Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
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."
Seduced by the New... (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
What Next...Comics Satire Scanned from local Houston Chronicle newspaper. Link Seduced by the New with RobOrange
blogHOUSTON (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
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...
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
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 [...]
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
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...
respublica (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
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...
Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
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...
The Nature Writers of Texas (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
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,...
Grits for Breakfast (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
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...
THE BRAZOSPORT NEWS (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
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...
Inside Fort Bend (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
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...
Sex Crimes (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
The Houston Chronicle is running an interesting article discussing Texas' problem with juvenile sex offenders. Children as young as ten years old can be registered as sex offenders, a label which can last a decade. From the article: Samantha Portwood...
SLING WORDS (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Take a close look at this police artist sketch. That's what this blog post is all about. For the first time in my life, I'm using something I clipped from the newspaper without gaining permission. I'm doing this because I didn't see the photo posted on The Houston Chronicle website where I checked after reading the article in the September 11, 2009, edition. This is too important not to use this image....
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Money Seized From Suspected Drug Couriers (Photo from NBC San Diego ) Gang Killings In Mexico Top 5,000 For The Year -- Houston Chronicle MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s gangland killings have surpassed 5,000 in the first nine months of 2009 as President Felipe Calderon’s nearly three-year crackdown on the country’s crime syndicates fails to stem the violence. The newspaper El Universal...
Unca Darrell (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
THE HOUSTON Chronicle today decried President Obama's "puzzling silence" on health care. This silence has dumbfounded many Obama supporters, particularly those on the left [read particularly the newspaper editorial writers of America], and threatened this centerpiece of his reform agenda....
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