Daily Archives: August 8, 2004

July traffic report

Had about 37,000 hits in July, which is a dropoff from June and May but not bad considering I had no flood-of-traffic links. This is probably my natural level for now. I’ll be curious to see if the publicity surrounding … Continue reading Continue reading

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Maddux wins 300

Congratulations to Greg Maddux for his 300th career win. He’s the 22nd pitcher to reach that milestone and is now tied with Earl Wynn and Lefty Grove for 20th place all-time in victories. What’s amazing to me is that as … Continue reading Continue reading

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Book signing opportunity

Want to hear Molly Ivins and other Texas Observer authors read from Fifty Years of the Texas Observer, and maybe score an autograph? You lucky duckies in Austin and San Antonio will have your chance in September: Sept 8 BookPeople, … Continue reading Continue reading

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RIP, Red Adair

Red Adair, the world’s most famous fireman, has died at the age of 89. Adair got his start in 1946 working for Myron Kinley, a pioneer of well-fire and blowout control in Houston. In 1959, Adair bought Kinley’s equipment for … Continue reading Continue reading

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A game of inches

Now that Kevin has kindly sent a boatload of readers here to find out about Fifty Years of the Texas Observer, I thought I’d discuss another article from that book, one from the much more recent past. This one, The … Continue reading Continue reading

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Keyes watch

ArchPundit is your one-stop shop for all things Alan Keyes, including several looks back at Keyes’ two disastrous runs for the Senate from Maryland in 1988 and 1992, and this gem which notes that Keyes is a tax delinquent. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Continue reading

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