Daily Archives: December 23, 2004

On the usefulness of Santa Claus

Jim Henley has a couple of interesting posts on the nature of Santa Claus and how a parent deals with it. Something for me to think about in the coming years (I’d better get started on my story about why … Continue reading Continue reading

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Merry Christmas, Tom

Check out the ad that the Public Campaign Action Fund is running in the Houston Press this week. It’d be cool to see more of that in the future. Nice job, folks. Continue reading

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Bill to kill traffic cameras filed

State Rep. Gary Elkins (R, Houston) has filed a bill to outlaw the use of traffic cameras by municipalities for the purpose of assessing civil fines to red-light runners. As Grits notes, the bill that outlawed assessing criminal penalties via … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Harris County Hispanic vote

The Chron reports that President Bush increased his share of the Hispanic vote in Harris County by several percentage points. In 16 precincts where more than 90 percent of voters are Latino, the GOP share ticked up by as much … Continue reading Continue reading

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For the rest of us

I confess, I was never much of a Seinfeld watcher, so I never knew anything about Festivus. Turns out the show’s writers didn’t completely make it up. The actual inventor of Festivus is Dan O’Keefe, 76, whose son Daniel, a … Continue reading Continue reading

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New frontiers in gift ideas

There are times when I really pity headline writers. How can you possibly title a story about giving the gift of plastic surgery for Christmas without dipping into the Big Bag O’ Cliches? It’s the season of giving and getting, … Continue reading Continue reading

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