EPISODE · Mar 14, 2025 · 15 MIN
Southwest ends free bag-checking: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Houston Matters · host Michael Hagerty
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: A U.S. Representative from Texas misgendering a colleague during a Congressional hearing Southwest Airlines announcing the end of its free bag-checking policy. The Texas Rangers releasing a ballcap with an ill-advised Spanish language faux pas.Our panel of non-experts this week includes: Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists
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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: A U.S. Representative from Texas misgendering a colleague during a Congressional hearing Southwest Airlines announcing the end of its free bag-checking policy. The Texas Rangers releasing a ballcap with an ill-advised Spanish language faux pas.Our panel of non-experts this week includes: Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists
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