Email Author Matt Pulle

Awards

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "Empty Victory"

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2006 Stories by Matt Pulle

• Ain't Too Proud to Beg

  published December 28, 2006

  There are any number of crappy songs I never need to hear again, including the entire Styx and Steve Miller catalogs and, most of all, John... More >>

• Fed-up Feds

  published December 14, 2006

  In February 2005, Alice Lynch-Fullen visited her brother, Christopher Lynch, at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center after he was arrested on rape... More >>

• Ridin' Dirty

  published December 14, 2006

  Few things are as tacky as a Gaylord Hotel. Big, brash and garish, Gaylord's larger-than-life accomodations hit you on the head with their... More >>

• Paying the Piper

  published December 7, 2006

  An inmate lawsuit, whose allegations of incompetence and neglect at the Dallas County jail have been echoed by a pair of internal investigations... More >>

• Holiday Haggis

  published December 7, 2006

  To paraphrase the old Saturday Night Live skit, if it's not A Scottish Christmas, it's crap. Which is all the more reason why... More >>

• Tongue Twisted

  published November 30, 2006

  No matter what the city, school board meetings can be bizarre spectacles that blend clumsy gestures of civic pride with demoralizing flashes of... More >>

• Trial by Fire

  published November 30, 2006

  There are hazards in allowing partisan voters to select local judges. As a defense attorney, Carter Thompson handles mostly low-profile... More >>

• Training Day

  published November 30, 2006

  We understand there are many reasons why people think that Fort Worth is a better city than Dallas. A much cooler downtown, more affordable homes,... More >>

• Accidental Victors

  published November 16, 2006

  If you think the local Democratic Party achieved its victory in Dallas County last week through good luck and timing, the rise of Jim Foster won't... More >>

• Dream of the 'Pokes Fan

  published November 9, 2006

  Here's our kind of Sunday: Sleep in way late, feast on pigs-in-a-blanket and watch the Cowboys beat up on the lowly Arizona Cardinals.... More >>

• Trophy Hunt

  published November 2, 2006

  Previewing what promises to be a raucous and competitive Dallas Mavericks home opener against the San Antonio Spurs is so easy a... More >>

• Can I Get a Witness?

  published October 19, 2006

  The sound of gunfire broke the calm of a clear, cold February morning just a few hours before dawn. Rushing through the breezeway of a southeast... More >>

• She Can't Overcome

  published October 19, 2006

  The Reverend Peter Johnson is a civil rights activist and former confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. who spoke at an anti-Iraqi war... More >>

• Artful Greetings

  published October 19, 2006

  I'm not sure you can judge an art exhibit by its name, but calling a Miami-themed showcase of paintings and collages "say hello to my little... More >>

• Blacked Out

  published October 12, 2006

  Here's a quick lesson for all police officers: Pulling over the president of the Dallas NAACP branch could be hazardous to your career. Just ask... More >>

• Press Time

  published October 12, 2006

  If you could somehow cross The Daily Show with All the President's Men and add a touch of A Chorus Line, you might end up... More >>

• Awkward

  published September 28, 2006

  David Kunkle could have hung up the phone. Or bullied us into killing our story. He could have tried to guilt us by saying that he expected the... More >>

• Wilting Rose

  published September 28, 2006

  Wilting Rose: Four days before the November 7 general election, candidate Rose Renfroe--sorry, we mean Rosita--won't be able... More >>

• Oh, Perry

  published September 21, 2006

  It's not enough that Governor Rick Perry owes his political career to good fortune and better timing. Now he's creating his own luck. After... More >>

• Dirty South

  published September 21, 2006

  Jeff Foxworthy is the comic equivalent of Rascal Flatts—someone who pretends to represent the authentic South, who, in fact, appeals... More >>

• Follywood

  published September 14, 2006

  There was a time, before the lawsuits, the criminal complaints and the machinations of a has-been actress, when the Saabs and the Rhoduses were... More >>

• Strong Enough?

  published September 14, 2006

  There are some professions that should be as selective as possible: doctor, teacher, crocodile hunter and, of course, firefighter. But when asked... More >>

• Low standards

  published September 14, 2006

  Low standards: Well, apparently if you're a male and you flunked the fire department's new physical agility test, you may be in... More >>

• Summer(tell)all

  published September 7, 2006

  Pat Summerall is a legendary broadcaster, the longtime ying to John Madden's yap. But underneath his cool, soft-spoken exterior lies a... More >>

• Party Poop

  published August 31, 2006

  Rose Renfroe didn't exactly call her Democratic opponent Scott Chase a pedophile, but she came awfully close. Now he's refusing to support her in... More >>