Daily Archives: November 17, 2007

The immigration “threat”

The attitudes about immigration found by the 2007 Houston Area Survey are not as bad as the Chron headline make it sound. It’s a fairly mixed bag and there certainly are some disheartening things, but it’s not all negative. “Anglos … Continue reading Continue reading

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People like transit

The 2007 Houston Area Survey (PDF) is out, and to some people’s surprise, it shows that a lot of folks around here want transit options. The findings represent a challenge to leaders of suburban counties where transit service is scarce, … Continue reading Continue reading

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More baseball pandering from Rudy

So imagine there’s a guy who played right field for a total of 12 seasons, only seven of which saw him appear in as many as 120 games, and who was out of baseball by the time he was 34. … Continue reading Continue reading

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What’s up with Google Blog Search?

Back in June, I wondered why a Google blog search for links to my site was suddenly returning so many fewer results than a Technorati search was. Recently, in the course of doing some background research for a post, Vince … Continue reading Continue reading

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