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Al Lipscomb

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    From 40 Years Ago, The Other Dallas News

    ​A few days ago I was offered at a rather reasonable price a small but estimable stash of local relics, dating as far back as a thick, musty scrapbook of 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition newspaper clippings that belonged to Otto Herald, its general manager. (We'll get to that, oh, next week -- and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    JWP Rally, Making a Judas into a Saint

    ​I hate to say I told you so ... no, wait, that's a lie. I love to say I told you so. A week ago I said in column that we were about to see a lot of high opera in the John Wiley Price FBI corruption investigation. The season opens Saturday with Aida. As Unfair Park has reported, The National ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Dallas Radio Has Lost a Legend, Linwood Henderson, Better Known as Cuzzin' Linnie

    Via.Cuzzin' Linnie as seen in KLIF promotional materials in the early 1970s​It's likely you never knew Linwood Henderson by his real name; few did. For decades, since the late 1960s, he was better known by his other name: Cuzzin' Linnie, or Cousin Linnie to the uninitiated. His was an estimable ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2011

    Picking a Mayor on a "Slow Saturday"

    Photo by Nick RalloToni Pippins-Poole, Dallas County's Interim Elections Administrator, earlier this afternoon​We're, what, nine whole minute away from our first look at early-voting results ... like anyone cares. I spoke with Toni Pippins-Poole, Interim Dallas County Elections Administrator, earl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Sandy Greyson "Seriously Considering" Running For Her Old Far North Dallas Council Seat

    Photo by Sam MertenSandy Greyson (far left) and Angela Hunt debate Tom Leppert and Veletta Forsythe Lill at Rosemont Primary School in September 2007.​In yesterday's item about the District 14 candidates, we mentioned how strange it is that three-term incumbent Angela Hunt has drawn four oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    The Top 10 Most Famous Hats in the History of Dallas

    Everything's bigger in Dallas. Even the, um, hats. ​I can't believe you people. Yeah, you. The ones who actually spend a millisecond of your precious time on Earth worrying about how a certain Dallas Cowboys' quarterback wears his cap. Not his helmet, mind you. His hat. I'm all about big ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Federal City Hall Corruption Trial Gets a Little National Attention, Courtesy The WSJ

    Sam MertenDon Hill and wife Sheila. Like you didn't know that.This morning, The Wall Street Journal recaps the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial for outsiders and others not glued to Schutze's riveting running narration from the Earle Cabell, where Bill Fisher takes the stand yet again this ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Maybe Northern and Southern Dallas Should Consider a Free-Trade Pact

    Sam MertenDon Hill and wife Sheila. Like you didn't know that.This morning, The Wall Street Journal recaps the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial for outsiders and others not glued to Schutze's riveting running narration from the Earle Cabell, where Bill Fisher takes the stand yet again this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Elderly South Dallas Voter Claims She Was Bullied on Election Day

    Johnnie Mae Shaw, an 83-year-old woman with heart problems, needed a ride to cast her vote May 9, so she called a phone number left on her answering machine offering free rides to those unable to make it to the polls. Evelyn Woods, Shaw's neighbor and friend for 39 years, saw her sitting outside he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    The Trinity River Project's Completed! At Least, the 20-Foot Model's Done.

    Johnnie Mae Shaw, an 83-year-old woman with heart problems, needed a ride to cast her vote May 9, so she called a phone number left on her answering machine offering free rides to those unable to make it to the polls. Evelyn Woods, Shaw's neighbor and friend for 39 years, saw her sitting outside he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Dwaine Caraway Calls It "Narrowing." You Might Call It "Chopping."

    Johnnie Mae Shaw, an 83-year-old woman with heart problems, needed a ride to cast her vote May 9, so she called a phone number left on her answering machine offering free rides to those unable to make it to the polls. Evelyn Woods, Shaw's neighbor and friend for 39 years, saw her sitting outside he ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Knights' Tale

    Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Go West

    With Dallas Democrats' return from the dead, state Senator Royce West is poised for bigger things, like maybe paychecks

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Swing Low

    So we heal the north-south rift by electing Colonel Sanders mayor?

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2006

    Take This Job and Shove It

    So we heal the north-south rift by electing Colonel Sanders mayor?

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Unfit to Print

    A vicious fight between John Wiley Price and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Stacked Deck

    Giving penny-ante politicians a say over lucrative affordable-housing developments seemed like a good idea--until the FBI came calling

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    Rant, Rave

    A year-end banquet of my two-bit opinions

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Cynical? Us?

    We like to call it "practical"

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Smells Like Defunct Team Spirit

    Plus: Sack of Kittens, Trade Bait

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Dallas' Chief Problem

    Nobody believes Terrell Bolton anymore--except his friends at Dallas City Hall

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Drug-free in '03!

    And 149 other things I swear I'll do next year

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    All's Well

    Right vs. wrong is a murky issue for the public sector

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Senior Moment

    The race is on, and Laura Miller's leading the way

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    SNAFU

    Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Politically Incorrect

    Ludwig lends a little spark to an otherwise snooze-worthy mayoral race

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Buzz

    Humorless

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Twice Told Tale

    Bolton's chief accuser has stuck to his story for more than a year

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Queeg's Revenge

    A strange case of stolen fruit costs one police employee her job. Now she's ready to sue.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Deadbird

    How vicious racial politics, mismanagement, and dirty dealing turned Dallas' Redbird Airport into a Third-World airfield

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Letters

    Falling down; One deluded man; Family matters; The Stick Men speak

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Bolton's blues

    Dallas' new police Chief Terrell Bolton walks through a minefield as he tries to reshape the department. His strategy? Wear combat boots.

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Letters

    Rock bottom; It's the money, honey Network TV, RIP Lovely Havana Invisible man Bunch of blarney

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Back in black

    Former militant M.T. A'Vant has a new object of scorn: the black leadership he once supported

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Letters

    Judging Joe Kendall; Elian's kidnapping; Clearing the air; Chaos on Lower Greenville

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of March 9

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Letters

    Jailbreak; More nudity, please; Pothole queen; Eye of the beholder

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Letters

    From the week of February 10

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Observer writers honored

    From the week of February 10

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Letters

    From the week of February 10

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Letters

    From the week of February 10

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Look back in confusion

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Benched

    Judge Brenda Prewitt resigns as controversy rattles the Dallas Municipal Court

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Flying blind

    With the mayor and city manager leading the charge, the city council moves full speed on an arena deal that doesn't even exist yet

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    X marks the spot

    A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Publicity Paul

    U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Buzz

    U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Anything else?

    Council hopeful Brenda Reyes already leads the pack in controversy

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    BeloWatch

    Council hopeful Brenda Reyes already leads the pack in controversy

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Attack of the Killer Gadflies (Part I)

    You don't take Rick Finlan and Don Venable seriously? That could be a mistake you live to regret.

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