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Boy Scouts of America

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Good News About the Trinity Toll Road: Eventually, We All Die

    At some point during last evening's North Texas Tollway Authority/Texas Department of Transportation Incredibly Boring Event, I realized I was having almost as much fun seeing all the same old pro-toll road partisans again as I was running into my fellow usual-suspect road-haters. These things have ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    In the Boy Scouts' Police-in-Training Program, a History of Abuse

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually assaulted by the cops they hoped to emulate.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Complete the Streets! And Sell Executive Airport While Yer At It! A Liveblog In Progress.

    A Downtown Dallas 360 rendering, which also graces today's Complete Streets briefing. Because they are, you see, related. Very.​Afternoon, Friends. Thanks for tuning into today's liveblog of the Transportation and Environment Committee meeting up here in City Hall, during which we'll hear about pl ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    What in the First World is Wrong with Mexico?

    A Downtown Dallas 360 rendering, which also graces today's Complete Streets briefing. Because they are, you see, related. Very.​Afternoon, Friends. Thanks for tuning into today's liveblog of the Transportation and Environment Committee meeting up here in City Hall, during which we'll hear about pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Down to Knoxy = Knoxy Goes Down!

    Fox Sports Southwest reporter Jim Knox seems a fine fella. His job on Texas Rangers games -- interviewing Boy Scout Troop #137, talking to face-painting Sally and whatnot -- seems almost impossible to make interesting. But if you've ever wanted to see Knox get his, well you're day has arrived. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    A Few of Dallas's Most Beautiful and Historic Churches Could Really Use New Owners

    That church-turned-home on East Side Avenue keeps getting less and less expensive.​I was looking for something entirely unrelated on LoopNet this afternoon when I came across this: The family trying to sell the former St. John's United Methodist Church on East Side Avenue has come off its asking p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Just A Taste

    That church-turned-home on East Side Avenue keeps getting less and less expensive.​I was looking for something entirely unrelated on LoopNet this afternoon when I came across this: The family trying to sell the former St. John's United Methodist Church on East Side Avenue has come off its asking p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Stealing From the Boy Scouts of America Will Get You Two Years in Federal Prison

    ​From April 1985 till May of '08, Barbara Nestel was a secretary for the Boy Scouts of America. Among her duties: reconciling financial accounts and processing payments for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting for merchandise and expenses. Which is how she could defraud the Boy Scouts out o ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    Federal Judge Barbara Lynn And The Observer Go Toe-To-Toe Over A Vague Legal Principle Known As The First Amendment

    ​From April 1985 till May of '08, Barbara Nestel was a secretary for the Boy Scouts of America. Among her duties: reconciling financial accounts and processing payments for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting for merchandise and expenses. Which is how she could defraud the Boy Scouts out o ... More >>

  • Film

    May 28, 2009

    Up Soars in Unexpected Ways

    ​From April 1985 till May of '08, Barbara Nestel was a secretary for the Boy Scouts of America. Among her duties: reconciling financial accounts and processing payments for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting for merchandise and expenses. Which is how she could defraud the Boy Scouts out o ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    Dr. Mexlove, Or How to Stop Fearing and Learn to Love the Illegal

    ​From April 1985 till May of '08, Barbara Nestel was a secretary for the Boy Scouts of America. Among her duties: reconciling financial accounts and processing payments for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting for merchandise and expenses. Which is how she could defraud the Boy Scouts out o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    *A-Roid

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Going Dutch

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2008

    How We Spent the Fourth

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Ennis' National Polka Festival Ain't Nothing To Polk (Ha!) Fun At...Or Is It?

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Making Book

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Q&A: Steve Poltz Says Jewel is Hot and Austin is Stupid

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Sanctuary Isn't Simple for Dallas' Homeless

      In light of this weekend's (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I'll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    Get Con-Fed Up

    Home, home in the Village...

  • Calendar

    June 14, 2007

    A Grand Old Flag

    Grapevine flies one high for the U.S.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    A-Rod = A-Fraud

    Grapevine flies one high for the U.S.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    That Trinity Thing You Doo-Doo

    Grapevine flies one high for the U.S.

  • Calendar

    September 14, 2006

    Hit It With Your Best Shot

    Grapevine flies one high for the U.S.

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    All Smoke, No Fire

    You're just an invite away from private, drug-sponsored concerts around town. But what's behind the rock and the glitz?

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2006

    Downtown Gets New Safeguard

    You're just an invite away from private, drug-sponsored concerts around town. But what's behind the rock and the glitz?

  • Film

    June 29, 2006

    Recycled Steel

    You'll swear you've seen this Superman somewhere before

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2006

    Miller's Crossing

    You'll swear you've seen this Superman somewhere before

  • Home Entertainment

    March 9, 2006

    Ghouls on the Go

    A Resident Evil remake captures all the creepy fun of the original.

  • Film

    November 10, 2005

    Private Dicks

    Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    A Welcome Experiment

    Mission Giant makes art-rock that is equal parts spectacle and sound. Just don't call them Devo.

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best War Memories

    Recon Vintage Militaria

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    Dial M for Murderer

    Fritz Lang's M is a must-see movie

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Fritz Lang's M is a must-see movie

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    "Today, a Generation Died."

    Revisiting the story of the 1937 New London gas explosion--the worst tragedy involving schoolchildren in American history

  • Music

    November 29, 2001

    Mick Jagger / Paul McCartney

    Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin) / Driving Rain (Capitol)

  • Film

    September 27, 2001

    Left Behind

    A Home Alone for the grown-up set, Italian style

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Pyramid Songs

    Nile is the sole practitioner of "Ithyphallic Metal." Grab a dictionary.

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2001

    Queer as Film

    Q Cinema reveals the state of homo social evolution

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Nurturing Nature

    New growth blooms at the Dallas Nature Center at last

  • Film

    July 13, 2000

    Zzzzzz-men

    Marvel's mutants are a modest squad of dullards in this frustrating adaptation

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Letters

    From the week of February 10

  • Film

    December 23, 1999

    Out of bounds

    Stone fumbles the rock in Any Given Sunday

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Look back in confusion

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Straighten up and fly right

    American Airlines refuses to let a threat from the religious right steer the company off its gay-friendly course

  • Film

    November 28, 1996

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    Buzz

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  • Film

    May 2, 1996

    Women, on the verge

    Studios and audiences are embracing an overdue trend: female-empowerment films

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    A touch of class

    Safe-sex activist promotes "designer" condom vending machines

  • Film

    June 15, 1995

    Rushes

    Safe-sex activist promotes "designer" condom vending machines

  • Film

    May 25, 1995

    Icon

    Mel Gibson talks about Braveheart, movie stardom, and media treachery

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