George H.W. Bush

Everything You Need to Know About the Bush Center/Library/Theater/Museum/Thing

Journalists across the globe have been busy churning out copy about the looming Thursday dedication of the Bush Presidential Center at SMU. Some of the pieces wrestle with the Bush legacy, some describe the center itself. Others explore the practical effect that a massive ceremony featuring five pre ... More >>

A Dallas Lawmaker Wants to Turn Central into George W. Bush Expressway

It took nearly six years after leaving office for George H.W. Bush to have a functioning North Texas highway named for him. His son could do it in less than five. State Representative Dan Branch has taken it upon himself to see that that happens. On Friday, just before the filing deadline for the l ... More >>

The 10 Weirdest Members of Congress

WBAP Announces Death of George H.W. Bush, Quickly Realizes He's Not Actually Dead

George H.W. Bush, the country's 41st president, has been in a Houston hospital for more than a month now, undergoing treatment for complications from a serious case of bronchitis. The 88-year-old was checked into intensive care on Wednesday "following a series of setbacks, including a persistent fev ... More >>

George P. Bush's "Future in Texas is Unlimited." And George W.? He's Taken Up Painting.

The latest New York magazine goes all-in on the Bush family, assessing the political hopes of Jeb before finally deciding that it's actually George P., Jeb's half-Mexican son and a rising star in Texas politics, who has the highest political ceiling. "George P.'s future in Texas in unlimited," says ... More >>

How Texas Came Within an Atom's Breadth of Discovering the God Particle

The Favorite Foods of All 44 Presidents

​After an exhaustive search of public records and historical documents at the Library of Congress (read: drunken Google search), we are ready to honor President's Day with a comprehensive list of the foods enjoyed by our fearless leaders of the past. Throughout this process one question continued ... More >>

President George H.W. Bush's Advice for Dallas ISD Students (and Their Parents)

Last month the Dallas Independent School District officially dedicated George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary, the Addison campus funded by the 2008 bond program. The affair was populated by pols, Ross Ave. administrators and educators, but at the 3:37 mark of the video just posted by the district th ... More >>

So, New EPA Regs Won't Cause Apocalyptic Blackouts in Texas After All?

Luminant's Monticello​Over the course of the last month, both ERCOT and the North American Energy Reliability Corporation have warned of outages as early as next summer, due in large part, they say, to new regs issued by the EPA aimed at reducing the amount of mercury, sulfur dioxide and other ... More >>

Texas Is the "Big Fish," and the Anti-Abortion Movement Has Lots of Bait in the Water

Photo by Holly MorganNancy Northup, President, Center For Reproductive Rights​The First Unitarian Church of Dallas hosted a special guest last week: Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The CRR, if you recall, is the New York-based organization that recently won a prelim ... More >>

The Grape is Stuck in the Past, Right Where it Belongs

Compared to modern bistros, The Grape's menu and dining room seem dated. That's why it works so well.

Ron Kirk: Democrats Can Take Texas. One Day?

Photo by Patrick Michels​USA Today's Richard Wolf attended this morning's Third Way breakfast, where former Dallas Mayor-turned-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk insisted the demographic shift in Texas over the last decade -- where 38 percent of the population is now Hispanic, 12 percent African- ... More >>

News & Notes: Jenkins Surgery Update, Who Sent Sherbet's Stuff Home and Former Cowboys QB Poised to Swap Senate Teams

Photo by Sam MertenClay Jenkins​What a Week For the New County Judge Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has been pummeled in the media and political circles for playing Scottie Pippen to Commissioner John Wiley Price's Michael Jordan in the game to push out Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet ... More >>

Watch: Johnny Rodriguez Joined The Gourds For An Impromptu Performance of "That's The Way Love Goes" at the Kessler on Friday Night

The folks who showed up at the Kessler Theater on Friday night to see The Gourds and The Naptime Shake perform got a nice little gift when, out of the blue, Johnny Rodriguez stopped by the venue, seemingly on a whim, and ended up performing his hit "That's The Way Love Goes" with the Austin-based h ... More >>

