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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2011 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Dallas Way to Honor John F. Kennedy in November 2013: Silence Pesky Free Speech

  published Oct 31, 2011

  Dear John F. Kennedy Library Foundation: Good move on blowing off the Sixth Floor Museum and executive director Nicola Longford regarding her plans for a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Kennedy... More >>

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  Paranoia Grips Dallas County Government Workers -- For Good Reason

  published Oct 28, 2011

  Maybe you've been following the saga of Lisa Chambers, the Dallas County homeland security director who was canned this week over who knows what. The only part of it I'm really personally interested i... More >>

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  Our Gang: Welcome Dallas County Government, Where Interfering with the FBI is Part of the Job

  published Oct 27, 2011

  I think of everything the wrong way, from a skewed perspective. Who knows whyr Maybe I got dropped on my head as a baby. But here's how I'm looking at this deal in which Dallas County Judge Craig Jenk... More >>

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  "Tired of Being Ignored and Insulted," Paul Quinn Students Round Up Powerful and Familiar Faces for City Hall Protest

  published Oct 26, 2011

  New Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is in for the first serious grassroots challenge to his leadership -- a march on City Hall announced today by a broad-based coalition of young Southern Dallas leaders, L... More >>

• Rick Perry's Balanced-Budget Illusion

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Now this is something I could really kick myself for. I can take being wrong. It's one thing to be accused of being too Pollyanna. (Not sure that has actually ever happened.) But the one thing I canno... More >>

• How Hateful Was Robert Jeffress's Mormonism-Is-a-Cult Liner Very, If You Know History.

  published Oct 24, 2011

  Alfredo Corchado has a story in today's Dallas Morning News about Mitt Romney's Mexican relatives: "Mitt Romney's relatives in Mexico are supportive but wary." It's a topic that has been in the back o... More >>

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  Talk the Talk: Mayor Mike's Pals Shovel Up the BS at Council Retreat

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Look, I know I just covered this in a column in the paper, but I can't resist coming back to the theme of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings as a so-what clone of the last mayor we had around here, Tom Lepper... More >>

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  A Giant Ferris Wheel Next to JFK Memorialr Great Idea. Finally We'll Be World-Class!

  published Oct 19, 2011

  Big disagreement. My house. Now. Ferris wheel next to Kennedy memorial. Wife, a Dallas native. Self, a carpetbagger. Wife, tasteful. Self, not. Wife says Yankees will criticize city. Self say, so what... More >>

• Is Mike Rawlings Leppert 2.0?

  published October 20, 2011

  OK, all you Mike Rawlings fans: I sure hope you like your new "progressive" Democrat mayor, the man who was going to make such a big difference... More >>

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  On City Hall Ethics, Mayor Mike Passes the Buck

  published Oct 18, 2011

  So let's see if we can ride this circus train. Mike Rawlings runs for mayor pledging to clean up the "ethics" issue at Dallas City Hall. And if I may offer a small correction here at the top, I think ... More >>

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  The Inland Port Is Still Screwed. Score One for the Perots.

  published Oct 17, 2011

  I guess if you took a pickax and a fire hose to it, you could have dug out a little bit of the truth from this morning's City Hall briefing on the inland port, but you needed to have your tall rubber ... More >>

• Come On, DPD Chief Brown, Don't Let a Few Curse Words Get in the Way of a Good Story

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Oh, come on, Chief Brown. Please. You've been great so far. Don't go all Bolton on us. Earlier this week the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas threw in with former Dallas city council member... More >>

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  The Insurance Man Knows What Rick Perry Doesn't About Climate Change

  published Oct 13, 2011

  There is a point in the climate change debate where theory turns into money, and Rick Perry may help us all get to that point sooner. It's a reality that hasn't had time to filter down to Main Street... More >>

• I Have Come to the Conclusion That Dallas's Occupiers Are a Bunch of Wusses

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Wow. I came home late last night from the Occupy Dallas camp at Pioneer Plaza downtown and couldn't get to sleep for the longest. Something about what I had seen down there was tearing me up, but I co... More >>

• Life's Cheap. Levees Aren't.

  published October 13, 2011

  God may still be in his or her heaven. I'm not up on that. But I think he's about to vacate the regional headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of... More >>

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  City Hall Tells Dallas Occupiers to Get Insurance or Else. They're Leaning Toward "Or Else."

  published Oct 11, 2011

  At 1:20 this morning Boston police stormed an Occupy encampment in Boston Greenway park, hauled off more than 100 protesters in cable-tie cuffs and tore down their tents. Everybody in the Occupy Dal... More >>

• When Dallas Decides It's Over Being Occupied, That's When Things Could Get Ugly

  published Oct 10, 2011

  Start the countdown. How long will it be before Dallas City Hall decides to evict the Occupy protest campers from Pioneer Plazar You know it's coming. If the Occupy Dallas anti-corporate-greed protes... More >>

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  Say What You Will About Occupy Dallas. But I Find It Inspiring. That's Right. You Heard Me.

  published Oct 07, 2011

  I walked for a while yesterday with those Occupy Dallas people. I don't care what anybody says. They're cool. You know whyr Because they're awake. People were all over the map about their specific iss... More >>

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  Rick Perry Says He's Mr. Grassroots, But His Trans-Texas Flop Suggests Otherwise

  published Oct 05, 2011

  Tea Party people say they hate Washington and its top-down style of governance. They're the political version of eat-local. Everything should be grassroots. Here in Texas the Tea Party loves Governor... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle

  published October 6, 2011

  In his quest for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry says three things: His state's economy is better than America's. Low taxes and small... More >>

• Dumped On

  published October 6, 2011

  Well, students, the last Dallas City Council meeting was a bad one for you, but like a lot of bad days, this day was important. I'm speaking to... More >>

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  Old White People Who Think They Can Just Check Out Should Think Again

  published Oct 04, 2011

  So what is all this anger among the old white people really all aboutr Why are old white people wearing odd costumes and hating the president all the timer We old white people all know exactly what i... More >>

• What a Litttle Protection Between Friendsr Corps, City Differ Over Levees Safety Standards.

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Wow. I think Dallas Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan broke a major national story at today's meeting of the Dallas City Council Trinity River Corridor Project committee. She told the committee that ... More >>

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  Post's Hunting-Camp Story Unfairly Loads Southern Baggage on Perry's Shoulders

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Well, pardon me for making myself important, but I feel like I do bring a certain perspective to the Rick Perry N-word story. For one thing, I just finished a long stretch of reporting on Perry. I hav... More >>

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  Hey, EPA, What Does a Little Cancer Matter When We Have Drilling to Dor

  published Sep 30, 2011

  I had a big light-bulb moment this morning while reading both daily newspapers. We just price things wrong. We need to stop thinking of clean air in terms of dollars and cents and start quantifying it... More >>