Baghdad

43 Things You Won't Find in the George W. Bush Library

The most interesting of the three institutions that comprise the sprawling George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU is the museum, which is filled with artifacts from the former president's life. There's the bullhorn he used to address first responders from the rubble of Ground Zero in 2001, the wi ... More >>

Giant Pumps a Dry Hole

Musical take on classic Texas tales pales compared to less-lavish Kismet

2012 Oscar Nominations, Complete with Snubs, Surprises, and Mehs

The nominees for the cinematic super bowl, the 2012 Academy Awards, were announced yesterday, and as always there were a few of the year's best pictures and performances that were left warming the bench by the all-powerful Academy. Martin Scorsese's Hugo leads the game with 11 nods, beating out th ... More >>

The Best Little Iraqi Bakery in Plano

​Inside Sherwani Bakery (2040 West Spring Creek Parkway) in Plano, Salah Hassan, the Iraqi baker and proprietor, greets me by extending his forearm for a handshake. Caked dough and flour generously coat his hands, but his hospitality is as deeply ingrained as the dark burn scars along his arm. ... More >>

Will This Conference Clustereff Be Good for College Football?

​It's not a matter of if, but merely when. The Big 12 is kaput. When the Board of Regents at OU and Texas yesterday empowered their respective school presidents (David Boren and Williams Powers) to explore new conference affiliations, it officially signaled the beginning of the end for the I ... More >>

Middle East Field Buyer Alleges Anti-Muslim Atmosphere At War-Zone Contractor Giant KBR

​KBR, Inc., the massive and controversial Houston-based wartime contractor that has landed billions in military contracts for erecting base camps and supplying fuel for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will have to convince a federal judge in Dallas that race and religion had nothing to do wi ... More >>

Down in Cedar Hill, Breaking a Sweat, and Bread, With the Future Leaders of Iraq

Photos by Brantley HargroveMohammed and his mulch​Mohammed squatted atop a five-foot pile of mulch, his shovel jabbed into the chaff somewhere out in the snake-infested, cedar-scrubbed hill country southwest of Dallas. Sweat darkened his black Reebok shirt and soaked his ankle socks and his co ... More >>

Tonight's Concert Options Have A Distinct International Flavor...

There's quite a bit of an international flavor to the musical offerings in our area this evening, which is one of the more interesting Monday nights we've seen in a while.

Nineteen Years After His Escape From Iraq, Army Translator Files Suit Claiming He Was Beaten By Dallas Police Officers

Sgt. Mark S. RickertLateef Al-Saraji, his wife Teresa and her daughter, Sgt. Kristin L. Cruikshank, were profiled in an Army magazine in 2003.​An Iraq-born U.S. Army translator and his wife have filed suit against the Dallas Police Department and a local nightclub, alleging that the husband was be ... More >>

Whitt's End: 9.3.10

​ Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The Texas Rangers' slogan this season: "It's Time". The Texas Rangers' situation on September 3: "It's Over." With 29 games remaining, the Rangers could go 14-15 and the A's would have to go 24- ... More >>

Developer Jack Matthews Among Those Partnering to Build Movie, TV Studio in Cedars

​For weeks we've wondered: When will Dallas get around to building an honest-to-God movie-television production facility? Because the city's filling up with shows, but production companies have scant options: Fair Park, which The Good Guys will have to adios upon its August return (fingers crossed ... More >>

Green Zone: American Hero Matt Damon and His WMD of a Movie Confirm the Big Lie, Hollywood-Style

He Worked for the U.S. Military in Iraq. Now, He Suffers Alone in an Arlington Apartment.

The motto of the 89th Military Police Brigade, with whom Hadi worked in Iraq​This morning's Los Angeles Times visits Arlington to the story of Malek Hadi, an Iraqi who lost all of his right leg, some of his left leg and several of his fingers in September 2006. At the time the explosive shattered ... More >>

Seven Months After Local Soldier Was Murdered in Iraq, Details Begin to Emerge

Sgt. Wesley DurbinOn September 14, 26-year-old Army Sgt. Wesley Durbin of Hurst was killed at a small patrol base south of Baghdad when he and another soldier, 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson of Florida, were gunned down by a fellow soldier. As The Dallas Morning News noted in September, Durbin ... More >>

Guantanamo's Final Days

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

Dem Souhernfolkz's Incredible Message

George W. Bush, Texas' Prodigal Son, Returns

Given any thought to how you're going to react when you encounter George W. on the streets of Dallas?

Dude Food: Furr's Fresh Buffet

Furr's Fresh Buffet 1540 Eastgate Drive Garland 972-682-8948 A couple weeks ago a family member informed me of the decision to forgo the traditional home cooked Thanksgiving meal in favor of eating out. Several reasons were cited, including--but not limited to--old age, convenience, disparate m ... More >>

Oliver Stone Talks About W., Which, Damn It, Is "No Hatchet Job"

W. Reminds Us of What We'd Rather Forget

Oliver Stone assigns motive to Dubya's m.o., but at this point, who cares?

Soldier Suicides

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

Avoiding Grief in Grace Is Gone

A Marine mom dies in Iraq, but don't let Grace Is Gone get to you

You've Got to Bee Kidding

No wonder all the bees are dying—Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing

Ray Hunt: Elevating Tensions Since 1974

Lakewood's State Rep. Still Calculating the Battlefield Breakdown

American Eagle

March Madness ain't nothing compared to Ambush Alley

W. and Us

Dallas, home to the George W. Bush think tank. Let's think about that.

Yo Soy el Army

Uncle Sam wants you--especially if you're Latino

Aaron is Gone

Schutze is Lonely. Please Send Him Comments.

The War at Home

Kristy Kruger copes with her brother's death the only way she knows how

Re: A Soldier Dies in Iraq on Christmas

Kristy Kruger's Brother Killed in Iraq

Blood Business

Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

War: What Is It Good For?

In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

Collateral Damaged

When Tom Cruise plays the bad guy, the results aren't very good

The Whole Truth?

Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

Both Sides Now

In a new film, a local boy goes to war and realizes, yup, it sure is hell

Lysol Miller

Enough with the Martha Stewart act. Fix some potholes, will ya?

Me and My Beaver

Plus: Where's Newy?

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up while the U.S. blows up Iraq

Morning Glory

Channel 11's Rene Syler makes a big-market leap, and the press jumps her, of course

Psy2ko & Mic L. Moodswing

Blood is Thicker Than Water (AMC/Major Money Entertainment)

Trite Tongue

Where the bold can French-kiss a cow

Tired of Waiting

The center of the musical universe, Austin welcomes the beautiful and the ugly

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

Pistol-packin' mama

After 26 years of fighting crooks and facial hair, a renowned landlord hangs it up

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

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