Barack Obama and Our Most Athletic Presidents

​Wasn't exactly Cortland Finnegan vs. Andre Johnson, but The Prez got into a scuffle last Friday. On the basketball court. With an elbow. Barack Obama received 12 stitches to a cut on his lower lip after an errant elbow during a pick-up game by Rey Decerega, the Director of Programs for ... More >>

Turns Out, It Takes Two Bushes to Throw Out One Opening Pitch for World Series Game Four

​This just in from John Blake and Major League Baseball: Yet again, Nolan Ryan will toss out the first pitch at the Ballpark in Arlington for a post-season game, when, tomorrow evening, he takes the mound for Game Three of the World Series. (And, no, apparently he's unavailable to work a few innin ... More >>

Visiting Brazile

The Battle Over Airport Contracts Opens a Rift Between the Mayor and Minority City Council Members.

The W. Stands For Wicked

If Nothing Else, You Can Always Go to Booker T. to Watch Obama's Speech With Ron Kirk

​A few minutes ago, I spoke to Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning his voice-mail message this morning. I wondered if today's decision, to let teachers and principals decide whether their classes could watch President Obama's speech to students on Tuesday, was a c ... More >>

What Summer Vacation?

School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

The 2009 Starting Pitcher for Your Texas Rangers: Dubya

  This is not the time to talk politics. It's the time to talk baseball. I'll put my liberal left leaning on hold today because the Texas Rangers have announced - no surprise - that former Prez and former co-owner George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch before next Monday's season ... More >>

Stories Of Misconduct

Every once in awhile I wonder just why some people are keen to lavish praise on restaurant owners. Yeah, I know--the Food Network and those in the media who promote the celebrity chef idea share a portion of the blame. But many of the folks who dine regularly simply don't wish to peer behind the cur ... More >>

10 Questions: Former Presidents

OK, OK--a gimmick for Inauguration day. Give us a break. The President gets a personal chef, state dinners and could probably walk out of any restaurant in the country without paying. Of course, there have been some notorious culinary moments: The competent Bush puking all over his Japane ... More >>

Dude Food: Cousin's Barbeque

Cousin's Barbeque Various locations I don't think a Texas barbecue place does itself any favors by boasting that it's a favorite of an Ivy League, blue-blood Yankee, but Cousin's Web site brags about serving George H.W. Bush. Had I known that before trying the food, I'd have been a tad skeptical. ... More >>

A Sneak Preview of Tonight's Veep Debate -- From 1984

We Can't Curb Our Enthusiasm for Lisa Garza's Performances on Food Network

The Blair Bitch Project

Anything But Plain

See Demme's view of Jimmy Carter at the Modern

Scout's Honor (or Not)

Woe Is They

Conservatives need not apply

SMU and A&M are Damned Liberal Anti-Bush Bastions. Sure, Prof, Whatever You Sez.

The TV Junkie Comes Clean on Oprah Today

You Know Who's Not That Impressed with the TXU Deal? Mayor Laura Miller. And She Has a Point.

Corndoggle

Dallas Is Banking On Ethanol, But Is It The Fuel Of The Future Or A Barrel Of Pork?

Assist to Avery

Unified Feet

Put politics aside and tap

RIght Cross

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

and saying that cost him his job.

Great Clips

Tennessee schoolkids teach the world a lesson in an inspirational documentary

Bite the Vote

Talkin' Doo-doo

The DMN's special section was great. And weird. Of course.

The Icebox Revisited

Houston had one of its most shocking race murders 45 years ago. But exactly whose tragedy was it?

Letters

Deadly Skies

Plus: The Original Crusaders; Out, Damned Potholes; Someone's Lying

Enron's End Run

To make a mess as big as the Enron debacle, you need some friends in high places--Texas Senator Phil Gramm and his wife, for instance

Buzz

Spell it out, Double-ya; Name game; American Atheists

Maverick rides again

Democratic media whiz Mark McKinnon left partisan politics behind until George W. Bush swept him off his feet

The Nerd Behind the Throne

Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul

The Race Not Run

Republican Bill Hill is running against Democrat Rick Reed for district attorney. Don't think you have a choice.