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: Questions still swirling around that blue alert that woke up Texas Teachers in Spring ISD are accused of...

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 River Oaks Theatre reopening this week after a two-year hiatus The biggest ranch in Texas going up fo...

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 new list of America’s most philanthropic couples features three from the Houston area The Astros winnin...

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 million dollar winning lottery ticket goes unclaimed with the money reverting to the state A Houston wo...

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 considering the “ sidewalk to nowhere ” issue The last solid stainless steel halo si...

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: New life for the Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project Gymnast Simone Biles retiring one of her signa...

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 Houston area now being home to the third-largest statue in the country (but not without some controve...

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: Harris County suing two Shell stations for price-gouging after Beryl  Barnaby’s Café reportedly cutting 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: Texas suing General Motors for collecting drivers’ private data and selling it Disney wanting a wrongful...

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: Hurricane season forecasters are revising down their predictions for the number of storms expected this s...

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: Principal turnover numbers at HISD being very high The Ohio Supreme Court ruling that consumers can’t exp...

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: Like the rest of us, Houston's Office of Emergency Management being without a power outage map during Hur...

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: Elon Musk moving more of his companies to Texas Astros mascot Orbit getting booed at the All-Star Game 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: Uncertainty about bike sharing in Houston after Houston BCycle shut down Transit trains in Houston are ge...

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 social media comment making the strange working relationship between Mayor John Whitmire and Harris Cou...

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: METRO not pursuing federal funding for a shelved bus-rapid transit project used in part to sell voters on...

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: Kyle Rittenhouse getting a new gig with Texas Gun Rights Sony Pictures buying Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas 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: A study suggests air quality in Houston could improve if everybody  switched to electric vehicles HISD mi...

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: Mayor Whitmire arguing a transit line isn't necessary from Gulfton to The Galleria because people from Gu...

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: CenterPoint restoring power to most -- but not all -- Houstonians after last week’s storms A luxury bouti...

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 Galveston County Sheriff's Office gearing up for up to 100,000 people to descend on Bolivar Peninsula...

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: All but one of the wrongful death lawsuits filed after the deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld Fest...

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 University of Houston using "Houston blue" uniforms , despite threats from the NFL Kendrick Lamar con...

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 Texans revealing their new uniforms Reggie Bush getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy back after giving it...

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 Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project gaining new momentum Retired NFL player Jason Kelce losing...