Unca Darrell

MAY 30 / The Chronicle tried to do the right thing

It really did.

The newspaper typically ignores American civic holidays like, for instance, Memorial Day, or says something . . .  

MAY 25 / The Houston Chronicle is a righteous critic . . .

. . . of Governor Rick Perry's slush fund for crony capitalism, the Texas Enterprise Fund, at least when the slush goes to his friends. But not . . .   

MAY 23 / Why won't David Dewhurst sit down with the Clever Ones?

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE seems genuinely hurt that GOP Senate candidate David Dewhurst, like that rascal Rick Perry back in 2010, has declined an invitation to share three cups of tea with the editorial board. And genuinely confused about why he won't.  

It's not that complicated, fellas. Mr. Dewhurst sent his regrets because . . .  

MAY 21 / Moderation for thee and thine; radicalism for me and mine

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE has endorsed Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary. So be it. Mr. Dewhurst is a grownup. He will probably do a good job. But Mr. Dewhurst is the not the problem here. The problem is . . . 

MAY 18 / You've probably already heard, but if not . . .

. . . J.P. and Lana are back! 

MAY 14 / Maybe this is why Houston Chronicle . . .

. . . editorialists refuse to celebrate the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving. 

MAY 11 / Anarchists angry with corporate America

THAT'S WHO tried to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, according to a May 2 Associated Press story on page A3 of the Houston Chronicle.

But who, exactly, are these angry and barbaric anarchists? Four of five, it turns out, were associated with the thuggish . . . 

MAY 10 / At last, a good editorial about the EPA's crucifixion complex

UNFORTUNATELY, it was in another liberal newspaper, not our very own Houston Chronicle.

Maybe Al Armendariz -- until Monday, one of the Environmental Protection Agency's top administrators -- didn't mean his comments to sound quite how they did. But they didn't sound good. In a 2010 speech . . . Mr. Armendariz compared his "philosophy of enforcement" to ancient Roman soldiers' practice of crucifying random victims in a recently conquered territory. 

MAY 9 / Yesterday's elections . . .

. . . suggest the shellacking President Obama and Democrats received in November 2010, is a continuing process, not an event. And the news of today demonstrates that President Obama will do whatever it takes to . . .  

MAY 8 / Elizabeth ("Sacajawea") Warren . . .

. . . was so politically toxic she could not be confirmed to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even though her party controls the U.S. Senate. Not wanting to force a vote that would embarrass Democratic senators facing reelection this year . . .