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The soldiers move through the wheat field, scanning the windswept plain for signs of trouble. There are six of them, dressed in fatigues and body armor, wearing the sunglasses...
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"Getting to No," by Jim Schutze, February 12
Blame Uncle Sammy
As a native and resident of New Orleans who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, I was mortified to see...
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Sex=death: The good news, for all you Texas parents out there, is that the state's public schools are not teaching your kids that babies are delivered by water fowl or that...
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Wow. Have I got a story for you! Headline: Ancient riddle solved! Dallas city officials join with local newspaper to discover root cause of crime.
Apartment owners!
Amazing....
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Dear Mexican: I believe that the words people use to describe other people, intentionally or unintentionally, reflect their political values. But I want to give you the...
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All it takes is a little perspective, really. A little added backstory.
In the story of Abboud Greig, the 74-year-old Fort Worth landlord killed early last month during an...
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Sure, Heartless Bastards is among the latest add-ons to the conga line of garage bands from Dayton, Ohio. But when the band's dusky-voiced linchpin, Erika Wennerstrom,...
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The late Jerry Wexler, who passed away last August at age 91, was best known as an advocate and producer for top R&B and soul artists like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and...
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In the beginning, Philadelphia native Garrett "G. Love" Dutton, who hit the national music scene like a fourth Beastie Boy crossed with splashes of Beck and Bob Dylan, created...
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If, as the saying goes, image is everything, then the satanic-disco duo of Darktown Strutters has everything firmly planted on the prongs of its pitchforks. The terribly...
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It has always been a point of envy how gracefully Alberto Lombardi's restaurants blend casual comfort with a strange sense of pretense. His sort of crowd enjoys homespun...
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Yogilicious
Some people count yogurt as a meal. I call those people shartfaces. They say shit like, "It's good for you if you're trying to cut calories," and "It builds...
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Haven't we been here before? The inbred mutant offspring of Crash and Babel, writer-director Wayne Kramer's Crossing Over treats the subject of illegal immigrants coming to...
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"Punk's not dead!" the Exploited shouted at the world back in '81. But that was then. Punk just turned 30. For sure, being a punk has never been easier. Suppose your mom...
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If you ever watched Captain Planet and the Planeteers as a kid, then you probably remember the kid who had the lamest power: "Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! And...heart?" If only...
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It must be rough being an artist with a name like Ron Pokrasso, but he's been at it for more than 25 years now, making a name for himself in a world where a name quite similar...
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Western swing is forever the music associated with dark dives and greasy diners on the outposts of dusty Texas towns from Pasadena to Archer City to Dallas. It's what makes...
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There's a sure-fire way to check if someone's worth their salt—check out their Wikipedia page. Take, for instance, Neil Sperry. With the upcoming All Texas...
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Always insane and eccentric, he wears a long white lab coat, black gloves and a permanent grin. Beakers in hand and hair on end, he is overly obsessed with his work. From...
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I like how kids always name their toys based on what they are. They call their dolls Dolly, a stuffed horse becomes Horsey and plastic dump trucks are lovingly known as Dumpy....
