Subject: Columbus

• The Battle for Metroplex Mediocrity

  September 8, 2006

• NASCAR: A Yankee Pastime

  April 11, 2006

• Holier Than Thou? The Church of God in Christ Fights for Its Roots.

  November 5, 2007

• UFL Passing on '08 Start Date

  March 17, 2008

• Airline Gets Some College Radio Love

  May 22, 2008

• A Footnote in History, Duncanville's Bacsik Wants Back in the Bigs

  May 26, 2008

• Channel surfing

  November 17, 1994

• The pizzas of summer

  September 7, 1995

• Paint it Black

  November 23, 1995

• Dig 'em up, move 'em out

  November 21, 1996

• Grateful Dead

  January 2, 1997

• Fusion fireworks

  January 30, 1997

• Accidental activists

  May 15, 1997

• Digging in

  September 4, 1997

• Rest in peace

  September 18, 1997

• Lush life

  March 26, 1998

• Banter

  July 1, 1999

• No parking

  November 4, 1999

• Letters

  June 1, 2000

• Tippling Tips

  May 31, 2001

• Bag Limits

  February 6, 2003

• American Toxic

  The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  December 6, 2007

• Ready to Rumble

  Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

  August 16, 2007

• Whiz Kid

  Daniel Folmer wants you to wear headphones but stop watching football

  October 5, 2006

• Thai one on

  Bangkok City offers thrills beyond searing spices

  November 10, 1994

• On The Range: Cabrito

  Goats helped settle America. Not kidding: According to Robb Walsh, author of The Tex-Mex Cookbook, goats were the preferred diet of common folk in Europe, so when Columbus sailed to the New World on his second voyage in 1493 he brought goats for meat, cheese, and milk--along with Spanish shepherds to make it all happen. They brought sheep, as well, but they were raised for wool, not eaten at dinnertime. In his memoir, Are You Really Going to Eat That?, Walsh describes a memorable cabrito

  June 3, 2009

• ¡Ask a Mexican!

  October 5, 2006

• Card Shark

  Amateur collector making a killin'

  December 8, 2005

• FOUND Out

  November 10, 2005

• Chili-ing Out

  Why can't they make Texas food outside Texas?

  February 17, 2005

• Secret Soul

  Recent compilations unearth the hidden history of funk

  August 26, 2004

• Wet Kisses

  Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing

  August 5, 2004

• Electric Shtick

  The Electric Six's shenanigans have them laughing all the way to the bank

  October 16, 2003

• Evil Eyes

  Coral Eugene Watts is a serial killer. He says he'll murder again. Why can't Texas stop him?

  June 19, 2003

• History's Mysteries

  For better or worse, progress has been made

  May 24, 2001

• Gave the People What They Had

  Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music

  November 23, 2000

• Nerves

  September 30, 1999

• Soul food & crackers

  How two black Dallas men learned to love the lily-white Republic of Texas--especially the part about phony checks and payment-free plastic

  September 18, 1997

• Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

  I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top teams rewarded with international play and/or advancement and the worst facing relegation to the league below. I can see the initial extended excitement. Actually a reason to watch Pirates-Nationals a

  July 23, 2009

• American Baseball, the European Way

  ​Even if European soccer owner Tom Hicks convinced Major League Baseball to inject the same screwy tables that govern soccer into America's pasttime your Texas Rangers wouldn't be a playoff team. But, alas, they wouldn't be relegated, either. If baseball were run according to European soccer standards--top teams earning international play (or advancement, in the case of minor league squads), the worst facing relegation to the league below--the woeful Pirates, Orioles and Nats would be pla

  October 8, 2009

• Dude Food: The Porch

  Holy shit, dudes.​The Porch2912 N. Henderson Ave.Dude Factor: 10, or The Stodg, on a scale of 1 (The Great Pyramid of Giza) to 10. This Dude Food is being filed from the home office, where I'm currently enjoying a productive birthday staycation. In honor of this momentous occasion (alas, the last year of my twenties), my lovely ladyfriend took me out for a nice dinner at The Porch, a restaurant I've been dreaming about ever since my first visit a few months back. Despite tales of delicious gru

  November 4, 2009

• If Memory Serves: Red Beer

  ​If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining why I'm so damn warped.My first wife's clan would gather at least once a year in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as Columbus, Nebraska.Yes, first wife--for some reason my firm belief that life revolves around televised sports, X-Box games, the occasional romantic vacation to some history battlefield and a cupboard stocked with Cheez-Its just doesn't sit well with some women. At least this particular Nebraska co

  November 10, 2009