Ray Bell, contractor who shaped Nashville's skyline, dies at 69
Ray Bell, the contractor who ran a $300-million-a-year business - and who built much of Nashville's skyline, from the iconic Batman building to the Gateway Bridge and Tennessee Performing Arts Center - died early Saturday after a lengthy illness.
Our future: Kessler plan had it right
Somewhat like finding a treasure map, it appears our city leaders of the young-adult generation have discovered what economically struggling El Paso could have been ... should have been.
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86
Paul Conrad used his pencil like a weapon. His long lines and jagged angles seemed to point directly at the leaders he deemed charlatans and fools in need of deflating.
India's democratic Caesars
Seeking to dissuade his own supporters from canvassing for another term for him as president of the Indian National Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru famously penned a pseudonymous column in the Modern Review , published from Calcutta, assuming the name Chanakya, drawing attention to his own weaknesses and warning the party against "tendencies towards ...
White ad focuses on Perry, lobbyists
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White recently launched a new television commercial designed to portray Republican incumbent Rick Perry as an Austin insider more interested in taking care of himself and his friends than the people of Texas.
Hispanic voters targeted in race
It's no secret that Texas Democrats sought out Linda Chavez-Thompson for the lieutenant governor's race because they hoped she could attract Hispanic voters in South Texas.
Musical Tribute Spotlight: Director David Grabarkewitz uses opera to raise awareness for 9/11, Ju rez
David Grabarkewitz is the new director of the El Paso Opera. David Grabarkewitz was watching TV in January when he heard about the massacre of 16 people, 11 of them teenagers, at a party in Juarez.
Howard County briefs
Endowment The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that the Howard County Arts Council has been awarded a $12,000 Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth grant for its Head StART in ART program.
Old-school liberal challenging Dewhurst
Family: Widow of Robert Thompson, has two children and two grandchildren. Career Highlights: Executive vice president of the AFL-CIO; vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee; member of a presidential advisory commission on race relations.
Get-out-the-vote effort hopes to bring change
In the current political atmosphere that rewards big money and play-to-the-base campaigns, it takes a lot of nerve for anyone to think they can make a difference by going door-to-door to register people who traditionally do not vote.
