Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Schutze-Notes Version of James Galbraith's Latest Book: We're Screwed

James Galbraith has a new book out, Inequality and Instability, arguing that ... well, you know he's an economist at the LBJ School at UT Austin, so it's pretty complicated ... I'm trying to boil down what I got out of it ... I need to put this into Get-Off-My-Lawn language ... so let's imagine its ... More >>

From Texas or Russia, Medicare Scamsters Are All the Same -- Greedy

Here we are, with the biggest Medicare fraud in history going -- so we are told -- and The New York Times devotes its front page today to a story about Medicare fraud carried out by organized Russian gangs in ... oh, guess where! ... New York City! What can we do down here in Dallas to get respect? ... More >>

Gassy Knoll: Dark Forces Silencing JFK Conspiracy Folk

Dallas is playing to its City of Hate stereotype for assassination's anniversary.

As the Governor Declares August 6 "Day of Prayer and Fasting," One Response to Rick Perry's "The Response" Event

From Governor Rick Perry's Flickr pageRick Perry and Sarah Palin at that Heroic Media event at the Majestic Theatre last November​Speaking of over-the-weekenders, the morning paper had a pay wall piece Saturday about Governor Rick Perry's "call to prayer for a nation in crisis" scheduled for Augus ... More >>

Wendy Reves's Sole Heir Files Federal Suit to Retrieve Mother's Art Collection (Left to DMA) and Money (Given to UT Southwestern)

Dallas Museum of ArtPortrait of Mrs. Emery Reves by Graham Sutherland, 1978​A federal lawsuit filed in Dallas on Friday has all the makings of a Vanity Fair feature story, down to the famous names who make cameo appearances -- among them, President Franklin Roosevelt, Coco Chanel and Winston Churc ... More >>

Walt & El Grupo

Dallas Museum of ArtPortrait of Mrs. Emery Reves by Graham Sutherland, 1978​A federal lawsuit filed in Dallas on Friday has all the makings of a Vanity Fair feature story, down to the famous names who make cameo appearances -- among them, President Franklin Roosevelt, Coco Chanel and Winston Churc ... More >>

Executive Notes: Top Ten Musical Moments In Presidential History

Dallas Museum of ArtPortrait of Mrs. Emery Reves by Graham Sutherland, 1978​A federal lawsuit filed in Dallas on Friday has all the makings of a Vanity Fair feature story, down to the famous names who make cameo appearances -- among them, President Franklin Roosevelt, Coco Chanel and Winston Churc ... More >>

Bless Us, Oh Lard

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

What's the Deal?

FDR clowns around at Stone Street

Eek! A Reporter!

FDR clowns around at Stone Street

RIght Cross

Is George W. Bush a conservative? Author Bruce Bartlett doesn't think so,

and saying that cost him his job.

What's in store?

Plus: Rescued from the Reich

Chew Radio

Can the Restaurant Show make a comeback?

Bucking the Odds

Seabiscuit is a different breed of summer "ride" movie

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Down by the Old Mill

A band of East Texas environmentalists takes on a polluting paper plant and proves that might doesn't always make right, even in a company town

Air homophobia

A gay-bashing pilot prompts a change at Southwest Airlines

Presidential suite

A gay-bashing pilot prompts a change at Southwest Airlines

The Fugitive

Child psychiatrist Robert Gross claims malicious federal prosecutors unfairly charged him with fraud and forced him to flee to England. Is it the doctor or the judicial system that is out of touch with reality?

Lady of mystery

The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe, but its appearance is just the start of the puzzle

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."

True believers

After Oklahoma City, angry white men gather at a Dallas motel