Archive for December 2024

Today is Friday the 13th. The second Friday the 13th of 2024. We had it back in September. Taylor Swift turns 35 today. Happy Birthday, Taylor. _____ The 2026 campaign has begun, well, sort of. See this from the Chron: County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she hasn’t decided whether to run for office in 2026 in response…

Commentary doesn’t have much to say today. I don’t read Time Magazine these days, so I won’t comment. _____ I attended a reception last night at the Thompson Hotel by Hyatt on Allen Parkway. This was my first visit to the Thompson. The featured photo is from the Thompson Hotel reception area balcony. Nice evening…

Christmas Day is two weeks from today and only 20 days remain before we get to 2025. _____ I think it is fair to say that H-Town Mayor John Whitmire is doing a great job over at City Hall. Year one for the Mayor is just about done and the folks at the Chron are…

Christmas Eve Day is two weeks from today. Hope it is going well for you. _____ It looks like I may have been wrong about the Texas House Speaker’s race. I said last week that the race would be decided by the GOP Texas House members. One GOP candidate for Texas House Speaker has released…

The new Enron folks ran full-page ads in the Chron Saturday and yesterday. No ad today. The new Enron folks are supposed to make an announcement this morning. Stay tuned. _____ Commentary is certainly not an expert on foreign affairs. I do know that Russia has been helping prop up the murderous dictator of Syria.…

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. That’s five full-page ads this week. _____ BREAKING NEWS! See this from the Trib: House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, monthslong intraparty push to remove him from power.…

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. _____ State Rep. Gene Wu will now Chair the Texas House of Representatives Democratic Caucus. Congrats to Rep. Wu. _____ The Hegseth fella who wants to lead the Pentagon is blaming the media for his problems. That is the standard MAGA take these days.…

The new Enron folks bought another full-page ad in today’s Chron. _____ If you own a home, you pay for home insurance. In the last couple of years, Commentary’s home insurance cost has skyrocketed, like by two and a half times. See this from today’s Chron: When Maryann McGregor retired in 2020, she and her…

The new Enron folks ran their second full-page ad in today’s hard copy Chron. Here is from a Chron story today on the new Enron: It’s hard to say exactly what the new Enron’s intentions are, but public filings indicate the new company is likely entirely unaffiliated with the Enron that has become synonymous with…

I saw this in the Thumbs Up/Down Chron E-Board editorial on Saturday: Thumbs twiddled: In billboard-afflicted Houston, it takes a lot to get drivers’ attention — but a sign on I-69 North, between Westpark and Chimney Rock, gobsmacked commuters. There, after all these years, was the old crooked-E logo of Enron, once Houston’s pride and joy.…