The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Houston Matters

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Houston having two of the deadliest roads in America , according to the Washington Post A movie about the...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The U.S. Mint officially stopped producing pennies The world's largest cruise ship comes to Galveston in...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Flight cancellations and long security lines at Houston airports because of the federal government shutdo...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: High and low rankings for Houston in a ranking of the best Halloween experiences in America Up and down p...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The ACLU suing over a DC man’s detention for playing Darth Vader’s theme on his phone on a city street in...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Katy’s Pride celebration being moved last-minute when the venue that had agreed to host it bowed to press...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The on-again, off-again, rainbow-striped intersection in Montrose being off-again The battle continuing  ...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: A Halloween display getting political -- and controversial The next big movie star possibly being an AI a...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Camp Mystic planning to partially reopen A statue showing President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding han...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Low-flying military helicopters being seen over Houston as part of a training exercise A Houston-based co...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Houston supplanting Philadelphia as America's poorest large city Houston’s new million-dollar firetruck g...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Some cyclists planning to ride their bikes naked through Houston’s streets to protest the removal of bike...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: T he Astros suing the Harris County Appraisal District for trying to levy property taxes against Daikin P...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: HISD being among the 11 Texas school districts temporarily blocked from displaying the Ten Commandments i...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Plans to expand Ben Taub Hospital would include seizing nine acres of land from Hermann Park Former Texas...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Late sculptor David Adickes' Beatles statues relocating to a car dealership A Danish zoo seeking public d...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Shipley Do-Nuts being sold to a California company People using AI for legal advice Backlash over Sydney...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Houston City Council updates its “ civility ordinance ," prohibiting sitting, lying down, or placing pers...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Last Friday, Elon Musk announced Grok had been updated after Musk complained that it and other AI chatbot...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: A spot on Pasadena’s City Council being decided by a coin toss The reasons Texas is developing its own te...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: Fort Bend County Judge KP George announcing he’s running for a third term — but this time as a Republican...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: After footage of the interior of the Astrodome is released online, law enforcement cracks down on people...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: The head of FEMA saying (but possibly joking?) that he didn’t know there was a hurricane season here The...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: A recent study suggesting AI isn't saving workers a ton of time on the job Eight Houston-area barbecue re...

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: A building in the Third Ward and the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter mural on it being demolished the wee...