Daily Archives: August 29, 2005

New laws, get yer new laws

It’s almost September, and that means it’s time for all those newly enacted laws to take effect. Most of the 700-plus new state laws going into effect Thursday, products of last spring’s legislative session, will create hardly a ripple in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is the CD dead?

As I read this article about the decline and eventual fall of the CD as a format for delivering recorded music, I take a moment to ponder all of the ways in which I’m becoming demographically obsolete. I like baseball. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Let the new fall seasons begin

How happy I am to see a story about Lost – especially one which does not involve lawsuits – in the news. How very happy I am to see that the season premier is a bit more than three weeks … Continue reading Continue reading

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Katrina and Camille

Katrina has made landfall just east of New Orleans. There’s hope that it won’t be the apocalyptic catastrophe it had (and still has) the potential to be – indeed, damage estimates are dropping – but it’s still very early. The … Continue reading Continue reading

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A few words with Nick Lampson

I had the opportunity over the weekend to sit down and have a conversation with Nick Lampson at his campaign office in Clear Lake. I didn’t do this in formal interview fashion, we just shot the breeze for an hour … Continue reading Continue reading

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