One of the first things some Neartown residents do after reading the morning paper is to check out what their favorite local blogs have to say. Houston - and the Inner Loop area in particular - is developing a strong community of Web loggers, those who keep their diaries online for all the world to see. "I always check out the blogs right after the morning paper," said Montrose resident Hal Genard, logging on to his laptop at a local breakfast spot. Genard likes...
Quicker than you could say habemus papam , debate about the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI - aka Benny, aka B16 - swept the blogosphere. "The liberal cafeteria Catholic's worst nightmare has come true," wrote Philip Blosser of Cardinal Ratzinger's victory at his pblosser.blogspot.com (a finalist in the "Catholic blog awards 2005 - most intellectual", no less). "The Panzerkardinal, the...
There comes a time when men and women of the Right have to ask, "What kind of conservative am I?" I stand with the late Russell Kirk, the philosophical godfather of modern American conservatism, who said, "The family is the institution most necessary to conserve." Which is why it's hard to be a Texas Republican some days. Last week, the front page of The Dallas Morning News told the story of the Kimbers, a working...
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ANNOUNCER: The papal vote 2005. We're live with the latest on the pomp and politics in Rome.The architect faces new challenges. We'll talk at length with Karl Rove about his boss, second-term strategy, and the people and proposals that may be bogging them down.Tom DeLay takes aim at his critics, with allies in the NRA watching his back.HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER TOM DELAY (R) TEXAS: When a man's in trouble or in a good fight, you...
Those shepherds would have a much easier time nowadays telling folks about their visit with the newborn Christ child. They'd just prop their staffs in the corner, fire up the Internet and do their glorifying and praising in a blog.Web logs are no longer the exclusive domain of geeks, cranks and the self-absorbed. The virtual pews in the Christian corner of the Internet are filling up with thoughtful diarists writing about their spiritual journeys and personal experiences with...