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Tag Archives: Houston Post
On the 25th Anniversary of the death of The Houston Post: my best column for that paper
Today, April 18, is the 25th anniversary of the death of The Houston Post, the newspaper for which I worked from 1979 until its demise (except for a short period during which I worked for USA TODAY). I worked as … Continue reading
On Flags and Patriotism (or, Who Says Flags Don’t Talk?)
[In June, 1980, less than a year after starting to work for The Houston Post, I was sent out to do a Flag Day story for the next day. I wasn’t given any guidance and I didn’t ask for any. … Continue reading
Voodoo politics
I WAS GOING through some old files today when I came across a page from a reporter’s notebook. It didn’t look like much and I was about to throw it out when I realized what it was: Part of my notes … Continue reading
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Tagged George Bush, George H. W. Bush, Houston Post, Ken Bode, NBC-News, voodoo economics
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The column that changed history?
AFTER MANY YEARS of lobbying for the job, I finally convinced the Houston Post to agree to make me a columnist for the paper in the summer of 1990. I had been working as a Washington correspondent for The Post when … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Richards, Clayton Williams, George W. Bush, Houston Post
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Applying weight to the memories that feed our souls
[Six years ago I posted this on another blog. I’ve long since abandoned that blog but it still resides in the Internet. One day it will probably die of neglect. So I’ve decided to migrate some of my favorite posts … Continue reading
On languages, culture and civilization – and a genuine apology
THE CLAIM BY Iowa GOP Congressman Stephen King the other day that white people – or people from the United States and Western Europe – are the only ones who have made a contribution to civilization reminds me of a … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, foreign languages, Houston, Houston Post, Judge Woodrow Seals, literature, Spanish
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Don’t be afraid to be an American
ONE OF THE pleasures of working as a columnist for The Houston Post was the letters (and phone calls)I’d get from readers. This was before most people had access to email, so readers actually had to go through the trouble of finding some … Continue reading
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Tagged founding fathers, Houston Post, immigrants, immigration, letters to newspapers, Mexico, multiculturalism, newspaper columns, newspapers, Trump
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On barking dogs. And dead horses
It is not the job of minority columnists to make right wingers comfortable in their xenophobia. Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Newberry, Hearst, Houston Post, minority columnists, newspaper columns, white privilege, xenophobia
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The absence of sanity
War is surely not just an absence of peace. War is an absence of sanity. Continue reading
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