Daily Archives: October 6, 2002

Victims’ rights and wrongs

The cover story in this week’s Houston Press is on the schism in the victims’ rights movement. One of the main players is Houston-based Justice for All, led by Dianne Clements. JFA is as tuff-on-crime as they come, and they … Continue reading Continue reading

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Beam me up – to El Paso?

El Paso, Texas, is hoping to capitalize on its status as Gene Roddenberry’s birthplace to draw the lucrative Trekkie tourist trade: Trekkies in town for the city’s first Star Trek convention won’t need star charts to find the birthplace of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Max speaks

Max Sawicky takes time from his busy blogging schedule to do some paid work arguing against the Bush tax cut. Continue reading

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Wait ’til next year

Well, the Yankees are out of the playoffs. Not much to say other than congrats to the Angels for a job well done. Not what I expected, but anything can happen in a short series, and in this series the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Brand loyalty

A nice article in today’s Chron about local brewery and success story St. Arnold’s. If you’re a local and you haven’t done one of the Saturday afternoon brewery tours, you’re missing out on a fun experience as well as some … Continue reading Continue reading

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