Ann Richards

By Holding Craig Watkins in Contempt, Judge Lena Levario Shows She's a Good Democrat. Some Dallas Democrats May Disagree.

So who is this Democrat judge, Lena Levario, who not only stands up to Democratic Party golden boy Craig Watkins, our embattled district attorney, but holds him in contempt of court? Does she not understand the most basic tenet of Dallas County Democratic Party philosophy -- that Dr. King died so th ... More >>

Ron Kirk Could Come Home and Teach Texas Dems how to Win, but Don't Bet On It

What will Ron Kirk do when he returns to Dallas after leaving the Obama cabinet next month? If I had to bet, I'd say he won't return to Dallas, which will be a shame. If he did come home, maybe he could do something about these local Democrats. Former Dallas mayor Kirk is getting high marks from bo ... More >>

Film Critical of Komen, Pink Ribbons, Inc., Opens in Canada Today. No U.S. Date Set Yet.

​Amidst all the ruckus, resignations and double-talking over Susan G. Komen for the Cure's politically charged move to pull its breast-cancer screening funding from Planned Parenthood, you should also be aware: Dallas-based Komen's actually the subject of a documentary that opens in Canada today t ... More >>

The Long Arm Sees All: Ten Musicians Arrested in Texas

When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

Searching for the Soul of Austin

The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

If You're In Philly, That One-Woman Show About Molly Ivins Opens This Week

​Back in December we made mention of a one-woman show set to bow in Philly this month: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Yesterday, The New York Times offered a lengthy sneak peek at the show "by" and about Schutze's former colleague and competitor, which stars Kathleen Turner as t ... More >>

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

Go Home, GOP|Money For Nothing|Corrections

With Dallas Republicans in Pain, One Local Leader Believes He Has the Cure

How County Chair Jonathan Neerman Plans to Ease the Dallas GOP's Woes

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 >>

The Anti-Dittohead

Hey, Mr. King of Talk Radio, meet the queen

Lily Tomlin Talks Jenny the Elephant, Dallas City Council and Ross Perot Jr.

The Caretaker

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

Arrested Development

Waiting for Bill

From Buenos Aires to Bush-ville

Esteban Pastorino Diaz's photos riff and play on the so-close-yet-so-far

Dogtown

Tailing downtown Dallas' pack of pampered canines

Horton Hears a "Wha?"

Mad TV

The race for governor gets dirty fast

Sweetheart Deal

How does Virginia McGuire make a profit in the nonprofit business of creating affordable housing? Simple. She pays her husband.

Blown Off

Identity-theft victim gets the cold shoulder

Selling Ron

A pro-business black Democrat who appeals to white voters, Ron Kirk is the sport utility vehicle of Senate candidates. But will voters buy him?

Dubya, We Knew You When...

With a homeboy headed for the White House, a handful of his Dallas pals have hopes of making their mark on Washington

The Resurrection of Sandy Kress

Or, how a Democrat and reviled former DISD board president found a happy home pushing "educational acoountability" for the GOP

Party Girl

Confronting advanced breast cancer without a dime to her name, Texas legend Priscilla Davis insists the good times aren't over yet

Behind the curve

Courts that aim to treat, not punish, addicts gain a slow toehold in Texas

Grandma goes electric

Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander wants to take the state into the 21st century -- and herself into higher office -- with her vision of "e-Texas"

Dissed robes

On the prosecution-biased Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, justice isn't blind. It's dumb.

Ring Ma Bell

When heavyweight Southwestern Bell gets into a brawl with AT&T at the Legislature, consumers--that's you--are the ones who get beat up

Letters

Candidate X

Michael Capehart finds the going lonely for a yellow-dog Democratin GOP country

GOP to gays: Butt out

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

Rambo Justice

Are bad-boy lawyers Bill Brewer and John Bickel building a bridge to Dallas' minority communities, or trying to sell them one?

Cry tough

Essential bassist Tommy Shannon hangs in there

Courthouse coup

How County Commissioner Jim Jackson and his right-wing Republican cronies have Dallas' judges running scared

Ill Wind Blowing

Texas Industries wants permission to burn 270,000 tons of hazardous waste each year at a concrete plant 30 miles from Dallas. That would make it the nation's largest incinerator of toxic waste. Despite stunning ignorance about what this will do to your he

The bloody truth

Barry Switzer testifieson booze, black men,and red wine

Black Tie winners

The biggest gay fund raiser in Dallas is more popularity contest than charity

Clara's Last Supper

Dallas' ailing soul-food queen longs for one more turn in the kitchen

So close, yet so far away

Americans don't understand why Quebec wants to secede

The Kirk connection

How Dallas' new mayor pulled it off

Final step

Ginger Rogers, 1911-1995

Accountability time

Grassroots political group demands straight answers

Pickup Games

How a giant lawsuit against General Motors could leave lawyers with millions - and Texas truck owners breathing fumes

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