Corpus Christi

It's a diary of a mad year as Buzz recalls a P.O.'d 2010.

Former Council Member Donna Blumer Defends Cathie Adams; County GOP Chair Neerman Says He's Done Criticizing Her

One month into her tenure as state Republican Party chair, Cathie Adams has caused the party's executive director to resign and took sides in yet another GOP primary race.​Despite the length of our cover story on the GOP gubernatorial primary, my discussion with former city council member Donn ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

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 ... More >>

Bless Us, Oh Lard

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Can Nolan Ryan Save the Texas Rangers? Again?

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Latino Vote Is No Slam Dunk for Hillary Clinton, Not in Texas

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Ain't Life Grand? It Is, At Least According to Preservation Texas.

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Dallas is Good for Two Things: Jobs and Cheap Houses. Well, Damn, Ain't That Enough?

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Anchia to Tackle "Divisive and Misguided" Anti-Immigration Legislation

Damn fajitas and health-conscious eaters. They're killing traditional Tex-Mex.

Cruising With the Whore Cop

Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

Assist, Avery

Diminutive Mavs coach gives New Orleans evacuees a huge lift

After the Flood

Plus: Still Living, Wrist Slap, We Screwed Up

Shipshape?

Awash in oil, the Spanish victims of a tanker disaster seek justice from a Texas company

Watchdog

Dallas SPCA's Dave Garcia and his investigators lead the charge against animal abuse

Haunted House

The discovery of three dead babies opens up a mystery with little chance of solution

Grave Robbers

Even in the great beyond, no one is safe from identity theft

Around the Block

After three years, 41 Gorgeous Blocks is taking itself seriously. And taking its act out on the road.

The Gambler

Ty Thomas bets his future on his infamous con man pop and some high school sweethearts

Selling Ron

A pro-business black Democrat who appeals to white voters, Ron Kirk is the sport utility vehicle of Senate candidates. But will voters buy him?

Letters, Week of November 8

Trinity Water Torture, Sins of Omission

El Parche's Return

This is the story of Steve Jordan, one bad-ass pachuco

Homefryin' with Fred Baron

Dallas' largest plaintiff's firm, Baron & Budd, cultivates friends, punishes enemies and beats allegations it prompts clients to lie and win

What a Crime

The late-night carjacking was violent, but the legal tactics are the real rough stuff

The Graduates

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts makes a tentative mark on the world

Death in the Desert

Gary Patterson flew to El Paso for a job interview--and never returned. It took nearly two years for the Texas Rangers and Waco police to unravel the bizarre web of lies and treachery that led to his disappearance.

This Sand is Your Sand

On the Texas coast, the only thing eroding faster than the sand is the state’s Open Beaches Act

Vanity of the Bonfire

When tradition and death collide in Aggieland, tradition triumphs

Etch-a-sketch

Some believe the latest form of body art opens the mind while it scars the skin

GOP to gays: Butt out

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

Letters

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

The King's man

"Jr. Boy" Jones played with them all--now, he plays for himself

A bush league of their own

Long before the Texas Rangers, major-league baseball was played in Dallas by a minor-league team called the Dallas Eagles

The Few, the Proud, the Battered

At Harlingen's Marine Military Academy, the line between discipline and abuse is sometimes as thin as a knife's edge

Extrapolating rhythm and blues

Cajun monarch Marcia Ball spreads her wings

The lies that BIND

A Dallas jury is forced to sift through the wreckage of a family destroyed by the infamous Norplant rape case

"It's our turn to be heard"

With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say

Buzz

With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say

Star bright

Nava paints a safe, pretty, and awfully pleasant portrait in Selena

Born of El Sol

Germinated in the rich tradition of El Sol de Texas, the Spanish-language press takes root in Dallas

Cut the cards, ante up

Spot reshuffles the deck

The Unbearable Lightness of Victor

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

A tragic trip

Parents blame maverick Collin County teacher-candidate for their daughter's death

Why Dallas Can't Dance

Ballet Dallas may finally succumb to years of self-inflicted mediocrity

Events for the week

Ballet Dallas may finally succumb to years of self-inflicted mediocrity

Farewell from Cracker Eden

Texas journalism loses a great writer and friend in Grover Lewis

Thank God he's a pretty boy

Ty Herndon is country music's latest hunk of the month. But is he for real?

Myth, martyr, musician

With each passing day, the ghost of Selena looms larger over the mainstream

One Scared Puppy

Why Dallas' Greyhound Lines is fighting for its life

He wants to freak you

Jeff Buckley tries to make pop music you've never heard before