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International Relations

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    March 1, 2011

    Kirk on Leppert and Dallas's Next Mayor

    Last week, the Texas Tribune sat down in Austin to chat up U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Today, the Trib posted some of that interview, during which Kirk reveals that when he stepped down as Dallas Mayor, he cried. So did Schutze. Like a baby.You can watch the video. Or read the transcript. Yo ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Mass deportation, strict border enforcement, amnesty. What will comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds take action--or if they don't?

    Last week, the Texas Tribune sat down in Austin to chat up U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Today, the Trib posted some of that interview, during which Kirk reveals that when he stepped down as Dallas Mayor, he cried. So did Schutze. Like a baby.You can watch the video. Or read the transcript. Yo ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2010

    Are Mexican-American Border Patrol Agents Traitors?

    Last week, the Texas Tribune sat down in Austin to chat up U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Today, the Trib posted some of that interview, during which Kirk reveals that when he stepped down as Dallas Mayor, he cried. So did Schutze. Like a baby.You can watch the video. Or read the transcript. Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    DynCorp Ex Claims He Was Fired For Blowing Whistle on Wasted Millions

    ​Over the weekend, Newsweek and ProPublica co-published a piece that says, in short: The $6 billion the U.S. government has spent since '02 training the Afghan police force has gone to waste, and the entire program -- which has involved "buying weapons, building police academies, and hiring defens ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Bombs Away

    ​Over the weekend, Newsweek and ProPublica co-published a piece that says, in short: The $6 billion the U.S. government has spent since '02 training the Afghan police force has gone to waste, and the entire program -- which has involved "buying weapons, building police academies, and hiring defens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Steer Clear of the Crescent on Monday

    Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in D.C. earlier this month​That is, unless you have business with former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who, in his position as U.S. Trade Representative, will be holed up at the hotel Monday talking North American Free Trade Agreement. But, ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Why do Mexican's love bad-boy cops so much?

    Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in D.C. earlier this month​That is, unless you have business with former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who, in his position as U.S. Trade Representative, will be holed up at the hotel Monday talking North American Free Trade Agreement. But, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    All Ale Cheese!

    Pair up brews and bites

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Oh, Say, Can You D.C.: Ron Kirk and Tom Leppert at the U.S. Conference of Mayors

    Dallas mayors former and current were in D.C. over the weekend for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting: Tom Leppert, to once more make Dallas's case for stimulus dough-re-mi; Ron Kirk, to calm mayors' fears concerning his unpopular position on free trade. Leppert, like every other in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Where Does Ron Kirk Stand on Trade? Why, On His Feet, Of Course.

    Captain Ronald Tiberius Kirk will be promoted to admiral this morning, after which time he will have to deal with the Trade Federation, no easy task there. Hunh. I feel like I've confused some things here. President-elect Barack Obama will name First Buddy Ron Kirk the chief U.S. trade representa ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    Why is Tony Montana such a li'l friend to Mexicans?

    Captain Ronald Tiberius Kirk will be promoted to admiral this morning, after which time he will have to deal with the Trade Federation, no easy task there. Hunh. I feel like I've confused some things here. President-elect Barack Obama will name First Buddy Ron Kirk the chief U.S. trade representa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    World Matters

    Captain Ronald Tiberius Kirk will be promoted to admiral this morning, after which time he will have to deal with the Trade Federation, no easy task there. Hunh. I feel like I've confused some things here. President-elect Barack Obama will name First Buddy Ron Kirk the chief U.S. trade representa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Hunting for Facts: State Department Looking Into Ray Hunt's Oil Deal

    Captain Ronald Tiberius Kirk will be promoted to admiral this morning, after which time he will have to deal with the Trade Federation, no easy task there. Hunh. I feel like I've confused some things here. President-elect Barack Obama will name First Buddy Ron Kirk the chief U.S. trade representa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    All We Are Saying

    Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2008
  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008
  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Lisa Loeb Will Now Take Your Questions

    Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007
  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    The Broken Promises of NAFTA

    Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2007
  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    The Yellow-Brick Corridor

    Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    Cash Money

    When we least expected it, a real opportunity in southern Dallas

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    The Man and the Myth

    When we least expected it, a real opportunity in southern Dallas

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2006

    Port of Call

    When we least expected it, a real opportunity in southern Dallas

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2006

    House of Saud and Fog

    When we least expected it, a real opportunity in southern Dallas

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Poster Boys

    When we least expected it, a real opportunity in southern Dallas

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Back to Africa

    Live 8 makes some noise. Hopefully, eight world leaders were listening.

  • Film

    April 21, 2005

    Lost in Translation

    All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

  • Film

    January 6, 2005

    Blade Runners

    Hotel Rwanda finds hope amid the horrors of tribal genocide

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    U2

    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    Old Gold

    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)

  • Film

    October 23, 2003

    Divided Borders

    Brutality and romance make odd bedfellows in Beyond Borders

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Get Wise

    County north of Fort Worth must be eliminated

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Off the Mark

    As with the Shawn Bradley contract, Mark Cuban got screwed in this deal

  • Culture

    February 6, 2003

    Fission Trip

    In Theatre Three's Copenhagen, passion for science ignites a white-hot war of words

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    For Our Homies

    Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Fishmonger

    TJ's Seafood Market

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place to Buy a Scooter

    Italian Motorsports

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Run Over

    Small towns in the Big Bend area brace for an onslaught of Mexican trucks rolling their way thanks to NAFTA

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Buzz

    Cold embrace; No free ride; Love fest

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2000

    Degrees of obsession

    What's Up With the Weather and other small talk

  • Film

    March 30, 2000

    Nuke 'em

    Deterrence takes on -- and bungles -- the biggest question of all

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Through a Lens Darkly

    Through a lens darkly Juarez's street photographers capture the face of a horrific future--and the future is closer than you think

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Borderline case

    An illegal immigrant mother battles against bureaucracy to stay near her ailing daughter

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Busted

    Julio Mercado is Dallas' brand-new DEA boss, and he's inherited kilos of trouble. His city is about to be declared a drug disaster zone, but all his narcs seem to care about is snitching on each other.

  • Culture

    May 22, 1997

    Scorched earth

    New Theatre Company sets Nebraska afire

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    GROUND ZERO

    Atomic Cafe filmmaker Jayne Loader has won raves for her CD-ROM Public Shelter, but calls the 'new medium' a dud

  • Film

    February 15, 1996

    Empty quiver

    Broken Arrow doesn't shoot straight

  • News

    March 2, 1995

    Rough road ahead

    NAFTA road warriors fight it out for federal funding

  • News

    December 8, 1994

    Left to right

    Thoughts on GATT, retraining, corporate welfare, and Bosnia

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