Daily Archives: December 8, 2002

Our cookoffs are the chiliest

Posted on December 8, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The Sunday Texas magazine in the Chron has an excellent story on the grandaddy of all chili cookoffs, in a little west Texas town called Terlingua. Jim Henley will no doubt be pleased to learn that the Terlingua tradition started … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Trent Lott Is A Racist

Posted on December 8, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t toss words like “racist” around lightly. (Feel free to browse my archives if you don’t believe me.) But even before Trent Lott’s amazing statement about how things would be better if Strom Thurmond had been elected President in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Enron! Enron! Read all about it!

Posted on December 8, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I just know you’re all on pins and needles at the news that there’s gonna be a buttload of Enron-related books published in the next few months, to go along with the half-dozen or so titles already in print. What … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Haircutgate scandal widens

Posted on December 8, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Kevin Drum admits he lied about where he gets his hair cut. I demand a special prosecutor! Continue reading →

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