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Chachie Pedraza Van Wales
By Johnny Trlica On October 20 when the Second Annual PrideFest Parade rolls down the Strand in downtown Galveston, the Grand Marshal will be a fixture on the Island’s LGBTQ+
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What a summer
By Nancy Ford Is it just me, or has the summer of 2024 been especially, oppressively, aggressively hot? The temperature has been high, too. (Pa dum-bum.) Two national political conventions
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Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death By Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes
By Terri Schlichenmeyer Here’s what’ll happen: you’ll take a breath. Take another breath. And then you won’t. And that’ll be just the beginning of your end, a tsunami of shut-downs
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CURRIES, KABOBS FROM AUSTIN: Tarka makes a journey to Houston
By Jim Ayres The first time I visited Tarka Indian Kitchen, a few years ago, it was a beautiful afternoon. Listening to Lana Del Rey’s latest (brilliant), I felt like
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Alexye’us Davenport Paris
June 2024, Joey Guerra, named her in a Houston Chronicle column headlined, “Shantay, they stay: These are 32 of Houston fiercest, most fabulous drag queens”.
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TUBER TRUTH: One potato, two potato
By SA Tripi Watching what you eat? Need to lose a few pounds? What is often one of the first things to be removed from your daily intake of food?
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ONE IN EIGHT: My prostate cancer journey
By David-Elijah Nahmod “We found some cancer,”said the doctor. My heart skipped a beat. “Now, don’t worry,” he continued. “The good news is that the cancer is Grade 1, the
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NFL PREDICTIONS: This could be the Texans’ year
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Another football season is upon us and Houston Texans fans have never been this anxious to begin a new season. Last year’s surprising division championship team
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Creep of the week: U.S. Supreme Court
By D’Anne Witkowski What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden Administration’s rule protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination in schools must be enforced
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WTH is wrong with these people? (Part 1)
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Ever talk to someone who is espousing their reasoning for believing something obviously false or completely disproven by any rational person and want to look them