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Texas Blue Mailbag: Week of 7/29/07
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 5:30pm
This week's mailbag has a little bit of everything, from yuks to some kind of serious examination of why a multi-party system, while democralicious in other nations, just isn't happening here at home.
No more No Child!
By Lee Knox
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 1:30pm
It is a sign of the times that House education committee chairman and co-author Rep. George Miller has recently spoken out against the No Child Left Behind Act, which comes up for renewal in September. The law, which has fervent supporters and opponents on both sides of the aisle, favors standardized testing rather than letting teachers do what they do best: teach.
Beware the September Sleight of Hand
By Josh Matlock
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 12:41pm
According to embedded CNN reporter Michael Ware, recent progress in Iraq is being achieved at the expense of long term political solvency.
Friday Roundup: Legislation Vacation
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 7:00am
Congress is getting ready to pack it in and hit the road, so there's been a lot of action on bills this week. Since the Senate passed the ethics reform bill on to the White House yesterday, we will now learn the truth: will George Bush completely veto ethics? Forever?
On The Record: C. Giovanni Garibay
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 1:00pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Giovanni Garibay, a member of the Democratic National Committee from Houston representing the Young Democrats of America and Chief of Staff to City of Houston Council Member Adrian Garcia.
Sort of Straight Talk Between Bush and Brown
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 10:00am
Did you ever see that movie Love, Actually where England’s Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant, tells the President that Britain would no longer stand for being bullied by the policies of the United States? It kind of went like that Monday between President Bush and Gordon Brown at Camp David.
Thursday Roundup: Gonzo's Just Confusing
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 8:26am
To all of you who were concerned that the nation's law enforcement was headed by a man with no compunction about lying under oath, worry no longer: Alberto Gonzales wasn't lying — he was unintentionally confusing.
Traffic Violation + You = Jail
Wed, 08/01/2007 - 4:05pm
Senator Eliot Shapleigh would like to let you know that if you drive a car and live in either Austin or El Paso, there's about an 11% chance that you have a warrant out for your arrest.
The Holy Trinity Project
By Sam Jones
Wed, 08/01/2007 - 1:30pm
For those who don’t live in Dallas proper, all of this hubbub about some road that is to be built along the Trinity River may seem like a bunch of wasted breath and paper. Even within Dallas, many are eager to see an end to the bitter infighting that has resulted from the 1998 referendum to construct the nation’s largest and most beautiful park and recreation area.
Wednesday Roundup: The Adulation of Strangers
Wed, 08/01/2007 - 7:00am
Forget what the polls about Congressional approval tell you — House Democrats are all set to roll over any GOP challenge in 2008.