 2009 daily circulation at the Top 25 Newspapers in U.S.: Wall Street Journal - 2,024,269 - 0.61% USA Today - 1,900,116 - (-17.15%) New York Times - 927,851 - (-7.28%) Los Angeles Times - 657,467 - (-11.05%) Washington Post - 582,844 - (-6.40%) NY Daily News - 544,167 - (-13.98%) NY Post - 508,042 - (-18.77%) Chicago Tribune - 465,892 - (-9.72%) Houston Chronicle - 384,419 - (-14.24%) Philadelphia...
Downward Trend Average Daily Circulation at U.S. Newspapers* Wall Street Journal2,024,2690.61% USA Today1,900,116-17.15% New York Times927,851-7.28% Los Angeles Times657,467-11.05% Washington Post582,844-6.40 N.Y. Daily News544,167-13.98% N.Y. Post508,042-18.77% Chicago Tribune465,892-9.72% Houston Chronicle384,419-14.24% Philadelphia Inquirer361,480N.A. *Preliminary figures Source: Audit Bureau of...
A Texas lawyer who prevailed in an earlier federal lawsuit over a Harris County monument featuring a Bible is gearing up for her next constitutional battle. Saying that the prayers offered by city council member Anne Clutterbuck, in particular, are too Christian, attorney Kay Staley filed a federal lawsuit over the weekend against both Clutterbuck and the city, reports the Houston Chronicle. It contends...
This is cross-posted from my personal blog milkriverblog about one of our own . . . i am updating this to keep it current with new materials . . . Gary and Kathy Clark are arranging a memorial tribute in houston on october 29th . . . info is below . . . Gary Clark, Dave Dauphin, Greg Lasley, Fred Collins, Mim Eisenberg, LeeAnn Sharp, The Montgomery County Courier, The Baytown Sun, The Houston Chronicle,...
Given the scope of subjects covered on this blog, I don't focus as often as perhaps I'd like on white-collar crime issues, but here are several recent posts on the topic from others that deserve Grits readers attention: Doc Berman ponts to the abstract of an academic paper by White Collar Crime Prof blogger Elaine Podgor that suggests that "the next phase of wrongful convictions might move beyond...
As I don't read the Houston daily newspaper all that much any more, I don't blog about it much either, though there are exceptions , none of which can really be related to the big picture. But I've just realized that that there's some serious journalism critiques emanating from Houston-based bloggers. If you're a serious-minded sort who cares about local government, issues and elections, perhaps you...
For years, my stories that appear in the Houston Chronicle both in print and online have found their mirror images in a community weekly newspaper out of the east side of the county. To be exact, often those mirror images...
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