Daily Archives: April 15, 2005

Disturbing trends in online polls

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know how long this will be up, but there’s a poll on the Click2Houston.com website that says “Should it be illegal to live together in a sexual relationship when not legally married?” I can only wonder how much … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Year of The Yao

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Year of the Yao, a documentary about Yao Ming’s first year in the USA and NBA, opens this weekend in Houston. The film presents the incredible pressure placed on Yao, not only as a basketball player and the top … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A voice made for blogging

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

If anyone in town reading this is awake and near a radio tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10:15 AM, you can tune into BizRadio 1320 AM and hear me talk about This Week In Blogging. Kevin did this last week, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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HB16: The biggest PLOB yet

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

There’s been some mighty tough competition this session, but I’m going to nominate HB16 as the biggest PLOB of them all. That’s the bill that would allow a pharmacist to refuse to sell birth control to an adult woman with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Some DeLay links to tide you through the weekend

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Greg observes President Bush’s evolving relationship with Tom DeLay. Parallels to his friendship/nonfriendship with Kenny Boy Lay are strictly coincidental. Nice to know that someone in Utah still loves The Hammer. Media Matters rounds up a bunch of anti-DeLay editorials … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Illegal armtwisting?

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Will the TRMPAC scandals reach the Governor’s office? Republican State Rep. Tommy Merritt is claiming that Rick Perry’s former chief of staff Mike Toomey urged him to sign a pledge card for Tom Craddick in return for a promise to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Deadbeats

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Keith Gaddie of Sooner Politics has a personal interest in the maelstrom surrounding Tom DeLay. I have a little issue of my own, in the interest of coming clean. I’m working on a book on the Texas redistricting, and nothing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Texas tort burden by the numbers

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Dwight has located and summarized the 2002 Texas Liability Insurance Closed Case Annual Report (pdf), which provides data on the burden borne by the Texas business community as a result of the tort system. The information it provides may surprise … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oppose Boltonism in all its forms

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Poor Man makes a connection that had eluded most of us (well, me, anyway) until now. Continue reading →

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