Daily Archives: October 17, 2002

Jake Young

One of the people who was killed by the terrorist bomb in Bali was a lawyer and family man originally from Houston named Jake Young. He was an All-America center for Nebraska in the late 1980s, and was the brother-in-law … Continue reading Continue reading

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Running on at the blog

Kevin Drum, who’s about to jet off to Italy, has a chart that gives average word count for several bloggers. I’m moderately surprised to see that I’m #8 on the wordiness list. I suspect part of the reason is my … Continue reading Continue reading

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Einhorn guilty

Ira Einhorn has been convicted of murdering Holly Maddux. Good. May he rot in jail. Continue reading

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In related news

Dynegy, which once considered buying out Enron before the full extent of the fraud was known, is getting out of energy trading and preparing layoffs. With their stock at 81 cents, though, the question may just be when to call … Continue reading Continue reading

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Another Enron guilty plea

Timonty Belden, former head of trading in Enron’s Portland, Oregon office, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As with Michael Kopper, he may have a deal in the works for his future testimony. Belden … Continue reading Continue reading

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Chron sorta interviews Ron Kirk

Ron Kirk was in town to give an interview to the Houston Chronicle editorial board, and in the resulting story, the Chron spends as much time quoting a John Cornyn spokesman as they do Kirk himself. What’s up with that? … Continue reading Continue reading

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