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By Tom Kirkendall
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Jenkins returns to Sawgrass
Posted on May 07, 2009Clear Thinkers favorites Dan Jenkins, the dean of American golf writers, is making his first trek to TPC Sawgrass in a decade this week to cover my favorite tournament, The Players (which includes the always fun video of the...
A big risk of health care finance reform
Posted on May 06, 2009In addressing issues relating to health care and health care finance reform over the years, I've tried to be careful to differentiate America's Byzantine and inefficient health care finance system from the quality of America's health care, which remains very...
The Butcher vs. The Oilman
Posted on May 03, 2009Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher from Streets of New York has a discussion with Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview of There Will Be Blood....
Heineken's Walk-in Cooler
Posted on May 02, 2009Following up on this earlier post, isn't it interesting that some of the most creative product on television these days is in commercials?...
McClain keeps mailing it in
Posted on April 30, 2009This really was not meant to be my "bash the Chronicle" week. I mean, really -- the local newspaper already has enough problems. But what else can one do when confronted with this blather from the Chronicle's lead NFL columnist,...
Permanent Enron myopia
Posted on April 29, 2009Inasmuch as what took place with regard to Enron earlier in the decade has now happened to much of Wall Street, the vacuity of the Houston Chronicle's coverage of Enron-related matters has become clear. Nevertheless, Chronicle business columnist Loren...
NBA Playoffs Win Probability
Posted on April 28, 2009This is very cool. Brian Burke, who authors the Advanced NFL Stats webpage, has developed a model for win probability for the NBA playoffs. So, as you watch the Rockets/Blazers playoff game tonight, you can also watch a chart that...
Barcelona 1908
Posted on April 27, 2009This 36 Hours in Barcelona column in Sunday's New York Times reminded me of this fascinating video of Barcelona in 1908 shot from a streetcar. Enjoy....
Sisters Morales "You Wanna Love Me"
Posted on April 25, 2009Another talented group that came of age in the Houston club scene, the Sisters Morales....
Remember Ken Lay?
Posted on April 24, 2009Joe Weisenthal and Henry Blodget over at Clusterstock have been all over the breaking story yesterday that, as many of us suspected, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and perhaps other governmental officials threatened Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis...
Checking in on J.R. Richard
Posted on April 23, 2009According to this interesting Bugs and Cranks interview of former Stros fireballer J.R. Richard, the 6' 8" righthander is still holding some grudges against the local ballclub: Five Astros pitchers have had their numbers retired, including two, Nolan Ryan and...
The importance of good timing
Posted on April 21, 2009As noted earlier here, the Shell Houston Open had its best field in decades earlier this month when it was played the week before the Masters. Based on the World Golf Rankings, 15 of the top 20 players, and...
Clear Thinking to begin the week
Posted on April 20, 2009Former Cardinals and Pirates outfielder Andy Van Slyke from this recent interview ($) in Baseball Prospectus: "Well, [former Astros pitcher] Mike Scott, to me, is the best pitcher to ever pitch in the big leagues. I went 1-for-38 against...
A Houston Original
Posted on April 16, 2009One of Houston's many treasures is Jack Burke (earlier posts here), the 86 year-old co-founder and owner of Champions Golf Club. The energetic Burke was recently slowed by a "mild" stroke (my late father used to say that the...
Defining Health Insurance
Posted on April 15, 2009All sorts of interesting debates regarding reform of the American health care finance are breaking out across the blogosphere, which is a good thing. Those discussions prompted one of the best thinkers on health care finance reform -- Clear...
The Chronicle's Enron myopia
Posted on April 14, 2009Even when it is on the right side of an issue, the Chronicle reminds us of its failings. As noted earlier here, it has become fashionable among the Old Media to support the recent decision of the Justice Department...
Colbert defends Christ
Posted on April 12, 2009The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBart Ehrmancolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNASA Name Contest...
Dylan on Politics
Posted on April 10, 2009From Bill Flanagan's recent interview with Bob Dylan: What's your take on politics? Politics is entertainment. It's a sport. It's for the well groomed and well heeled. The impeccably dressed. Party animals. Politicians are interchangeable. Don't you believe in...
Not a bad way to start the day
Posted on April 09, 2009"I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by the window overlooking the veranda and putting green, listening to the idle chitchat of competitors, authors, wits and philosophers,...
Rationing health care
Posted on April 08, 2009One of the common complaints heard regarding government-controlled, single payor health care finance systems is that they ration care in a manner that often results in long delays for even routine procedures. However, as this MedPage blog post points...
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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.
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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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