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  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Mike Miles Taps Teach for America's DFW Director as DISD's New Chief Talent Officer

    Teach for America, the elite student-teacher pipeline founded by Highland Parker Wendy Kopp, is often tossed into the bucket with the rest of the tools in the reform movement's toolbox, from charter schools to performance-based pay and the like. For that, and for its place outside the labor movement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    English Premier League Teams Kicking Around the Idea of Going After FC Dallas's Brek Shea

    ​Reports out of England have Liverpool and Manchester City of the Premier League taking a long, hard look at FC Dallas's Brek Shea, the 21-year-old College Station-born star just called to the U.S. National Team at September's end. Problem is, Shea -- a chief contender for MLS's MVP award -- is un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    They Must Be Ice Skating in Hades Because SMU is Laying Three Touchdowns. On the Road.

    ​With the Big 12 seemingly back together since the Pac 12 didn't want 'em, SMU is back in play as a potential member in the wake of Texas A&M's expected departure. But before the Mustangs play with the big boys, they need to beat the little ones. They have a chance to do that Saturday. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Thanks to Baylor's Cock-Block, Texas A&M May Wait Until 2013 to Join SEC

    ​The Southern Baptist Convention has over 16 million members. It also boasts a mission statement: As a convention of churches, our missional vision is to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every person in the world and to make disciples of all the nations. Perusing their web site this mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    A&M to the SEC! Texas as an Independent?! The Big 12 and Texas-OU is Kaput?

    ​As we speak I'm told University of Texas president Bill Powers and athletic director DeLoss Dodds are planning an informal lunch with state power brokers at Barton Creek Country Club in Austin to discuss the feasibility of the Longhorns becoming a football independent. Hell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Labor Day 2011: Let's Work This Out

    ​One of the best things about being a sportswriter? Getting paid to go to games. One of the worst things about being a sportswriter? Working on holidays. Not that I'm complaining. I've got lots of media friends who are without full-time jobs, and there's nothing more stressful than trying to ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    As It Tries to Bolt the Big 12, The Joke's On Texas A&M (Again)

    Jealous and impotent until the bitter end, the Aggies try to flee for the SEC.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Guess A&M Finally Listened to its Own Fight Song

    Like a lot of Aggie traditions, how is their nonsensical, yet sacred War Hymn going to sound in the SEC? Good bye to Texas University; So long to the orange and white Imagine the curious looks in Florida's Swamp when the Aggies, trailing 42-7 in the third quarter, start singing about abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    A Look at How "Resilient" DFW Is (Or Isn't)

    Developed by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute, State University of New York. Click to embiggen UC Berkeley's Resilience Capacity Index map​Patrick "Car-Free" Kennedy directs our attention to this University of California Berkeley look-see at the resiliency of the major metros in the U. ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Lyle Lovett,John Hiatt

    Thursday, June 30, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2011

    For Your Easter Sunday Listening Pleasure: R.E.M. Sends One Out to the Grads of SMU

    Via.​Speaking of great shows at Moody Coliseum ...Floating out in the ether, all by its unmarked lonesome, is this resonant echo: R.E.M. at Moody Coliseum on November 18, 1987 -- a stop along The Work Tour in support of that year's Document, the band's fifth and final album for I.R.S. Records. I w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    Keen on Texas Music

    Via.​Speaking of great shows at Moody Coliseum ...Floating out in the ether, all by its unmarked lonesome, is this resonant echo: R.E.M. at Moody Coliseum on November 18, 1987 -- a stop along The Work Tour in support of that year's Document, the band's fifth and final album for I.R.S. Records. I w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Foodways Texas and Smoke Let You
    Step Out of Your Shell

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Decisions, Decisions: Shoveling Dirt on the New George W. Bush Presidential Center with a Handful of Old Friends

    Photos by Stephen Masker​Of course you've heard that George W. Bush has a new book out in stores, and this morning, you couldn't help but hear he was getting started building his new library, too. Onstage under a big tent on the Southern Methodist University campus, Bush was shifting excitedly fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Raising Cane's Gives the Finger
    To Greenville Avenue

    ​Raising Cane's (multiple locations) www.raisingcanes.com Dude Factor: 7, or House's cane, on a scale of 1 (Michael P. Fay) to 10 (Caine). We had never darkened the door at a Raising Cane's until the new Greenville Avenue location opened, tempting us with its promise of "chicken fingers" on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Eat Away Dixieland: Looking for Uniquely Southern Dishes, Assuming This is the South

    Frogmore stew: The dish is familiar, even if the name isn't.​If you think Texas belongs in a documentary about Southern food, now's the time to say so. The Southern Foodways Alliance is asking folks to submit, via its Facebook page, "the one dish/ingredient/food event/restaurant/etc. from your h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    DC9er Mixtape: The Flashback Episode

    ​Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it'd be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of them have been up to since be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Lin's China Diner: College Station Import Brings Light Asian to Plano

    ​Promised delivery time: 35-40 minutes Actual delivery time: 22 minutes THE SCORE Delivery earlier than promised: 20 Points No online ordering: Minus 5 Points No MSG: 10 Points Fresh tasting food: 40 Points Food securely packaged: 10 Points TOTAL: 75 points E-mail menus, snail-mail menus, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Red Mango Pushes Back at Competition With Self-Serve

