A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Astros players criticizing fans who booed their playoff performance
• A new junior hockey team in Houston being forced to delay their debut
• An NFL rule requiring football players to arrive the night before kickoff, even when their game is a short bus ride away

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum
• Lisa Falkenberg, senior columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Dueling perspectives on the state takeover of HISD
• People using Waffle House to track where Hurricane Isaias is doing damage

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Marcus Davis, owner of the Breakfast Klub restaurant
• Tessa Barrera, co-host of Hello Houston
• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s preferred banned book list for schools includes a Holocaust memoir that’s soon-to-be required reading for Texas 8th graders
• A former Katy police officer facing charges he misused Flock cameras to stalk his ex-wife
• A Houston-area restaurant dropping tap-to-pay technology to fight back against fraudsters

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston
• Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum
• Lisa Falkenberg, senior columnist with the Houston Chronicle

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Houston promising to never annex The Woodlands
• The Trump administration reportedly no longer trying to cut or eliminate FEMA
• Austin now having the tallest building in Texas

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Marcus Davis, owner of the Breakfast Klub restaurant
• Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting
• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• President Trump saying he'd give each American $5,000 if the GOP retains control of Congress
• ABC refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff
• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown
• Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• UT eliminating majors covering race, ethnicity, and gender studies
• Houston’s John McClain being dropped from the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee
• Houston’s Chicken Wing Festival running out of wings

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Jack Young, University of Houston theatre professor
• Joy Sewing, news columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• Bob Sanborn, CEO of Children at Risk

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Gov. Greg Abbott pausing new data centers until energy and water usage can be audited
• The internet search company DuckDuckGo selling out of its sunglasses that do nothing
• A simple chord change by an organ being a reason for celebration at a German church

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff
• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown

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A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• Houston ranking as the second-least safe city in the U.S. in a new ranking by SmartAsset
• eBay settling for almost $50 million with a couple harassed by its former employees
• John Oliver challenging the litigious habits of Buc-ee's with a new line of merchandise

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Lisa Falkenberg, senior columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• Jack Young, University of Houston theatre professor
• Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum

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