As the Chronicle's Lisa Falkenberg noted so vividly in her column Tuesday, trying to sign up for food stamps in Houston these days is a demeaning and dispiriting exercise.
 

September 3, 2009

Alberto Gonzales Backpedals on Torture Probe
Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly

September 2, 2009

Video: Lubbock woman sues President Obama claiming he is an Indonesian citizen and ineligible to serve as President

September 2, 2009

The Fast Food Industry's 7 Most Heinous Concoctions
By Brad Reed, AlterNet.

August 18, 2009

Goodbye Pools, Lawns and a Whole Lot More: Why Life in the Southwest as We Know it Will Be History
By Alex Steffen, Worldchanging.

August 17, 2009

Yoo Returns to Berkeley: TTU Parallel?
By Scott Horton

Today, John Yoo returns to teach at Boalt Hall, the prestigious law school of the University of California at Berkeley. Alumni and students are marking the occasion with a protest.

August 10, 2009

Boo-Friggin'-Hoo ... Alberto Gonzalez Whines About Trashed Reputation
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress

August 8, 2009

County Judge Tom Head defended on Friday potentially offensive posters that commissioners removed from a public bulletin board he maintained in the courthouse.

He saw nothing wrong with the poster and had not heard from anyone in the community who did, he said. The reaction surprised him, he said.

"It seemed like a good thing to put on the board to try and get people talking to one another," Head said. "I don't consider it racist. I still don't."

July 22, 2009

Local News and Happenings

Paul Beane Wild Again

Email reports on offensive behavior of city Councilman

3:41 PM Fri, Jul 10, 2009 | Permalink 
Jim Mitchell/Editorial Writer

July 09, 2009

City Council to ban mass balloon releases

7/6/09
Reaction to proposed ban on balloon releases in Lubbock