    Red Mango: Help yourself.​Starting July 19, the Red Mango on Lovers Lane will convert into a self-service frozen yogurt format. Depending on the outcome of the Lovers Lane location, several other Dallas locations of the frozen yogurt chain may be following suit soon after. If the success of Pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Foodways Texas Drafts Recipe to Celebrate Lone Star Cuisine

    There's a lot to learn about Texas food. Might as well start with the basics.​The Southern Foodways Alliance, an 800-member organization that's stimulated serious scholarly discussion of barbecue and pinto beans; produced dozens of movies on edible topics ranging from Sazeracs to pig ear sandw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Nice Brisket, Toots

    Snow's BBQ516 Main St.Lexington, TexasNoah W. BaileyThe line at Snow's. At 10:20 a.m.​Dude Factor: 10, or Billy Joe Shaver, on a scale of 1 (Beth Toben) to 10.On a recent weekend trip to College Station to visit my fiance's parents, I found myself with a few free hours on a Saturday while my lady ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Bubba's Cooks Country: Chicken Any Way You Want, Especially if it's Fried

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAny closer to this chicken-fried steak and you'd be eating it.​Bubba's Cooks Country6617 Hillcrest Ave.214-373-6527Dude Factor: 9, or Benjamin Buford Blue, on a scale of 1 (Bubba the Grouper) to 10 (Bubba Ho-Tep)There's not much in this world that couldn't do with som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Says Mayor, Thanks to UNT Dallas Is Finally About to Become a College Town

    Get to know the University of North Texas at Dallas from UNTD Webmaster on Vimeo.That video above was just posted to Vimeo by the University of North Texas at Dallas -- but says here it was sent out a couple of weeks ago to "the Board of Regents, potential donors, the Texas legislature, and elected ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Too Much of a Bad Thing: Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addiction

    Get to know the University of North Texas at Dallas from UNTD Webmaster on Vimeo.That video above was just posted to Vimeo by the University of North Texas at Dallas -- but says here it was sent out a couple of weeks ago to "the Board of Regents, potential donors, the Texas legislature, and elected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Hut's vs Dixie Chicken: College Town Clash

    Alex Flores​In one week, the tea sippers battle that redneck military school for all important bragging rights. Yeah, Texas has to get past the Chickenhawks of KU first, while the Aggies go up against (yawn) Baylor. But on Thanksgiving day, it's either "Hook 'em Horns" or...what the hell does "Gig ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 18, 2009

    So What Exactly Are You Eating When You Order Fajitas In A Tex-Mex Restaurant?

    Alex Flores​In one week, the tea sippers battle that redneck military school for all important bragging rights. Yeah, Texas has to get past the Chickenhawks of KU first, while the Aggies go up against (yawn) Baylor. But on Thanksgiving day, it's either "Hook 'em Horns" or...what the hell does "Gig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    The Cotton Bowl Ain't No Kyle Field

    Alex Flores​In one week, the tea sippers battle that redneck military school for all important bragging rights. Yeah, Texas has to get past the Chickenhawks of KU first, while the Aggies go up against (yawn) Baylor. But on Thanksgiving day, it's either "Hook 'em Horns" or...what the hell does "Gig ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Democracy Inaction

    Mr. Gonz doesn't go to Washington

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Can't Go Home Again

    Plus: Busted; Inside Track

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Last Call

    The career of Dallas sportswriter Jim Dent was skyrocketing, then booze and bad behavior caused a hard landing

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Place to Eat a Monster

    Freebirds World Burrito

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    Soul Power

    The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    Even Handed

    Lewis makes more progress with Deep Elm Records

  • Music

    May 30, 2002

    Nappy Roots

    Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz (Atlantic)

  • Dining

    October 4, 2001

    Food Fight?

    Rumors circulate around the departure of George Papadopoulos from Voltaire

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Access Denied

    In the he-said, she-said world of child visitation disputes, dads like Doug Watkins say fathers have no rights

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Vanity of the Bonfire

    When tradition and death collide in Aggieland, tradition triumphs

  • Music

    September 16, 1999

    Anywhere but here

    Lewis doesn't care if it's really good or really bad, as long as it's not middle-of-the-road

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Letters

    Lewis doesn't care if it's really good or really bad, as long as it's not middle-of-the-road

  • Culture

    January 21, 1999

    Apocalypse right now

    There was chaos both on and off the set at Deep Ellum Center for the Arts

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    What's in a name?

    Everything, when you've got good luck with a capital 'F'

  • Dining

    March 19, 1998

    When the levee breaks

    Cool River Cafe floods with flavorless monotony

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Letters

    Cool River Cafe floods with flavorless monotony

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    Roadshows

    Cool River Cafe floods with flavorless monotony

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    We are the R.O.T.

    The Enloes are Republic of Texas stalwarts, but they don't go for hostage-taking. They prefer using bogus money orders to battle "the eight banking families that control the world."

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Aggies lose again

    AG's office makes the last call of the season

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    BeloWatch

    AG's office makes the last call of the season

  • Music

    March 2, 1995

    Uncle Whopelo?

    Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town

  • Music

    December 22, 1994

    Roadshows

    Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town

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