Update: Here’s the show. On this week’s Partisan Gridlock, Wednesday from 10:00 – 11:00 PM on KPFT… A couple of weeks ago, one of the biggest prostitution busts in Houston history took place. The Chronicle reports that With two locations, several Web sites, dozens of apparently satisfied employees and perhaps thousands of loyal,...

I’m thinking that Partisan Gridlock ought to have a quote of the year contest (or maybe even a quote of the week — you make the call).  They don’t necessarily need to be political, although that would be in keeping with the theme of the show. The first nominee has to be Maurenge singer Elvis Crespo, who said: “I don’t recall doing...

Update: Here’s the show. This week on Partisan Gridlock, Wednesday from 10:00 – 11:00 PM…. Right-wingers in Texas are busy trying to sneak their religious views into public schools. Aware that that annoying constitution of ours prevents them from actually teaching creationism, fundamentalists first tried to sneak their wacky views into your...

I substituted for Leo Gold on the New Capital Show today and Leo called in. We talked about — what else? — AIG and its politically disastrous decision to hand out $165 million worth of taxpayer-subsidized bonuses. Really — if people want to make that kind of money, shouldn’t they try and find a job in the private...

Update: Here’s this week’s show. On this week’s Partisan Gridlock — Wednesday, March 18th at 10:00 PM on KPFT, 90.1FM in Houston… With all that we know — from planetary geology to physics to cellular biology — why do we continue to cling to explanations about the nature and composition of the universe offered 4,000 years...