Email Author Jim Schutze

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Dallas Morning News Tippy-Toes Away"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Picking Apart The Dallas Morning News' Smug Sense"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 6, 2011

  "Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 5, 2011

  "The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 7, 2011

  "So John Wiley Price Really Wanted Some Land..."

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published September 29, 2011

  "Lowering the Bars"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 11, 2010

  "Hammer Time"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Mr. Unknown"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Low Riders"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 23, 2010

  "Return to Sender"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published October 28, 2010

  "Going to Extremes"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Off Course"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Guilty"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009

  "Irony City"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "The Fall Guy"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 21, 2008

  "Eat My Dirt"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 31, 2008

  "What's in a Nombre"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 17, 2008

  "No Nature for Old Men"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published November 20, 2008

  "What Chutzpah!"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 4, 2007

  "City Hall's Same Sick Story"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published May 19, 2005

  "Bozo Rules"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published June 16, 2005

  "Stuff It"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published January 13, 2005

  "Garbage to You"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Mayorzilla"

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2013 Stories by Jim Schutze

• FEATURED STORY

  Last Night's Vote in Dallas ISD Was a Win for Mike Miles and a Loss for John Wiley Price

  published May 24, 2013

  Look, life is not football. It's more important. I do get that. But, sorry. At a certain point in last night's Dallas ISD board meeting, a big scoreboard flashed in my mind. MIKE MILES, 7. JOHN WILEY ... More >>

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  In the War to Reform Dallas ISD, Tonight's Battle Might Be the Bloodiest Yet

  published May 23, 2013

  Today is a key moment in the battle for school reform in Dallas, as a list of school principals to be fired goes before the school board. (Check back tonight for the body count.) The main opposition t... More >>

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  America's Need for Immigration Reform Is on Display at a Graduation Ceremony Near You

  published May 22, 2013

  Yesterday when my wife, son and I were driving back from Lubbock, the news on my tablet told me that Phyllis Schlafly, president of the Eagle Forum, Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, and T... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Mike Miles versus The World

  published May 23, 2013

  This is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I... More >>

• So Long, Suhm

  published May 23, 2013

  I knew some people whose only kid went off to college. Tears, blubbering, World War II refugee-style moving day with boxes lashed to the top of... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Strong Mayor: Mike Rawlings Loses the Game but Wins the Crowd at Literacy Center Benefit

  published May 17, 2013

  Damn. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings got me last night. I resisted, but he got me. Anyway, I finally found the answer to a question that has long nagged me. When he does that affable dumb jock routiner Y... More >>

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  How Mary Suhm's Departure Could Help Usher in a New and Improved Dallas

  published May 16, 2013

  Tons of talk already, of course, about this morning's announcement that City Manager Mary Suhm is stepping down. I tend to go with the end of the spectrum that's viewing it as ushering in the End Time... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Who Died and Made the Sixth Floor Museum the King of Dealey Plazar

  published May 16, 2013

  Last night the history group called Preservation Dallas gave a special award to Lindalyn Adams, one of the people who created The Sixth Floor, the Kennedy assassination museum downtown. That's grea... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Thanks a Bunch, IRS. Now We Gotta Respect the Tea Party -- a Little Bit.

  published May 15, 2013

  Wow. I take it all back, Tea Party. You cool. In fact, I'm jealous. Targeted by the IRS. There was a time when that would have been my dream come true. I remember back in the day when my hippie fri... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Mouthy Kids Like Jeff Bliss Might Be the Best Measure of Teachers We Have

  published May 13, 2013

  OK, I'll bite. Now that my two favorite psycho-moral philosophers have offered their opinions of the long-haired viral Duncanville kid who told off his teacher, I guess I will, too. I can't stay out o... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Lessons of the West Explosion: Government Regulation Bad; Government Money Good

  published May 10, 2013

  All I want is to connect the dots. You help me. Mayor Tommy Muska, whose town of West just suffered what has been called the worst industrial accident in the 15-year history of the U.S. Chemical Safet... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  NAACP's Juanita Wallace Ready to Cancel DISD Superintendent Mike Miles' Black Card

  published May 09, 2013

  Working on a big story about school reform these days. (Note to editor: definitely see completion this year, possibly early next. Best way you can help -- make sure I keep up my darned morale.) Speak... More >>

• FEATURED STORY

  Of Murder, Cupcakes and a Silly Way of Looking at How We Should Grieve

  published May 08, 2013

  Michael Vincent Moore, 57, arrested in the murder of his niece, 16-year-old Alicia Moore of Greenville, can still turn out to be utterly innocent, uninvolved in any way, when the wheels of justice slo... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  SMU's Deal with Bush Library Threatens University's Academic Independence

  published May 07, 2013

  You know what's wrong with the Bush Presidential Center at SMUr It's not a terrible thing or place in and of itself, yet. But what's wrong already is that it represents such a lay-down by the leadersh... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Now Dallas Business Leaders Are Lining Up Against Mike Miles. But Whyr

  published May 06, 2013

  Three prominent Dallas business leaders have written a caustic public letter to Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles, taking him to task generally for not conferring with them personally on school ref... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  House Bill Wants to Protect Internet Privacy from Employers' Snooping. What Privacyr

  published May 03, 2013

  The Texas House is about to pass a bill that would bar employers from forcing employees and job applicants to cough up their social media passwords. Proponents here and around the country claim socia... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  John Wiley Price is Right -- This Time -- to Support Health Director on Mosquito Spraying

  published May 02, 2013

  Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is exactly right to support Zachary Thompson, the county's embattled health director responsible for fighting West Nile disease. Zachary Thompson is exactl... More >>

• Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets?

  published May 2, 2013

  Last week the city's only daily newspaper published a package of three opinion pieces about the new George W. Bush presidential library in... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Americans Under 30 the Most Cynical Bunch Ever. Good for Them. And Us.

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Took a few days off to go canoeing on the Buffalo River in Arkansas -- always a fine way to clear the mind and ease the soul -- and came home to wonderful news: The Harvard Institute of Politics relea... More >>

• The Times' Jill Abramson is Coming to Town. Be Sure to Follow Her Speech on Twitter.

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Jill Abramson, executive editor of my favorite daily newspaper, The New York Times, will speak in town a week from tomorrow, 10 days later than originally planned. Her announced topic will be the same... More >>

• From West to Boston to China: Terrible Things Happen. You Have Two Weeks to Get Over It.

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Just so people won't get caught unaware, I want to point out that the town of West has until a week from tomorrow to grieve. That will be two weeks from the time of the industrial accident that blew u... More >>

• Be Very Afraid: In the Texas House, the Gun Lobby and the Boston Bombing, the Fear-Mongerers are Winning

  published Apr 22, 2013

  So who exactly wants innocent people sent to prison for lifer C'mon. You know this one. We all know the answer. It's the same people who think we should toss out the Constitution and put American citi... More >>

• A Better Way on the Trinity Highway

  published April 18, 2013

  Let's be real, for a change, about the debate over building an eight-lane highway along the river at the western border of downtown. Sometimes... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Senator Ted Cruz Wants Everyone to Shut Up About Guns. Senate Tells Him to Stick It.

  published Apr 12, 2013

  What does it mean that Republicans and independents joined Democrats yesterday to shut down Texas Senator Ted Cruz's anti-gun reform filibusterr It means Cruz lost a lot more than his filibuster. At... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Lowering Testing Standards is not an Effort to Help Poor Kids. It's a Way to Screw Them.

  published Apr 11, 2013

  Story in The New York Times this morning about efforts in the Texas Legislature to cut back testing and course requirements for graduation from high school. If you sort through, most the alligator-tea... More >>