Alcoholism

The Forbes 35 (Drunkest)

Washington Post Pays Tribute to "Junkyard Dog of Texas Politics"

Former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox, who died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Dripping Springs, will lie in state today in the Texas House of Representatives chamber of the Texas Capitol; hours are from 3 to 7 p.m. As the Star-Telegram noted over the weekend, "The last dignitary whose body ... More >>

Sons and livers

Billy Martin's son reminisces about drinking, dad--and dad's best buddy, Mickey Mantle

Pacman Jones: Yay or Nay?

If you missed Pacman Jones on CBS' NFL pre-game Saturday afternoon, here are the highlights lowlights: *His hair was in a sorta mohawk, stolen from Wesley Snipes' Blade, and he was wearing a cheesy, white sports jacket, a la Don Johnson in Miami frigging' Vice. *He used "man" as some of p ... More >>

Juvenile Injustice

When Ron Carpenter's nanny got busted, his 3-year-old daughter did the time

McKinney doctor suspended

Acquitted of attempted murder charges, he still loses medical license

Buzz

Acquitted of attempted murder charges, he still loses medical license

Letters

On being a man; Larry Duncan's little grudge; The bad seed

Random Drink Blur

Celebration remembers Prohibition-era winemakers

Before The Rise

Celebration remembers Prohibition-era winemakers

Fighting Fire With Fire

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

Don't Piss Off a Drunken Chihuahua

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

Alcohol and Logic Repel Each Other Like 'Border' and 'Enforcement'

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

Fudge Factor

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

Berry Me Not

Who drinks gin?

Best Front Person Besides Al Biernat

Michel Boutemy de Guislain at Popolos

On the Block

These are the people in your neighborhood

Skins Deep

In his second feature, Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre goes further beneath the surface

White Boys and Booze

Forget Hispanics and tequila. What we're really worried about are those darn homosocials.

Traveling mamma

Epistle of a "cranky Christian"

Food For Thought 4.22.09

"This is the movie that puts a happy face on alcoholism...and seems to imply that not only can a man make the right choices about life-altering matters when blind drunk but that sometimes it actually helps." (Playboy magazine on the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur. About the most succinct and accurate ... More >>

Friday's Unverified Fact About Philadelphia

​The 'Boys venture into this series of dismal, dimly lit exits along I-95 on Sunday night. To help us all to know the King of Prussia mall city a little better...A recent government study cited Philadelphia as the city with America's highest rate of alcoholism. In a footnote, this same study point ... More >>

A Long-Lost Twain Comedy Comes to Life in Addison, and T2 Burps Up an AA Play

​The 'Boys venture into this series of dismal, dimly lit exits along I-95 on Sunday night. To help us all to know the King of Prussia mall city a little better...A recent government study cited Philadelphia as the city with America's highest rate of alcoholism. In a footnote, this same study point ... More >>

The Real World

​The 'Boys venture into this series of dismal, dimly lit exits along I-95 on Sunday night. To help us all to know the King of Prussia mall city a little better...A recent government study cited Philadelphia as the city with America's highest rate of alcoholism. In a footnote, this same study point ... More >>

Can't Catch Her ...

​The 'Boys venture into this series of dismal, dimly lit exits along I-95 on Sunday night. To help us all to know the King of Prussia mall city a little better...A recent government study cited Philadelphia as the city with America's highest rate of alcoholism. In a footnote, this same study point ... More >>