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:

• 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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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:

• Missouri City officials approving a road redesign to keep trucks from getting hit by trains at a certain crossing
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dropping its demand for the University of Pennsylvania to turn over a list of Jewish employees
• A survey showing that Americans spend half their free time staring at screens

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Bob Sanborn, CEO of Children at Risk
• Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston
• Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting

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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:

• Two updates on how community response and negotiation behind-the-scenes are paying off, from Montrose getting a new rainbow flag display to Memorial City ice skaters getting more time on their rink
• An AI-derived film called Odysseus: The Fall scheduled to hit streaming services at roughly the same time as Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Marcus Davis, owner of the Breakfast Klub restaurant
• Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists
• Jennifer Hadayia of Air Alliance Houston

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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:

• One of the nation’s top hurricane forecasters lowering its outlook for storms during the Atlantic hurricane season
• Texas lawmakers may try to curb prediction market use among Texas minors

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• Joy Sewing, news columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• 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:

• The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's plans to build new facilities
• Houston finally having the inside track on an NHL expansion team -- unless it ends up in Austin
• An AI-replication of actor Michael Caine’s voice being used to narrate an audiobook of The Odyssey

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Joy Sewing, news columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff
• 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:

• Texas joining the states investigating FIFA over its World Cup ticketing policies
• A sign welcoming World Cup fans to Houston showing a Chilean flag instead of Texas
• A shuttle bus to Buc-ee's being included in public transit for World Cup visitors in Dallas

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists
• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting

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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:

• ERCOT predicts record energy demand this summer
• Houston highways may have influenced local cloud formations
• Hackers used Instagram's AI support to get access to other accounts

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Mary Flood, legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing
• Joy Sewing, news columnist with the Houston Chronicle
• Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum

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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:

• FIFA coming under investigation for how and when it sells tickets to World Cup matches -- and for how much
• Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta buying Caesars Entertainment
• A stationary replica of KITT from Knight Rider grounded in Illinois but somehow getting traffic tickets in New York

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown
• Jack Young, University of Houston theatre professor

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