Daily Archives: September 2, 2004

Dennis Hastert is making sense

I’ve been puzzling over Speaker Hastert’s bizarre (and in a just world, libelous) claim that George Soros may have made his fortune through narcotics trafficking (see video of it here, see Soros’ response to Hastert here (PDF), and see Josh … Continue reading Continue reading

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Where’s Tom?

Taking on Tom DeLay and The Stakeholder note that Tom DeLay has been kept very much under wraps at this year’s GOP convention, which is not how it was back in 2000. I’ll let you follow their links – here’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rice – The next great university?

Brian Leiter comments on Rice’s new President and gives his thoughts on how it can beef up its humanities departments. Check it out. One comment, since I know my Rice friends will make note of this: Rice’s gross endowment ranks … Continue reading Continue reading

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Sadun certified

Lorenzo Sadun is now an official write-in candidate for CD10, as the Secretary of State certified his petition signatures. He’s been challenging Mike McCaul to debate him, but so far McCaul hasn’t responded. Can’t say I blame him, since the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Press interviews JR Richard

The Houston Press has a fascinating interview with former Astros great JR Richard. If what he says is true here, he really got screwed by his former team: DH: How did the Houston Astros organization help you during your recovery? … Continue reading Continue reading

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