Matt Levin Published 9:11 am CDT, Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. Photo: handout Photo: handout Image 1 of / 55 Caption Close Image 1 of 55 The Administration Building at Rice Institute was built in an empty field outside of Houston's existing city limits. The building is now known as Lovett Hall and still serves as an administrative building. The Administration Building at Rice … [Read more...] about Here’s what Rice University looked like a century ago
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Ducks fall to Blues, reach All-Star break looking like a team in need of one
By Elliott Teaford | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: January 23, 2019 at 9:51 pm | UPDATED: January 23, 2019 at 9:59 pm The Ducks’ Troy Terry, left, shoots under the defense of the St. Louis Blues’ Tyler Bozak during the third period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center. The Blues won 5-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The St. Louis Blues’ Alexander Steen, center, is pressured by the Ducks’ Josh Manson, left, and Ryan Getzlaf during the first period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSt. Louis Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, left, falls to the ice after colliding with Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Anaheim Ducks’ Brandon Montour, right, fights for the puck with St. Louis Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, center, and Brayden Schenn during the first … [Read more...] about Ducks fall to Blues, reach All-Star break looking like a team in need of one
When resistance looks like a hallaca
By Leena Trivedi-Grenier Updated 1:26 pm PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Photo: Josie Lepe / Special To The Chronicle Photo: Josie Lepe / Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 Candy Brito, Chiquy “Boom” Mejia and Isabella Delgado dance during a traditional Venezuelan holiday gathering at the home of Siury Pulgar of Galipan Catering in San Jose. Candy Brito, Chiquy … [Read more...] about When resistance looks like a hallaca
The ‘mass bail-out’ looks more and more like a celebrity stunt
RFK Human Rights, the charity attempting a “mass bail-out” of women and teens from city jails is looking more and more like a celebrity-driven operation out of touch with reality. Start with Sunday’s exposé by The Post’s Isabel Vincent: Kerry Kennedy got paid over $352,000 in 2016, including a $70,000 bonus, as head of the charity named for her father. Charity Navigator’s 2016 survey of nonprofit chiefs’ salaries found that median compensation was $123,462 in 2014. Kennedy’s pay dwarfs the compensation for CEOs at medium charities ($148,659) and even large ones ($256,143). She even out-earns her ex-husband, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose bail system she says discriminates against minorities and the poor. Plus, she scored that $70,000 bonus at a time when RFK was seeing donations fall nearly $2.5 million from just under $13 million in 2015 to about $10.5 million in 2016. Did she seize on the mass-bail-out idea to turn that around? It’s … [Read more...] about The ‘mass bail-out’ looks more and more like a celebrity stunt
Trump Has No Fear: ‘Makes Nixon Look Like a Cream Puff’
With special counsel Robert Mueller and his associates quietly and methodically doing their investigatory work, with November’s midterms looking for Republicans like a mixed bag at best, and with Bob Woodward’s new book Fear painting the president as “an idiot” and his White House as “Crazytown,” Donald Trump seems to be on the precipice of disaster like never before in his administration and even his life. He might succumb, or he might not. But what’s inarguably true is that he’s not unused to this sort of moment. He’s not even uncomfortable with it. At his previous point of maximum peril—his financial collapse and the detonation of his marriage in 1990—Trump came out with a book of his own. It was called Surviving at the Top. The title at the time was presumptuous to the point of preposterous. “Surviving” was a premature claim that only he believed. The front-cover boast is actually far truer now than it … [Read more...] about Trump Has No Fear: ‘Makes Nixon Look Like a Cream Puff’