Email Author Mark Donald

2000 Stories by Mark Donald

• Meet John Doe

  published December 14, 2000

  Let's say you're a disgruntled employee working for corporation, and your boss, the CEO, really pisses you off. You've grown weary of his sharp... More >>

• Casual Day Casualties

  published December 14, 2000

  It spread like some contagion, ruthlessly ravaging the wardrobes of lawyers across the city. First there was the occasional "casual day." Dressing... More >>

• Prisoners of Love

  published November 30, 2000

  If you want to survive prison, there is only one way to do your time: Mind your own business. Prison culture demands that you keep to yourself and... More >>

• The Resurrection of Sandy Kress

  published October 19, 2000

  His voice sounds so familiar--deep, resonant, dweebishly articulate--as he defends George W. Bush in front of a swarm of stinging reporters. His... More >>

• Cheap Thrills

  published October 19, 2000

  Charles "Chuck" Muñoz says he's led a structured life: organized, conservative, somewhat guarded. At 43, he doesn't seem like someone who... More >>

• Paper Chase

  published October 12, 2000

  Having grown up Jewish in Dallas, I rarely read the Texas Jewish Post--OK, one time when my sister got married and the newspaper ran her... More >>

• Meatball Politics

  published August 24, 2000

  The platter of Swedish meatballs told the whole story. Each ball was chewy and just the right size to pop into your mouth at a political function... More >>

• Sins of a Preacher Man

  published August 17, 2000

  When Bill Price entered a room full of politicians, his droopy eyes would light up, his blasé demeanor would turn commanding. The same thing... More >>

• Behind the curve

  published July 20, 2000

  Back in the day, if you had asked Ruby Bouie about her drug of choice, she would have told you right out, "Whatever you got, honey." Booze, pot,... More >>

• E-publish or perish

  published July 13, 2000

  You boot up your computer. Go online. Punch in the address www.TimberwolfPress.com and hit "enter."... More >>

• Burned into memory

  published June 22, 2000

  Bob Brightwell is reluctant to talk about it, and he damn sure doesn't want to be photographed. Not with the skin grafts that discolor his... More >>

• War of words

  published May 18, 2000

  As far as civil disobedience goes, the protest in front of The Dallas Morning News early Friday morning was about as obedient as it... More >>

• Cyber bore

  published May 11, 2000

  April 27, 2000. Dateline Dotcompound. Somewhere in a secluded section of North Dallas, the DotComGuy, a Dallas techno-geek who has cut... More >>

• Battle for the barrio

  published April 20, 2000

  It's February 2000, the primary season is in full tilt, and busy worker bees from both parties are delivering their yard signs, marking their... More >>

• Analyze this

  published April 13, 2000

  As lambs to slaughter they come, pitiful men with middle-age paunches, clueless characters with bad teeth, tortured souls who have emotionally... More >>

• Catch as catch can

  published March 9, 2000

  Working homicide for the last 20 years, Dallas Detective Jesse Briseno was all too familiar with the pattern -- a dead body, a thorough... More >>

• Impossible dreamer

  published March 2, 2000

  Bobby Wightman-Cervantes insists on explaining himself, purposefully slowing the rapid-fire patter of his New York twang to make himself... More >>

• Gimme shelter

  published February 10, 2000

  The scripture inscribed on his stationery offers some indication of just how sacredly immigration attorney John Wheat Gibson takes his calling:... More >>

• The king of Cockrell Hill

  published February 3, 2000

  When you meet him, you can't help but like Aurelio Castillo. At 36, he's a big man, but in the jolly sense of the term. There's no menace to his... More >>

• PAC men

  published January 6, 2000

  It was Craig Murphy's idea, really. The Oak Cliff Democratic precinct chairman was tired of listening to the party faithful moaning about how... More >>