What are your favorite hurricane one-liners?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Facebook is the new party line. People have a lot to say there about the hurricane in the Gulf. Here's a sample of the comments I found Tuesday: -- Ike came, and Victoria didn't even get a drop of rain. ...

Lehrer reminds me to ask: In the digital age, what connects us across cyberspace?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I first heard Jim Lehrer give the Victoria bus call at a Harvard commencement address in 2006. Little did I know then his call would lead me to my new home. If you care at all about journalism's role in ...

What is the best dessert an editor can have?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

After eating Saturday night at the Taqueria on Sam Houston Drive, my family stopped me on the way out the door and said another diner wanted to talk. She introduced herself and said she wanted to tell me how much ...

How can you describe a father?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

My dad drove me crazy at least half of my childhood, but he's the rock that's kept me sane most of my adulthood. Born dirt-poor, Dad was one of 11 children who raced for table scraps and whatever else they ...