Inspired by this, here’s one last Olympics-themed Random Ten: 1. Bicycle Race – Queen 2. Holy Diver – Dio 3. The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel 4. Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen 5. Jump – Big Daddy 6. Nightswimming – You Say Party! We Say Die! 7. If I Had A Hammer – Pete [...]
Posts on ‘August 10th, 2012’
No Dome vote this year?
There may not be an Astrodome-related bond referendum on the ballot this year. The last day Commissioners Court can place a referendum on the November ballot is Aug. 20, according to county attorneys. The court’s Tuesday meeting was its last scheduled before that date, and no mention of the Dome was on the agenda. “The [...]
The first rule of women’s health
Is don’t talk about things that make certain Republicans queasy. A proposed state rule that would prohibit doctors in Texas’ Women’s Health Program from discussing the option of abortion with their patients — even if the patient asks about it — has drawn the opposition of Texas medical groups. The groups take issue specifically with [...]
Two suggestions for better elections
Ed Kilgore writes that Tennessee Democrats shot themselves in the foot with the winner of their low-information, low-profile Senate primary. [F]acing incumbent Sen. Bob Corker will be some obscure dude named Mark Clayton, who won a plurality of the vote in a large field of unknowns via the inestimable advantage of appearing at the top [...]
Here comes I-69
Best have your tinfoil hat at the ready. The first Houston-area piece of a trade corridor — debated for more than a decade and envisioned as one day linking Mexico to Canada — has been officially designated. Motorists will soon notice new road signs naming a 35-mile stretch of existing U.S. 59, from the 610 [...]