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:

• Like the rest of us, Houston's Office of Emergency Management being without a power outage map during Hurricane Beryl
• Exploding soda cans on some Southwest Airlines flights
• The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile getting in a bit of a pickle

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Jessica Brown, co-director of Station Theater
• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff

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:

• Elon Musk moving more of his companies to Texas
• Astros mascot Orbit getting booed at the All-Star Game in Arlington
• A Texan named "Literally Anybody Else" running for president

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting

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:

• Uncertainty about bike sharing in Houston after Houston BCycle shut down
• Transit trains in Houston are getting blander, while ones in Boston are getting googly eyes

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown
• Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing

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 social media comment making the strange working relationship between Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo...even stranger
• The Texas A&M baseball coach heatedly swearing he planned to never take another job again...only to go to UT the next day
• Champion eater Joey Chestnut finding a different hot dog eating contest (in Texas) for the Fourth of July, after being banned from the Nathan's contest

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Marcus Davis, owner of the Breakfast Klub restaurant
• Jessica Brown, co-director of Station Theater

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:

• METRO not pursuing federal funding for a shelved bus-rapid transit project used in part to sell voters on a $3.5 billion bond five years ago
• The U.S. Surgeon General calling for warning labels on social media platforms, like the ones on cigarette packages
• A rare strawberry moon appearing over Texas for the first time since 1985

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Lisa Falkenberg, editor of opinion for the Houston Chronicle
• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff

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:

• Kyle Rittenhouse getting a new gig with Texas Gun Rights
• Sony Pictures buying Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas
• Competitive eater Joey Chestnut being banned from competing in this year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4th

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
• Marco Roberts, chairman of the Texas Conservative Liberty Forum

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 study suggests air quality in Houston could improve if everybody switched to electric vehicles
• HISD mistakenly informing some families that their students had to attend summer school or be held back a year

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing
• Raúl Ramos, associate professor of history at the University of Houston
• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown

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:

• Mayor Whitmire arguing a transit line isn't necessary from Gulfton to The Galleria because people from Gulfton are “largely undocumented immigrants”
• Records from the Negro Leagues officially becoming part of Major League Baseball history

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff
• Natalie Arceneaux, president of Arceneaux International Consulting