Email Author Jim Schutze
Awards
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2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards
"Dallas Morning News Tippy-Toes Away"
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2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011
"How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist"
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2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards
"Picking Apart The Dallas Morning News' Smug Sense"
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2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 6, 2011
"Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle"
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2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 5, 2011
"The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality"
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2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 7, 2011
"So John Wiley Price Really Wanted Some Land..."
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2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published September 29, 2011
"Lowering the Bars"
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2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published May 27, 2010
"Into the Wild"
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2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 11, 2010
"Hammer Time"
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2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010
"Mr. Unknown"
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2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010
"Low Riders"
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2011 - Lone Star Awards, published May 27, 2010
"Into the Wild"
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2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 23, 2010
"Return to Sender"
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2011 - Lone Star Awards, published October 28, 2010
"Going to Extremes"
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2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009
"Off Course"
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2010 - Lone Star Awards, published October 15, 2009
"Guilty"
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2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009
"Whitewashing Reality"
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2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009
"Irony City"
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2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 23, 2009
"Whitewashing Reality"
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2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009
"The Fall Guy"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 21, 2008
"Eat My Dirt"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 31, 2008
"What's in a Nombre"
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2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 17, 2008
"No Nature for Old Men"
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2009 - Lone Star Awards, published November 20, 2008
"What Chutzpah!"
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2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 4, 2007
"City Hall's Same Sick Story"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004
"Call 911"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004
"Call 911"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published May 19, 2005
"Bozo Rules"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published June 16, 2005
"Stuff It"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published January 13, 2005
"Garbage to You"
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2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005
"Mayorzilla"
2012 Stories by Jim Schutze
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Let's Take a Day Away from Anger and Talk about Dogs
published Dec 31, 2012
Oh, it's the very last day of the year, and I'm just not going to write about that damned fiscal cliff thing because it makes me so angry, and I don't feel like ending the year on that note. I want on... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Back to the Future: Jim Sends Greetings from the Bottom of the Cliff in 2112
published Dec 28, 2012
This is my end-of-the-year lawn, but I'm so grateful to you loyal lawners out there for showing up, I'm going to go you one better. In fact, 100 better. This is "Get Off My Lawn" from the year 2112. ... More >>
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Audubon Center, Other Trinity Sites Would Be Better if City Gives Up that Bird-brained Road
published Dec 27, 2012
A couple of days ago The Dallas Morning News reported that the new Audubon Center, a vaunted jewel in the tiara of the Trinity River project, is sucking wind already, failing to attract the visitors ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Spending the Holidays Surrounded by America-Hating Asshats
published Dec 26, 2012
This is the first holiday season I can remember in which people stood around the Yule log talking about the country going off a cliff. No, wait. That's not the big part. The big part is that some of t... More >>
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I Swore Off Pets Forever, and Then These Two Came Along
published December 27, 2012
This holiday season we are sharing our home with two rescue dogs, and, yes, frankly, I do believe it makes me holier than thou, thank you for... More >>
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It's Hard to Teach Kids to Read if They Only Want to Burn Down the School
published Dec 21, 2012
Somewhere somehow we just got on the wrong track, folks. All these issues like the public schools, crime, unemployment: We're still trying to rearrange the furniture when the house is already on fire.... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Mike Miles is a Dead Boss Walking
published Dec 20, 2012
OK, business-community school reformers. I believe you mean well. But your guy is toast. You recruited a school superintendent who cannot and will not make it in the big city. You can get all stubbor... More >>
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After the Newtown Massacre, It's Easy to Fear the Weirdos, but Be Careful Who You Call Weirdo
published Dec 19, 2012
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Golf Course Plan Needs a Strong Long Game
published December 20, 2012
Last week when the Dallas City Council was deciding whether to donate public land for a private golf course venture in southern Dallas, I... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Why Do We Need High-Capacity Clips on Our Gunsr Really: We Want to Know.
