"Cragg Hines is a Washington, D.C. based political opinion columnist. He is currently employed by the Houston Chronicle. Hines is generally regarded to write from a liberal political perspective.
"Hines has been employed at the Chronicle since 1972 and served as the paper's Washington bureau chief for almost two decades. He was previously a writer for United Press International.
"Hines is noted for his hard hitting and sometimes acerbic writing style."
--Wikepedia
Hines is an Ultra Leftist and is one of the reasons I canceled my subscription of the Chronicle.
Craig Hines
http://tinyurl.com/99wb2
Hines was formerly a writer and editor for United Press International in Dallas, Little Rock and Austin. He has been designated a Congressional Fellow, a Ford Foundation-funded program of the American Political Science Association.