International Relations

In the Wake of Spills, the EPA is Urging Tighter Review of the Proposed Keystone Pipeline

Back in March, the Keystone XL pipeline's approval looked practically assured. Construction of the 1,179-mile leviathan, connecting Alberta's tar sand mines with Texas Gulf Coast refiners, was already well underway in Texas. The State Department said Canadian tar sands production would proceed apace ... More >>

Rick Perry and Texas Politicians Pressuring Mexico to Pay its Water Debt

Mexico owes Texas water. And as the current drought presses onward, Texas politicians are trying to turn up the heat to get Mexico to pay. Last Friday, the Texas House voted unanimously on a resolution that the federal government should pressure Mexico deliver water to the United States. The same w ... More >>

See ’Leezza Kegstand

In Texas, a Company is Now Fracking Uranium

Because injecting mysterious chemical cocktails deep underground to release hard-to-reach deposits of natural gas hasn't proved controversial enough, miners are staking out a new frontier: uranium fracking. Yep. Uranium Energy Corp., a Canadian company with extensive operations in the "uranium belt ... More >>

Until Yesterday, the Web Site for Syria's State News Agency Was Hosted in Dallas

This morning, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the conflict in Syria had reached "new and appalling heights of brutality and violence," as the clashes between government troops and opposition forces drag on. An estimated 40,000 people have died in the conflict, which began in March 2011. The ... More >>

The Washington Post Sees Striking Similarities Between Greg Abbott and Vladimir Putin

At first blush, it wouldn't seem that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott have much in common. The former is an ex-KGB agent who, through a bizarre combination of dictatorial repression and sheer animal magnetism, has cemented his status as Russia's de facto leade ... More >>

Treaty Oak Distillery: A Texan You All Need to Know

Daniel Barnes is a really nice Texas boy. He referred to me as 'mam at least 20 times during our conversation. Part of me wanted to beg him to stop, but the other part could just tell that was how he was raised. Barnes is from the small town of Menard, on the Edwards Plateau in South Texas where h ... More >>

U.N. Swears it Has No Plans to Invade Lubbock County

Lubbock County Judge Tom Head is raising taxes just in case, steeling himself for the U.N. invasion that will almost certainly follow an Obama win in November. But what is the U.N. doing to get ready for its occupation of Lubbock? Maybe buying some Red Raider gear to fit in with the locals? Stocking ... More >>

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

Are Mexican-American Border Patrol Agents Traitors?

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 >>

Bombs Away

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 >>

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

All Ale Cheese!

Pair up brews and bites

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 >>

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

World Matters

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

All We Are Saying

Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

Ray Hunt's Oil Deal Was Good, Even Though It Was Bad? Shocking.

Bush Tells Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington Mayors Their Jobs Are Harder Than His -- Haw, Haw, Haw.

Lisa Loeb Will Now Take Your Questions

Charlie Rose Talks to Kay Bailey; Should Help With the Getting to Sleep

The Broken Promises of NAFTA

Now, This is a Channel 11 Exclusive We Can Get Behind

The Yellow-Brick Corridor

The Man and the Myth

Port of Call

House of Saud and Fog

Poster Boys

U2

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)

Old Gold

Get Wise

County north of Fort Worth must be eliminated

Off the Mark

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

Fission Trip

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

For Our Homies

Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

Best Fishmonger

TJ's Seafood Market

Best Place to Buy a Scooter

Italian Motorsports

Run Over

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

Buzz

Cold embrace; No free ride; Love fest

Degrees of obsession

What's Up With the Weather and other small talk

Nuke 'em

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

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

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.

Scorched earth

New Theatre Company sets Nebraska afire

GROUND ZERO

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

Empty quiver

Broken Arrow doesn't shoot straight

Rough road ahead

NAFTA road warriors fight it out for federal funding

Left to right

Thoughts on GATT, retraining, corporate welfare, and Bosnia