Solomon: Big 12-SEC deal could be big for city

Solomon: Big 12-SEC deal could be big for city Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:35 a.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012 The demise of the BCS and automatic qualifiers for the major bowls could again leave schools like Houston on the outside looking in. On Friday, the Big 12 and ...

Annual sheriff’s office call volume could once again exceed 30,000

By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com When Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller took office approximately a year and a half ago, he immediately went to work shuffling the cards in the office’s proverbial deck with an overriding mission to put as much manpower on the streets as possible. read more

Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie - extract: silence, icebergs and the aurora borealis

Seven years ago, with Findings, Kathleen Jamie broke the mould of nature writing. Here, in an extract from her new book, Sightlines, she recounts a journey through frozen seas, in search of the Northern Lights.

A Non-Tech Person's Guide To The Tech Bubble—And Why There ISN'T A Tech Bubble

If you think there's a tech bubble, you're completely wrong.

No sympathy for the creative class

They’re pampered, privileged, indulged – part of the “cultural elite.” They spend all their time smoking pot and sipping absinthe. To use a term that’s acquired currency lately, they’re entitled . And they’re not – after all – real Americans. This what we hear about artists, architects, musicians, writers and others like them. And it’s part of the reason the struggles of the creative class in ...