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By Tom Kirkendall
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The Homeopathic ER
Posted on July 06, 2009An instant classic from That Mitchell and Webb Look (H/T Kevin, M.D.). Enjoy....
First, Henry VIII, then this
Posted on July 05, 2009A rather odd postlude from Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church. H/T J.D. Walt from The Firstborn Son :...
The Yankee Doodle Boy
Posted on July 04, 2009The late Michael Jackson was inarguably one of the most talented entertainers of our time and certainly one of the most innovative dancers. But well before Jackson, there was James Cagney, who was every bit as talented an entertainer and...
Albert Collins
Posted on July 03, 2009I saw Albert Collins perform at a Houston jazz club back in the late 1970's when he opened for a well-known local jazz musician. Suffice it to say that Albert stole the show. The headliner decided to have Collins and...
The Chronicle's continuing Enron hypocrisy
Posted on July 02, 2009Being generally an optimistic sort, I keep thinking that the financial crisis of the past year or so will eventually prompt the Houston Chronicle to reconsider its generally biased coverage of the demise of Enron over the past seven...
The tough choices of health care finance reform
Posted on July 01, 2009Following on a point made in this recent post, this Avery Johnson/WSJ article addresses one of the tough issues that must be addressed if there is going to be any meaningful reform of the U.S. health care finance system:...
Classic Buddy Hackett
Posted on June 28, 2009The video of Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson posted earlier this week reminded me of this classic joke that the late Buddy Hackett told and acted out on the Tonight Show years ago. Enjoy....
Old Jews telling jokes is back
Posted on June 26, 2009After a short break, one of the best new websites of the year -- Old Jews Telling Jokes -- is back with a new round of jokes. Enjoy....
The swing that won the U.S. Open
Posted on June 24, 2009No wonder 2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is one of the leaders on the PGA Tour in the total driving statistic. At 6'2", he achieves amazing extension on his backswing and then delivers a powerful but controlled blow to...
Houston's connection to the new U.S. Open champion
Posted on June 23, 2009Houston is synonymous with golf, so it's appropriate that new U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover's former teacher and mentor was the late Dick Harmon (see also here), who was one of Houston's most respected golf instructors for decades before...
Jenkins @ the Open
Posted on June 22, 2009With the 2009 U.S. Open that is finishing today, Clear Thinkers favorite Dan Jenkins is covering his 200th major golf tournament. In one of the more remarkable developments of the tournament, the 79 year-old Jenkins has been reporting on developments...
The Defense of Freedom
Posted on June 20, 2009There is no question that President Obama is confronted with a delicate diplomatic situation in regard to the ongoing political unrest in Iran. But it is ironic that the same issue that is bubbling over on the streets of Tehran...
Final Argument
Posted on June 18, 2009The late Paul Newman in The Verdict playing a talented but alcoholic lawyer who gets a final opportunity to redeem a disappointing career in a difficult medical malpractice case. Enjoy....
A small Austin brokerage house schools the big banks
Posted on June 16, 2009Tongues were wagging in financial circles around the world last week regarding this Wall Street Journal article about Austin-based Amherst Holdings' amazing play in which they sold credit default swaps on mortgage bonds to a number of Wall Street...
Will Obama address this key health care finance issue?
Posted on June 15, 2009Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen penned this insightful NY times op-ed over the weekend that addresses the problem of the elephant in the parlor in regard to Obama's proposed reform of America's dysfunctional health care finance system: MEDICARE expenditures threaten to...
Lucy and Ethel in Iowa City
Posted on June 14, 2009While reminiscing about my late mother with family members and friends at her recent funeral, it occurred to me that her remarkable life would be a great subject for a Larry McMurtry novel. Along those lines, Sarah Swisher, an...
Not a good week for freedom
Posted on June 12, 2009First, in the face of a duplicitous government prosecution and a draconian trial penalty, Kevin Howard was forced to plead guilty to a crime that he did not commit. Then, the executive branch of the federal government, unchecked by...
The genius of Richard Pryor
Posted on June 11, 2009This fine Stephan Kanfer/City Journal piece on the late Richard Pryor reminded me of this old Saturday Night Live skit entitled "Word Association." Enjoy....
A continuing civic shame
Posted on June 10, 2009My first blog post on the chronically shameful condition of the Harris County Jail was four years ago. There have been quite a few others since then. Still, nothing has changed. Despite my libertarian leanings, it's way past time...
The thin line of business criminality
Posted on June 09, 2009In this earlier post regarding former Enron Broadband CFO Kevin Howard's recent plea deal, I predicted that the factual basis for the plea deal would barely describe wrongdoing, much less criminality. Turns out I was right. Check out paragraph...
A productive idea for the Dome
Posted on June 08, 2009Over the weekend, the Chronicle ran this story about Harris County officials considering an idea to convert the Astrodome into a planetarium and a medical and science education facility. It's actually a good idea and one that was suggested...
Bud Light's latest
Posted on June 07, 2009As noted earlier here and here, commercials continue to provide some of the most creative entertainment on television. Check out Bud Light's latest:...
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What can I say without libeling?
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Hi. If a woman is pregnant and the father requests she abort (because he doesnt want to be a father) and the woman refuses, can he still be made to pay child support if: 1. he IS the father 2. he IS the father but his na
Yes if he is teh father he can be made to pay.
It doesn't matter if h...
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buy the house from him . that would pay the old loan and title the property to y...
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Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...
What can I say without libeling?
You moral nazi. Are you kidding me? It is her personal choice, leave her alone. ...
Hi. If a woman is pregnant and the father requests she abort (because he doesnt want to be a father) and the woman refuses, can he still be made to pay child support if: 1. he IS the father 2. he IS the father but his na
Yes if he is teh father he can be made to pay.
It doesn't matter if h...
My father is aging. We both agree we need to secure property that has been in the family well over sixty years. The problem is my uncle name was previously on the property who is now deceased and also took out two loa
buy the house from him . that would pay the old loan and title the property to y...
How to prevent an arrest from appearing in the local newspaper?
Dont know the law in Minnesota but in most jurisdictions an arrest is a matter o...
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