Monument to fascist Balbo likely to remain, but aldermen could still rename street. He's back on campus for the concluding year of his master's program, and is appealing the failing grade. Cal McNair reveals a grin from behind his stately desk, a grin more childlike than one might expect from a 51-year-old man sporting a head full of gray hair and a thick, mature mustache. Now that he's doing that in his dream job, he wants it for as long as possible. Maria Pappas reveals the dirty not-so-secret inequity of TIFs. Much more vocal. She's a real lady and real gentle. Earlier in the week, the McNair family and the … That almost defines his mom. Absolutely. By Victor Mather The Houston Texans released the … "Cal has always said the one thing he really wanted to do was work with his dad," said Janice McNair, Bob's wife and Cal's mother. Texans COO Cal McNair, center, and his father Bob, the team's owner, right, will offer their input to coach Gary Kubiak, left, but don't like to step on his toes. He's going to be here. McNair still got an F for the course. Patience leading to future gains became a theme in Bob McNair's life and businesses, including the Texans. Without another way to get to school, Bob would hitchhike. ", "When we got the assignment," McNair says, "I went to my apartment and had a conversation with myself. But what's interesting about Whitman, in his poetry, he's working incredibly hard to establish African-American humanity, at a time when that is the rare position. ", "Whitman was a racist, but so was virtually every other white person then alive in America," Reynolds says. “Simply put, there has been no person in the past decade who has made a greater impact on the Texans organization than J.J. Watt,” team co-founder and senior chair Janice McNair … ", So "I can understand the student's perspective," Reynolds says. 2020 Money. My job isn't to take over any of their jobs. | On Culture. The author of the great, pioneering, humanitarian, free-verse epic Song of Myself? The Oilers' last year in Houston was 1996. They went on canoe trips and went hunting, mostly bird hunting. That's how I feel. Whitman considered blacks to be less evolved than whites, opposed voting rights for them, and didn't think they'd survive as a race to … "In the first couple editions of Leaves of Grass, there is a progressive, even radical, political edge. People notice Cal McNair's unobtrusive nature right away and how it contrasts with his father. Karen Lewis knew you donât make a lot of friends in high places when you stand up for teachers and poor kids. Last spring quarter, Northwestern University music student Timothy McNair, a master's candidate in voice, had a problem with an assignment in Professor Donald Nally's chorale class. But he'll be the one holding that sucker up, I hope for a long time. Nally replied that he could either sing the song or stop coming to class and fail the course. He's hunted lions, leopards (like the one mounted on an octagonal base in his office), elephants and his favorite, buffalo. Five months ago, he became the organization's chief operating officer. Most of the time, Cal McNair will stand quietly beside his father, or sit quietly by him, perhaps on the golf cart labeled "Mr. McNair" that serves as their quick transportation around Reliant Stadium and to the Texans' practice facility across the street. "Dad's not going anywhere," Cal said. I think giving him the title of chief operating officer gave him a lot of confidence. Watt announced via Twitter that he asked the McNair … It was about the size of a briefcase," Cal McNair said. But for now, the former walk-on football player at the University of Texas delights in his job as if he is still the young child who used to cling to his father when he tried to leave for work. 'Every morning I wake up, I can't wait to get to my job.' I don't know exactly what he did to get people mad at him.". of 30. Bob McNair is 75. ", tania.ganguli@chron.com twitter.com/taniaganguli, McNair's son well-versed in the family business. Was every single person in the 19th century a racist, compared with what we try to be in the 21st century? "I love playing football," Cal said. The Daily Reader, Early Warnings, and Food & Drink e-mails, Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content), I pegged my boyfriend and now he wants to be âthe girlâ.