Daily Archives: September 15, 2011

On getting the best deal with variable electric rates

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Note: The following was written by my friend Dan Wallach, who thought I might be interested in sharing it here. He was right. My thanks to Dan for putting this together. Everybody in Houston has the ability to select any … Continue reading →

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Rick Perry must love uninsured people, because he’s helped create so many of them

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Buried in this story about the grim statistics on poverty that were recently released by the Census is this little nugget that hits close to home: Health insurance coverage also dropped for most age groups, although census officials said the … Continue reading →

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It’s a little late for appeals to history and tradition

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Baylor President Ken Starr takes to the op-ed pages to justify conference-blocking Texas A&M plead for keeping what’s left of the Big XII together. Which is fine and exactly what I’d be doing in his shoes given the unlikelihood of … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of September 12

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance joins the rest of the country in honoring our first responders as it brings you this week’s roundup.

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