Central Banking

This is Why The Voter ID Debate is Not Going Away

Is Texas still racist enough to warrant hand-holding by the federal government? That's the essence of where the voter ID debate stands now and where it's headed. Though it may seem like a straightforward question, and one that many politicos have reduced to a "yes" or "no" sound bite, the issue is a ... More >>

City Looking to Kick In $2 Million Toward Development Around Walmart on Ledbetter

​Word of warning: This won't be the sole Unfair Park item of the day to feature the word "Walmart." Patience, patience. But, to begin: Remember that Walmart going in at Ledbetter and R.L. Thornton? Right, that one. Gave us the phrase "Trees do not vote" during the contentious discussion about how ... More >>

Infowars Host Alex Jones and His Followers Occupy the Dallas Fed Friday

Friday evening, two groups of protesters, Occupy Dallas and Occupy the Federal Reserve, lined opposite side of N. Pearl Street at Woodall Rodgers in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. "We got sold out, Feds got bailed out!" Occupy Dallas protesters shouted in unison on the west side of Pea ... More >>

On Thursday, "Occupy Dallas"

​There's a HuffPo piece this morning about how the pepper-spray-flavored Occupy Wall Street protests moved to the West Coast yesterday -- San Francisco, specifically, and the Bank of America building in the Financial District. Next Thursday, though, they hit a little closer to home. Without Radioh ... More >>

Perry Speaks, and The Money Gets Nervous

​It's not just that Rick Perry screwed up in a debate. He is asking supporters to invest millions of dollars in his campaign. When savvy big donors have their phones in their hands about to send the money, they're all asking themselves the presidential timber question: Has he got the stuff? ... More >>

Dallas Fed Head Attempts to "Separate Fact from Fiction" When It Comes to Texas Jobs

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas​Several Friends of Unfair Park, including a grumpy one below, have asked if we'll make mention of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fisher's speech given in Midland yesterday. Sure, absolutely, happy to. Because, first, I'm ... More >>

Dallas-Born Final Destination Star Miles Fisher Spoofs Saved By The Bell For New Music Video

Miles Fisher​Miles Fisher is becoming something of a renaissance man. The actor and musician, born and raised in Dallas, and the son of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher, stars in Final Destination 5, the latest in the long-lasting film series, which will be released in theat ... More >>

USA Today: "Move to Texas." Ish.

​In hotels all across the country this morning, folks are rising and shining to that bit of advice courtesy this state of the state, which, like everyone else, is just waiting for Rick Perry to jump into the pool of GOP candidates and begin talking about how The Great State of Texas is a jobs-maki ... More >>

Not Business As Usual at SMU Today As Obama Officials and Dallas Fed Head Chat Up Journos

At this very moment, more than 350 biz journalists, members all of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, are on the Hilltop for a star-studded afternoon of speeches and panels set to feature the likes of Elizabeth Warren, tasked by President Obama with creating the Consumer Financial ... More >>

Before Mayoral Candidates Make Issue Out of Political Affiliations, a Look at Who's What

During the 2007 mayoral campaign, former city council member Ed Oakley sent out mailers depicting himself and convicted felon Don Hill as Democrats and Tom Leppert and former Mayor Pro Tem Max Wells as Republicans. Oakley also accepted the endorsement of the Dallas County Democratic Party and printe ... More >>

For Christmas I Got You a Copy of Guy Cahoon's 1933 Sketches of Dallas. Only 300 Ever Made.

​A long while back I'd promised to share with the Friends of Unfair Park a few images from Guy F. Cahoon's Sketches of Dallas, a very limited-run book published by the locally based Authors Press in 1933. I'd found it at Half-Price, but alas, I never got 'round to it. So instead I've gone ahead an ... More >>

Let's Be Business Brief

Don't mince words, Richard Fisher, what do you really think?​Some Tuesday morning odds and sods:First, from The Wall Street Journal, this op-ed from Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who tells the Senate to lay off his boy Ben Bernanke as he tries to re-up his positi ... More >>

No Justice: We've Bailed Out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind Our Financial Collapse?

Dallas Fed Has OK News About Texas Economy. Son of Dallas Fed Head Has OK American Psycho Homage.

Guess this could go under the "From the RTF Department" category, since Miles Fisher has quite the estimable demo reel -- which includes a snippet from the video in which he parodies Tom Cruise's infamous Scientology promo. Or maybe "Business News for People Who Don't Read Business News," since Mile ... More >>

Yo, Bernanke, I Thought I Told You Not to Come 'Round Here No More

Patrick MichelsJarrod Atkinson, trying not to shout. If you're meeting up with friends later today, Jarrod Atkinson has a joke for you to try. He told his rendition through a megaphone Saturday afternoon, before a crowd outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and it went a little like this:"Knoc ... More >>

Dallas Fed Head Richard Fisher Tells Japan: "The Data from the United States are Grim."

Dallas Fed president Richard FisherRichard Fisher, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, just delivered a speech to the Japan Center for Economic Research in Tokyo, where he didn't quote Bob Dylan or compare the economy to the contraptions of Rube Goldberg -- t ... More >>

Dallas Fed Head Richard Fisher May Be the Best Economics Professor in the Country

Rube Goldberg's "Self-Operating Napkin"As noted here several times in the past, Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gives mighty good speech -- full of literary references, song lyrics and the assorted accumulated detritus collected in a bright mind. He was down ... More >>

Deep Beneath Dallas, A Look at Where the Feds Used to Store the Gold

Ever wondered what the abandoned vault beneath the old Federal Reserve Bank on 400 S. Akard Street looked like? Swell. Because HTML pioneer and blog-advice guru John Pozadzides took some folks from GeekBrief.tv on a tour, and, in return, they offer this video worth a look-see. --Robert Wilonsky Geek ... More >>

The Deep End: Dallas Fed's Bleak Texas Manufacturing Survey

Moments ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its latest Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey -- a snapshot look at what folks are making, ordering and selling -- and it's not looking good, not surprisingly. As in:Texas factory activity deteriorated further in December, according to busine ... More >>

Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down, Even if Dallas Fed Survey Does

Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher This morning, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas -- those bloodsuckers! -- released the latest Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. In a word: Oy. In two: "Plunged sharply." Or, as the Associated Press puts it: "Texas manufacturers are painti ... More >>

Dallas Fed's Richard Fisher Hails From "The Strongest Economic Region Within the United States"

Bob Dylan Is My Banker

Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher Is, Seriously, a Shanghai Surprise

And You Think We're Obsessed With Angela Hunt

When Money Meant for Mexico Stays in U.S., Well, That's a Bad Sign

Dallas Fed's Richard Fisher Predicts a "Frightful Storm" Is A-Brewin'

Life Without Debt Leaves Jimmy Phipps Owing Society

Why the Dallas Fed Prez Voted Against the Interest Rate Cut. Something About Tequila, Punch and Whisky.

The Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs of Dallas Fed Head Richard Fisher

Katherine Heigl is a Diane Keaton Starter Kit

Keaton's girl power (Mad Money) trumps Heigl's bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses)

Uncle Milty Gets Down with Dallas Fed

Beige Book Filled With Gray

Richard Roper Gives Local Man a Big Thumbs Down

Fed Feeding Mexico's Addiction?

The Real Estate: Downtown

No Knock on the Maquiladora

Katrina: Bad for People, Good for Business

Public Disinterest

So is media consolidation a bad thing?

Paper chase

William Morgan says he's just an innocent document dealer snared in a campaign finance scandal. And if you believe that, he has some old railroad bonds he wants to sell you.

Lost in loonyland

Pat Buchanan waves the bigot's banner in New Hampshire