Sports, Kids, and Parents
by I recently had a chance to observe the goings-on at a YMCA roller hockey game for 8 and 9 year-olds held in The Woodlands, Texas. …
Month: September 2002
Farmers Insurance Group: No Class
Farmers Insurance Group is leaving the Texas homeowner’s insurace market. Read the story in the Houston Chronicle. In a move typical of the industry, the …
Estrada Judicial Fight
President Bush has nominated another highly qualified candidate for a judicial post. By all accounts, Miguel Estrada’s a nearly ideal candidate. Read about the upcoming …
Ted Williams’ Will
One more case of “Only in America”, this time in regards to Ted Williams, the last man to ever hit .400 in a baseball season. …
Crime / Death Penalty / Texas
Clown to be Executed At Last
Texas will execute a convicted child killer tomorrow. This monster who masqueraded as a clown for a living killed two pre-teen girls in 1992. Read …
Teen Robber Sentenced
By Marc Moore at 9/24/2002 8:01:54 PM A Houston teenager was sentenced to 35 years in state prison for aggravated robbery of a woman this …
Give Bikes Room
Houston is a terrible place to ride a bike. Air quality is terrible. Drivers are boors. And the bike lanes are a joke. Read Thom …
Boorish Baseball Fans
A father and son brust onto the field in Chicago – of course – and attacked the opposing team’s first base coach yesterday. Read about …
Student Athlete Deaths
Two high school athletes died suddenly yesterday. By all accounts, the boys were exemplary young men. Read the story in the Houston Chronicle. Surprising deaths …
Steven Wayne Smith
Supreme Court candidate Steven Wayne Smith is hardcore in his distain for Affirmative Action. Read about it in the Houston Chronicle. Normally I take this …