Past Contributions

• T-Squared: Twit and Wisdom

  By Evan Smith Nov. 9, 2009

  We've set up our first Twitter list, aggregating the feeds of 58 tweeting Texas elected officials Full Story 

• T-Squared: Houston, We Have a Partner

  By Evan Smith Nov. 7, 2009

  This afternoon, the Chronicle reprinted a Tribune story, in its entirety, online -- and the world did not end. Full Story 

• T-Squared: Ask and Ye Shall RSSeive.

  By Evan Smith Nov. 7, 2009

  One of the persistent comments we heard after going live last Tuesday was: Why can't you provide an RSS feed for your original news stream, and, more broadly, why isn't the site set up in a way that enables the RSS habits and preferences of your users? Done and done. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Nov. 7, 2009

  Ramshaw's multi-parter on restraints in schools, Thevenot's reading on the future of textbooks, Ramsey's take on a Democratic defection, Rapoport's profile of self-described "religious fanatic" Don McLeroy, and Henson and Shaw's thoroughly noncontroversial poll on the governor's race (kidding!): The best of the best from November 3 to November 6, 2009. Full Story 

• T-Squared: He's Got Your (Feed)Back

  By Evan Smith Nov. 5, 2009

  On the subject of nits picked -- in a very good way -- Aron Pilhofer of the New York Times just posted a long and thoughtful critique of our site. Full Story 

• T-Squared: We've Got Your (Feed)Back

  By Evan Smith Nov. 5, 2009

  Forty-eight hours or so have passed since we opened for business, and your cards and letters -- more like your tweets and e-mails -- are telling us much of what we need to know about the changes you'd like to see to our site, things that would enhance your experience. Full Story 

• Bartlett on Rick vs. Kay ... and Bush?

  By Evan Smith Nov. 5, 2009

  Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush's communications director and counselor, talks to the Tribune's Evan Smith about whether the former president's loyalists -- and the former president himself? -- are taking sides in the Republican primary for governor. Full Story 

• 2010: The Distinguished Gentlelady from H-P?

  By Evan Smith Nov. 4, 2009

  Another Texan is running for the U.S. Senate -- but in an actual race, not a hypothetical one that depends on dominoes falling, and not in Texas. Austin native Carly Fiorina, the ousted CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a chastened adviser to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, made formal today her plans to seek the Republican nomination for the California Senate seat now held by Barbara Boxer. Full Story 

• Bartlett Calls for GOP Inclusiveness

  By Evan Smith Nov. 4, 2009

  Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush's communications director and counselor, talks with the Tribune's Evan Smith about the intra-party struggle between conservatives and moderates in the Republican party. (To listen to the full thirty-minute interview with Bartlett, see related stories.) Full Story 

• 2010: Hair Yesterday, Gone Today

  By Evan Smith Nov. 4, 2009

  So Houston hair-care king Farouk Shami is in the race, pledging to spend $10 million to win a Democratic primary in which the majority of voters are still undecided. Among the interesting things to watch will be the dynamic between Shami and his rival for the nomination, Kinky Friedman, as the two are well acquainted: Shami was the subject of one of Kinky's fawning TEXAS MONTHLY columns (edited by yours truly) back in 2003 -- the sort of piece in which he would go all gooey over someone he professes to love, like Racehorse Haynes or Jim Nabors. Full Story