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  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Again, Times Writes About Isenberg's Efforts to Help a Student Here Illegally Live the Dream

    Photo by Mark GrahamRalph Isenberg​By now you're likely well aware of Ralph Isenberg's ongoing efforts to bring Saad Nabeel back to North Texas, after the the 20-year-old Frisco Liberty High grad was sent to Bangladesh last year by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials -- after Saad's pare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2011

    New York Times on Ralph Isenberg's Efforts to Bring Saad Nabeel Back to North Texas

    Mark GrahamRalph Isenberg​We've mentioned in recent months Ralph Isenberg's efforts to bring Saad Nabeel back to North Texas, where a University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering scholarship awaits the 20-year-old Frisco Liberty High grad. Nabeel, though, was deported to Bangladesh last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Can't Believe You're Not on This List of People Who've Received Keys to the City of Dallas

    ​You have asked, and Frank Librio, the public information officer at Dallas City Hall, has answered by providing a recent sampling of the famous, infamous and who's-that?'s who have received keys to the city of Dallas. At last, a list I can get behind. Because, as I've been reminded more than once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Before Ralph Eisenberg Files Suit Taking on Feds, HuffPo's Q&A with Deported Saad Nabeel

    ​Two months back we got to discussing the case of Saad Nabeel, who came to the U.S. with his parents when he was 3, graduated from Frisco's Liberty High School, received an electrical engineering scholarship to the University of Texas at Arlington -- only to find himself deported by the U.S. gover ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    Local Musicians Are Suddenly Dabbling In Politics

    ​Two months back we got to discussing the case of Saad Nabeel, who came to the U.S. with his parents when he was 3, graduated from Frisco's Liberty High School, received an electrical engineering scholarship to the University of Texas at Arlington -- only to find himself deported by the U.S. gover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Ralph Isenberg to Ask Obama This Evening Why Administration Deported Frisco's Saad Nabeel

    Saad Nabeel​Speaking of the president's visit ...One week ago today we mentioned that Former Dallas City Plan Commissioner-turned-immigration activist Ralph Isenberg has taken up the cause of Saad Nabeel, who came to the U.S. with his parents when he was 3, graduated from Frisco's Liberty High Sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Ralph Isenberg DREAMs of a Day When Deported Saad Nabeel Can Return to Frisco

    ​For those unfamiliar with the story of Saad Nabeel, there's quite the extensive Wikipedia page -- but long story short, he's the Bangladeshi-born 19-year-old who, till recently, had been in the States since he was 3, when his folks came here seeking political asylum -- a request repeatedly denied ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    10 Questions: Sam Dickey

    In two decades of cooking, he's handled everything from seafood to southwestern, including some time spent running a bakery. He's also worked in kitchens in San Antonio, Austin, Houston--at Cafe Annie, no less--and Dallas.Now he owns Lower Greenville's recently opened Zymology, a place for small bit ... More >>

  • Music

    April 3, 2008

    Radio Salaam Namaste Signals the Growth of Irving's Desi Community

    In two decades of cooking, he's handled everything from seafood to southwestern, including some time spent running a bakery. He's also worked in kitchens in San Antonio, Austin, Houston--at Cafe Annie, no less--and Dallas.Now he owns Lower Greenville's recently opened Zymology, a place for small bit ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 7, 2006

    Gone Fishing

    Can tragically defunct become magically hip?

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2006

    Go Fish

    Can tragically defunct become magically hip?

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Drinking the Kool-Aid

    In which the author joins MySpace. Finally.

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    In which the author joins MySpace. Finally.

  • Film

    February 12, 2004

    The Family Guy

    A son goes looking for his late father and finds some buildings

  • Dining

    May 22, 2003

    Tasty Diplomacy

    The buffet table sings at Dawat

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Being Ray Liotta

    Plus: Finding Himself

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best TV News Anchor

    Tracy Rowlett, Channel 11

  • Music

    February 21, 2002

    Beat the Devil

    Bob Dylan supports a remarkable album with an equally remarkable performance

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Sweating it out in Saipan

    While other major retailers settle sweatshop lawsuits, J.C. Penney insists everything's cool

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Tom Waits for no one

    Or: Looking for the heart of South by Southwest

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Cooking Up a Storm

    Temperamental Dallas chef Avner Samuel is a genius in the kitchen, but he may have burned the one thing that matters most--his bridges

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Our Man in Saipan

    Dick Armey thinks he's found a free-market paradise in the Marianas Islands, a U.S. territory where the workers never complain, the factories never quit, and wages are so low, even welfare mothers can hire a Filipino maid

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Holiday Highlights

    Dick Armey thinks he's found a free-market paradise in the Marianas Islands, a U.S. territory where the workers never complain, the factories never quit, and wages are so low, even welfare mothers can hire a Filipino maid

  • Music

    September 18, 1997

    Stars of India

    Two generations master an ancient art

  • Music

    March 6, 1997

    Can't see the forest

    Tree-hugging compilation album takes on a Texas conglomerate

  • Calendar

    October 12, 1995

    Events for the week

    Tree-hugging compilation album takes on a Texas conglomerate

  • Film

    February 9, 1995

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

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