Daily Archives: May 5, 2008

Some good poll news from Rasmussen

This is a pleasant surprise. It’s time to add United States Senator John Cornyn to the list of potentially vulnerable Republican incumbents in Election 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state find Cornyn leading Democratic state legislator … Continue reading Continue reading

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News flash: Suburbs have traffic, too

I keep trying not to say “DUH!!!” as I read this story about suburban traffic woes, but it’s hard not to react that way. Traffic congestion, long the bane of downtown workers and residents living near the city center, afflicts … Continue reading Continue reading

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Next up for Lloyd Kelley

Having successfully wrung a settlement out of Harris County in the Ibarra case – making a nice piece of change in the process – you’d think Lloyd Kelley would be done making headlines for awhile. You’d be wrong about that. … Continue reading Continue reading

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The next frontier for innocence

Grits says that now that the number of innocence-related cases for which DNA evidence still exists are rapidly declining, the next frontier may be arson convictions: [Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas] predicted that beyond DNA cases, which … Continue reading Continue reading

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Geothermal and solar

I’ve spent a lot of time cheering for the expansion of wind energy in Texas, but that’s far from the only renewable energy source out there. There’s other forms out there, and they deserve support as well. The HMNS blog … Continue reading Continue reading

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That other border

Great article in Salon about how our current obsession with border security is damaging our relationship with Canada, and directly harming businesses on both sides of the US-Canadian border, which for years have thrived on easy crossings. If the tighter … Continue reading Continue reading

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