Legal Commentary

Richard Justice's Kumbaya Weekend

By Tom Kirkendall

Allow me to ask the following question again: Why is Richard Justice allowed to write about sports for a major metropolitan newspaper?

This weekend's Justice missives were particularly banal, which is saying something when it comes to his writings.

First, he led with this fawning blog post about Vince Young and the University of Texas. I guess one has to have attended UT to understand.

That one was followed by this one about Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps being some sort of cultural unifier. Yes, he's a really good swimmer, but .  .  .

Finally, Justice finished the weekend by heaping more hero worship on former Stros star, Craig Biggio, who is deserving of praise, but come on.

Frankly, it does not reflect well on the Chronicle that it dedicates more resources to accommodating Justice's blather than it provides in informing the public about one of Houston's true heroes of the past 30 years.  

Full post as published by Houston's Clear Thinkers on August 18, 2008 (boomark / email).