published Dec 18, 2012
Alright, believe it or not, this is a question, not a diatribe. I really do want to know. What is the downside of a ban on high-capacity ammo clipsr First I should ask: Do you think high-capacity cli... More >>
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AT&T Doesn't Have Its Southern Dallas Golf Course Yet, But It Sure Has Balls
published Dec 17, 2012
I am not calling names. If anything, I feel a certain admiration. The sheer audacity impresses me. And I do not know that it's an all-bad thing. I just wonder if this can really work. This morning Th... More >>
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Is Irving Ahead of Dallas in Preparing for Global Trade When the Panama Canal Expandsr
published Dec 14, 2012
Time to read the tea leaves. Avi Selk at The Dallas Morning News is report-tweeting this morning that the Irving City Council has slapped its mayor by voting to pay transportation consultant David Dea... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
We White Folks Are Apparently Very Bummed Out About No Longer Being America's Majority
published Dec 13, 2012
Damn. Now I'm all in a twist. There are three separate stories in The New York Times today dealing directly or indirectly with my people. White people. I think I need some kind of a do-over on that wh... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Dreams of Fabulous Wealth Can Come True at DISD
published Dec 12, 2012
Lots of people have nightmares. I do. So whatr I've never covered that up. I told you about the one in which I work for The Dallas Morning News and I have to go in every day and write positive stories... More >>
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Why Again Would a Golf Course Bring Wealth to Southern Dallas?
published December 13, 2012
The concept of the cargo cult was invented by white anthropologists to explain the behavior of black Pacific Islanders. We shouldn't be... More >>
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Why Won't City Hall Count Its Moneyr Because Then Someone Would Be Accountable.
published Dec 11, 2012
The cops still aren't counting the cash drawer. Unbelievable. A decade after Dallas Police got caught running a massive scam out of their cash accounts, deliberately framing innocent people on fake dr... More >>
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As the National GOP Leaps into the 20th Century, Ted Cruz and His Texas Pals Cling to the 19th
published Dec 10, 2012
Last Thursday, New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks said Republicans, smarting from Mitt Romney's defeat, have learned their lesson and are undergoing what Brooks described as a "glasnos... More >>
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Blah, Blah, Blah -- Some Slippery Slope Blather About Marijuana Legalization
published Dec 07, 2012
This is just between us libtards, OKr The rest of you, if you don't mind, could we have the room for a minuter You might want to step outside, check on your Tea Party stuff, see if any immigrant babie... More >>
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Why Mike Miles Needs to Stop Defending High Salaries and Start Riding a Bike to Work ... Now
published Dec 06, 2012
Mike. I'm talking to you. Your whole story now, your profile, is all about the Miles-high salaries. "DALLAS ISD SUPERINTENDENT DEFENDS HIGH SALARIES..." "DISD'S NEW COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF WILL MAKE $1... More >>
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Bob Costas' Sin: By Talking About Gun Violence, He Let Reality Intrude into Football's Fantasyland
published Dec 05, 2012
So what was it -- really -- that got everybody so fired up about Bob Costas' timid little attempt at a gun control message on Sunday Night Football last Sundayr Was it less about gun violence than the... More >>
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Aerial Spraying Against West Nile Needs Debate
published December 6, 2012
Attention-span test: You do remember ... please tell me you remember ... that they sprayed pesticide on you from airplanes last August. I am... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Government Handouts for Hollywood: Remember When Businesses and Workers Had Prider
published Dec 04, 2012
Today's story in The New York Times about Hollywood coming to Pontiac, Michigan, is one long sad letter from home for me. I could almost laugh if I could just get over the temptation to cry. I worked... More >>
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Texas' Generous Tax Giveaways for Biz Look Less Magical When You Do the Math
published Dec 03, 2012
Eric has already noticed The New York Times piece this morning focused on Dallas' own G. Brint Ryan as a sort of national go-to fixer for companies seeking generous tax breaks from state and local gov... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
OK, We Get it Already. The Perot Science Museum is Freakin' Wonderful.
published Nov 30, 2012
Had it again last night. The nightmare. The one where I work for The Dallas Morning News. Woke up with the sweats. It's always the same. The story meeting. In my dream the editor leading the meeting ... More >>
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As Sandy's Tab Comes Due, It's Time to Rethink Flood Insurance Everywhere (Including Dallas)
published Nov 29, 2012
Two experts from the Monterrey Institute of International Studies have an op-ed piece in The New York Times this morning advocating the abandonment of the National Flood Insurance Program, which is ab... More >>
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