Columns
Romney could lose on faith
This nation operates under the byline that virtually any of its inhabitants can be just about anything they can put their minds to — it’s the sort of prospect people walk long distances for....
Here we come a shopping
While Halloween is regarded as the day for masquerades and make-up, the more noteworthy season of transformation begins soon after the trick-or-treaters return home. This calendar period has become so expansive and removed from...
Mispricing risks creates problems
The European Union is facing a sovereign debt crisis because many European nations took on debts that eventually became unmanageable. Greece and Italy have a high risk of default on their sovereign debt, which...
Political miasma
When she proposed stricter national standards for smog in September, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson thought she would have President Barack Obama’s support. Upset with the current doctrine, her plan for governing the...
US children lose out to food industry
By the way Congress has reacted to proposed changes in school lunch programs, one would think that pizza now grows on farms and french fries will help motivate kids to eat broccoli. Decisions in...
KIPP partnership helps future Coogs
Last week UH announced a promising new partnership with the Knowledge Is Power Program, a national charter school system born in Houston. While most charter schools, on average, do not achieve better student outcomes...
Houston becoming cartel playground
When students think about the current conditions in Mexico, it is usually parallel to the images found in news stories: Brutal executions of “outspoken” Mexican journalists, mass graves plighting the Monterrey countryside, or countless...
Seeing RED
Last Friday I was walking around campus showing a close friend of mine this great place we call the University of Houston. What better day to give a friend a tour, what with it...
GOP presidential candidates have become seasonal flavors
As the Republican Party gears up to step into the ring and take on the President in what should be a knock-down, drag-out election, they must first select their candidate. And, who might this...
Genetically sound
Genetically modified organisms are a recent innovation in biotechnology that have greatly increased agricultural output by bolstering a plant’s resistance to insects and herbicides. Some genetically modified foods, like Golden Rice, have even been...