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About juanzqui7

Former Texas reporter, columnist and editorial writer.

Statistics? We don’t need no stinking statistics! (My love affair with baseball)

Posted on September 27, 2015 by juanzqui7

YESTERDAY, I WATCHED the Astros from what is called the “Inspirity Club” of Minute Maid Park. Inspirity is a local bank, I think. Why any business would choose such an insipidly awful name is beyond me, but I do know there … Continue reading →

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Our morally indefensible minimum wage

Posted on September 12, 2015 by juanzqui7

[I came across this column I wrote for The Houston Post in February 1995. I post it here not because I think it’s that great, but rather because I was struck how little has changed over the last 20 years … Continue reading →

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Letter from Barbados

Posted on September 6, 2015 by juanzqui7

[Note: for an explanation on what I was doing in Barbados, please see the previous post.] February 20, 1984 “WE’RE ALL thinking about you,” she told me. [Houston Post Publisher Doug] Creighton’s secretary, that is. Should I believe her? Of … Continue reading →

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My life as a Bajan: Stranded in Barbados

Posted on September 5, 2015 by juanzqui7

LATE IN 1983, a few months after the Toronto Sun bought the Houston Post, the new owners decided to take advantage of a treaty that would allow them to funnel their U.S. profits through Barbados and back to Canada, to … Continue reading →

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Of cats and heroes

Posted on August 26, 2015 by juanzqui7

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AMERICANS – AND many others around the world – are suffering an extreme case of the warm fuzzies in the wake of the news that three Americans, two of them service members, had joined others in…

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Of cats and heroes

Posted on August 25, 2015 by juanzqui7

AMERICANS – AND many others around the world – are suffering an extreme case of the warm fuzzies in the wake of the news that three Americans, two of them service members, had joined others in subduing a terrorist as … Continue reading →

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Two horses and a donkey

Posted on July 14, 2015 by juanzqui7

THIS TIME TOMORROW I should be somewhere in West Texas, on my way to Lubbock, or some place near there, where I’ll spend the night before heading on to Santa Fe. I plan to visit friends there for a day … Continue reading →

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And my favorite Willie Nelson song is …

Posted on July 8, 2015 by juanzqui7

THANKS TO EVERYONE who took the time to post a Willie Nelson song on my timeline yesterday. Thanks for humoring me and thanks for sharing your love for the talent of this great artist. I spent much of yesterday watching … Continue reading →

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Happy hour and anarchy: good for the soul

Posted on May 29, 2015 by juanzqui7

I SPENT much of my day feeling depressed and frustrated over a letter from the IRS that was waiting for me when I got home yesterday following my South Texas trip. Not a big deal: not an audit or anything … Continue reading →

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50 years and counting: Looking back at an unremarkable high school experience

Posted on May 21, 2015 by juanzqui7

FIFTY YEARS AGO tonight I walked across a makeshift stage in the center of the dilapidated gym of my high school to receive my diploma. When I walked out of that gymnasium, I never looked back. I never went back … Continue reading →

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