Houston’s Clear Thinkers
Wide-ranging observations on law, business, medicine, culture, sports, and other matters of general interest to members of the Houston business, professional, and academic communities.
Author: Tom Kirkendall runs a small firm in suburban Houston.
Blawg Related Categories: States • Texas • Solo / Small Firm • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Houston’s Clear Thinkers
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"That's just not us"
While General Motors is making its case in Congress for an $18 billion bailout (didn't GM need "just" $12 billion last week?), it's trying to cut corners in other areas, such as its endorsement deal…
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Checking in on the NBA
Did you realize that 20% of the 2008-09 NBA season is already completed? Most of the local mainstream media is locked into the Rockets narrative -- i.e., "Tracy McGrady is a superstar and the Rockets…
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2008 Weekly local football review
(AP Photo/Harry Cabluck; previous weekly reviews are here) Texas Longhorns 49 Texas Aggies 9 As predicted in the previous weekly review, the Longhorns (11-1/7-1 Big 12) hammered the Aggies (4-8/2-6 Big 12), but still ended…
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Deep Impact Video
Check out NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft's video of the Moon transiting the Earth from 31 million miles away!...
- 100 Movie Spoilers in 5 Minutes
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Thoughts on the attacks in Mumbai
Remember -- overcoming fascists of all stripes takes a fighting spirit....
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Turkey lessons
One of the most popular videos that I posted on this blog last year was the one of New York butcher Ray Venezia giving instructions on how to carve a turkey. All you fellow turkey…
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Problems, problems everywhere
Even in Santa Monica....
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He should know
You just never know what those former Enron Task Force prosecutors are going to say. Last week, one of them was incongruously advocating limitation of corporate criminal liability. This week, David Westheimer points out that…
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2008 Weekly local football review
(AP Photo/Tony Dejak; previous weekly reviews are here) Texans 16 Browns 6 A win is a win, right? Well, maybe. But the reality is that the Texans (4-7) finally found a team in the Browns…