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Good Satire or Bad Taste?: The Morning News and a Pulitzer Winner Battle Over a JFK Joke

We were pretty sure that Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Ricks' recent suggestion in the Washington Post that America exile Texas in pursuit of a more perfect union was a joke. Blaming the state for the JFK assassination (without Texas, "John F. Kennedy might still be alive") and the wars in Iraq and A ... More >>

WaterTower, Danny O'Connor is the Comic Hero in Zero

Radio Host Mark Davis Thinks Allowing Women in Combat is an "Outrage Against Humanity"

Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the U.S. military will drop its ban on women serving in combat. For many, this was a long overdue, a commonsense step and an acknowledgment that women are fighting in combat in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and have been for more than a de ... More >>

Five Great 2012 Concerts in Non-Traditional Venues

Certainly, there will be lists coming forth that will discuss the wonderful local tour stops for many national and international bands in 2012, whether Radiohead at the AAC, Sharon Von Etten at Trees or Frank Ocean at South Side Music Hall. See also: - The top five musical resurrections of 2012 ... More >>

Dallas Will Chip In $600,000 to Develop Housing for Veterans

The debate around permanent supportive housing for Dallas' homeless has become incredibly bitter in the past several years , while regulation of private housing for the mentally ill will only really begin come October. But soon one group in dire need of housing will have a few more options: veterans ... More >>

Now Open: Nora on Greenville (Photos)

Lower Greenville Avenue is looking damn good these days. The newly widened streets with inset parking makes it feel like the quiet downtown of a suburb, like Plano or perhaps Coppell. Even after dark, there's noticibly less fear of being run over by a passing truck. It's a good thing. Located at th ... More >>

America's Cops Are Coming to DFW to Learn How "Avatar" Technology Can Keep Cities Safe

In its own words, Raytheon is "a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets," which is a fancy way of saying "We make a lot of money making military shit so the U.S. government doesn't have to." But with the war in Iraq officially over ... More >>

For Former Military Lawyer Colby Vokey, the Defense Never Rests

Once an outspoken judge advocate, Dallas' Colby Vokey was chased from the Marines, but he's still defending troops -- and still speaking his mind.

On Flood Control, Dallas Better Think Nationally or Be Ready to Drown Locally

Man, talk about whistling past the graveyard. At yesterday's Dallas City Council meeting, council members Tennell Atkins and Delia Jasso asked good questions about the city's flood control plans, and City Manager Mary Suhm and her assistant, Jill Jordan, gave good answers. But it was all deck chairs ... More >>

Charlie Daniels Says Westboro Baptist Church Is Neither Baptist Nor a Church

​Sometimes, introductions simply aren't necessary. That may be due to the enormity of the subject's status as a legend, or perhaps it can be credited to the fact that the artist doesn't need anyone to handle the talking for him. Both scenarios apply to the one and only Charlie Daniels. In the ... More >>

Drowning Pool React To Their Song "Bodies" Being Linked To The Arizona Shooting Tragedy

​The mainstream media has a long history of placing the blame on music when it comes to finding motives behind maniacal acts of violence. So why should this past weekend's massacre in Tuscon, Arizona, be any different?It isn't, turns out: On Monday, the Washington Post ran a piece raising question ... More >>

Hayes Carll, Bobby Bare Jr., Cary Ann Hearst

Thursday, December 30, at Granada Theater

Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.

Kansas Must Be So Proud of Fred Phelps and His Band of Bigots.

He's Still the Decider: George W. Bush's Book Report Is Due in Stores November 9

​So, I'm getting some work done just now when I get an e-mail heads-up from Borders: "JUST ANNOUNCED! A New Memoir By George W. Bush. Available Nov. 9. Pre-Order Now!" And, sure enough: Crown Publishers today announced the release date and further details about the ex-president's new book titled D ... More >>

Q & A: John Connelly of Sevendust Talks Alternative Metal, Financial Woes and Some Close Calls in Iraq

adamophotography.com Sevendust. Surprisingly not completely dust at this point?​For almost two decades, Atlanta's Sevendust has been making a righteous noise, a heady and heavy metal concoction that resulted in three consecutive gold albums, from 1997 through 2001. But after the departure of guita ... More >>

Blogaroo 3: Preaching To The Converted at Bonnaroo

Music aside, one big part of the fun at Bonnaroo is just experiencing the interaction of strangers who would never have anything to do with each other outside of such a frenzied environment. This is true everywhere, from the open-air drug markets along "Shakedown Street" to the campgrounds to the sw ... More >>

Meet Ron White, the Texas-Born Memory Champ You’ll Never Forget

Guantanamo's Final Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

At a Remote, Dangerous Base in Afghanistan, a Soldier From Mesquite Was Killed Monday

Sgt. 1st Class Raymond J. MundenYet again, a North Texas native has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced today that 35-year-old Mesquite native Raymond Munden, who enlisted in the Army in August 1991, was killed on Monday in Paktika Province near the Afghanis ... More >>

War Chest for Combat Survivor Program Nearly Empty.

A program for fallen warriors' families feels the economic pinch

Soldier Suicides

Two Texas brothers fall in the war on terror—one in combat, one by his own hand

Spy vs. Why

Logic goes out with the intrigue in ho-hum "thriller" Traitor

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

War is hell on marriages, and military divorces aren't easy either

Families of Slain Soldiers Bond Together to Bind Their Wounds

Meet Dallas' Latest, Greatest Tourist Attraction: Foreigners

The Upside of Lions for Lambs

The odd upside of Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

Robert Redford and the American Façade

Our interview with the actor/director/producer

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

The Modern shows you what to watch

Sigh...

Buzz isn't buying conspiracy theories

Closing the Book on Richardson's Boring (and Notorious?) Richard Chichakli

Lone Star SEAL

Luttrell brings controversy to Mesquite

A Famous Photo, Explained By the Old Friend Who Took It

In the Line of Fire

Post-War

Sarajevo conflict was hell, but what comes after is another battle

Dissent for Sale

Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs

Operation Desert Comedy

All Gave Some

Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine

G.I. Jerk

Phil Haberman claims he fought with special forces in Iraq, but he's about as real as Rambo

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Short Cuts

From Bad to Worse

An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban

Paradise Lost

Letting the Yanomamö speak for themselves

Crusaders

In another holy war, the battle plan is to turn Muslims into Bible believers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Last DJ (Warner Bros.)

Adult Situations

Sheryl Underwood is naughty and nice at the Improv

Hell Hole

Two soldiers are stranded in No Man's Land, where no one wins

Look Back in Confusion

2001 brought out the best and worst in local media

Eat the Vote

Fresh ideas from Tom Landis

Earth Crisis

Harsh words