Baghdad

The Times' Jill Abramson is Coming to Town. Be Sure to Follow Her Speech on Twitter.

Jill Abramson, executive editor of my favorite daily newspaper, The New York Times, will speak in town a week from tomorrow, 10 days later than originally planned. Her announced topic will be the same thing that delayed her: "The Boston Marathon Tragedy: 'Quality Journalism's Role in the Hyper Speed ... More >>

Theatre Three Succeeds with its Ferociously Acted Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Tiger Style

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate — where's the military when the chips are down?

The Heartbreaking Tale of the Vet and the Woman Who Came Here to Slay the Demons

What you see above is the video -- the short film, really -- that accompanied a weekend Wall Street Journal story about two recent Dallas residents: Ian Welch and girlfriend Katie Brickman. Welch is a native Texan, born and raised near College Station; Brickman's from Mentor, Ohio. The couple, boyfr ... More >>

Are Latin Americans' ghosts and goatsuckers made in the U.S.A.?

Remember the Bagdad! A Very Rare Look at One of the Area's Oldest Forgotten Hotspots.

​A few days ago I got a message from a gentleman named Steve Parrino. He mentioned that he too is a native of Dallas and that his family has been here since the 1890s. Said he's a fan of the history-of items I like to post here and that he wanted to share something special. I'll let him take it fr ... More >>

Want to Own a Famous "Urban Vineyard"?

Photos by Harry Wilonsky​The 6-year-old who live in my house and I try to spend at least a little bit of each Saturday exploring different parts of the city, which is how, among other things, he's ended up collecting pieces of what's left of Little Baghdad, taking pictures of spray-painted cattle ... More >>

Your Good Morning Good-Bye: A Little Piece of "Little Baghdad" Down in the Cedars

Justin Terveen​As usual, friend of the show Justin Terveen was out and about shooting the city this week when he discovered that part of Little Baghdad in the Cedars is being torn down. And by Little Baghdad, I mean, of course, the small patch of Alma Street and Cockrell Avenue made to look like N ... More >>

Soldiers of Misfortune: Months Before An Army Psychiatrist Went on a Rampage at Fort Hood, A Texas Army Sergeant Allegedly Murdered Five Troops By Non-hostile Fire in Iraq.

CNN Gives Thanks to Local Hero Brad Blauser

Wheelchairs for Iraqi KidsBrad Blauser with one of the hundreds of Iraqi children to receive pediatric wheelchairs thanks to the North Texan's efforts​Five years ago, Brad Blauser of Grapevine landed in Iraq as a civilian contractor. Though his family remains here, Blauser has stayed in Baghdad. B ... More >>

The Hurt Locker: A business suit for what might be the worst job in the world

Pretty Sure I Saw the Dallas Tornado Play the Cleburne Quake at Cobb Stadium Once

Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

Eminem

Relapse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

The Bomb Squad: Some Suggestions for Your AFI Dallas Film Fest Saturday Sked

Jeremy Renner will be in attendance at tonight's Dallas debut of The Hurt Locker, at the Magnolia at 7:30.Last night at the AMC NorthPark, where he accepted the AFI Dallas Star Award following a screening of Chinatown, the film's writer, Robert Towne, spoke of how films were once the place where aud ... More >>

AFI Dallas International Film Festival: So Many Great Movies, So Little Time

Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada

Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

But What About the Children?

Film 2007: Doc Block

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

A Bitter End

Surge This

Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devastates

Kristy Kruger: 10 States in to a 50-State Tour Honoring Her Late Brother

It's an Honor Just to Be Nominated...

Back to Iraq

Patriot Acts

Far from his Kurdish home, Adnan Kirkuki seeks out soldiers to defend his new one in the United States

Another Local Soldier Killed in Iraq -- on New Year's Day

On Christmas, a Soldier from Dallas Died in Iraq

Operation Desert Comedy

The Smith Shuffle

American Idols

Iraqis invade Dallas

with singing and soccer

Iraqi Invasion

LaHaye Hey

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Exiled from French

Anti-Gallic sentiments sway local eateries

Problems at Home

Brad and Angelina are out to kill each other. You may want a piece of them, too.

No Film at 11

Gunner Palace shows what the news doesn't

Letter Home

A grunt’s-eye view from near the Sunni Triangle

The Real World

The Dallas Video Festival shows all the news not fit for print

Patti Smith

June 19

Bush Comes to Shove

Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Back From Babylon

He's just one Marine, but this returning trooper saw no quagmire in Iraq

Rough Landing

You'll need to make a couple of laps around Osaka's buffet table

The Gulf Between

When these soldiers became writers, the pen turned into a very mighty weapon

Grain of Terror

Why do we drink beer while watching sports?

Basic Straining

Oh, look--another bad John Travolta movie. How original.

You Say Somalia

What is a sommelier?

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Nuke 'em

Deterrence takes on -- and bungles -- the biggest question of all

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5,1999