Hope everyone had a good Fourth of July. In belated celebration of our constitutional freedoms, here are some songs about freedom and being free. 1. Free As A Bird – The Beatles 2. Free Ride – Austin Allsup 3. Freedom Highway – Mavis Staples 4. Freedom Road – Josh White 5. I’m Free – The [...]
Posts on ‘July 6th, 2012’
Jamaal Smith: Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges in Southwest Houston
The following is from a series of guest posts that I will be presenting over the next few weeks. I come from a family of educators. Four out of five of my aunts were teachers, and my wife is currently working on her Doctorate in Education. I was made to understand from an early age [...]
How much would you pay for that high school?
Some cost more than others, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth it. Supporters of Houston’s nationally recognized High School for the Performing and Visual Arts have lobbied for 15 years for a larger, more modern building. They could get their wish soon. But sticker shock over the $80.2 million price tag – for a [...]
Lawsuit filed over historic preservation ordinance
I got an email last week from Kathleen Powell of Responsible Historic Preservation for Houston announcing that the first lawsuit against Houston’s new historic preservation. You can see a copy of the complaint here. What I have not seen is a mention of this on any news-related website. Nothing on the Chron, or Swamplot, or [...]
Apps for apes
This new program at the Houston Zoo sounds great, but we all know how it ends, right? A digital revolution is sweeping the ape house, and now its denizens, formerly preoccupied with classic chimpish activities, are turning their attention to computer offerings originally developed for human toddlers. “Chimps and orangutans and other apes are very [...]