This is a strange twitter “gotcha” from Mitchell Schnurman, a columnist for the Dallas Morning News:
Texas politicos brag about small gov't, limited regs. Now they plan to tie up Obamacare navigators with red tape. http://t.co/uAQRM0LE9u
— Mitchell Schnurman (@mitchschnurman) January 7, 2014
Of course, Obamacare represents interference with markets, large government (not small), and patronage (the “Navigator” program is not subject to much in the way of
… posted over at blogHOUSTON.
The current baseball Hall of Fame voting system is kind of a joke. As an example, Houston isn’t even properly represented by writers who LIVE IN and COVER Houston! Nor are MLB.com writers part of the mix (even though Alyson Footer has long been a great baseball analyst for MLB.com).
Biggio will eventually get in. Bagwell deserves to, but it may not happen under the current system.
Personally, I like Dan Le Batard’s
After a somewhat haphazard process in which many fantastic names (Saban! Gruden! Harbaugh! Tomlin!) were floated, the UT football program has finally settled on their guy: Charlie Strong, who was an excellent defensive cooordinator at Florida, and a head coach who rebuilt Louisville into a national program in a few years.
By most accounts, UT is getting a football-focused guy who loves the Xs and Os, is a strong recruiter, and who doesn’t have a lot of use for the
It’s time for the annual post in which I wish the diehards who stop by here on occasion a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
2013 was one we were happy enough to put behind us. We had a good year of family, friends, travel, and the like, but Callie’s family also lost three dogs (within weeks of each other) and had a health scare with Kiwi (thankfully, the old gal has recovered strongly, after Callie started making the dogs’ food
Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who is (by all accounts) a good man, recently suffered a mini stroke (technically a transient ischemic attack).
He wasn’t able to coach last weekend, but his doctors and the Texans decided he would be fine to coach THIS weekend. Two weeks after a major neurological event (not trying to be a smartass, just stating the facts).
Before this week’s game, I wasn’t so sure Kubiak should be back on the sideline. A Houston