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University of Texas Scientists Plead with Lawmakers to Please Kill Intelligent Design Bill

State Representative Bill Zedler's legislative career can be summed up as a quixotic attempt to foist his puritanical worldview onto the state's 26 million residents. Backdoor abortion bans, stripper licensing, Sharia law bans, making life unnecessarily difficult for gay college kids. Whatever your ... More >>

The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas

For this week's cover story, Alice "The Cheap Bastard" Laussade provides an extensive and profane guide to, as she puts it, her "favorite restaurants in Dallas where cheap meets delicious (without meeting diarrhea)." It follows. Drive-Through Deals White Rock Coffee 4216 Abrams Road The Starbucks d ... More >>

The 2012 Dallas Mavericks: 33 Storylines from 33 Games

A (Wait, It's Already Midseason?) Midseason Report

Mayor Mike Rawlings Gives Dallas ISD Board, Central Staffers a Lesson In Marketing 101

Rmember when DISD considered replacing its logo? It might come up again.​Edwin Flores said it a couple of weeks back: The Dallas Independent School District has a communications problem. Which is one way of putting it -- the nice way of putting it. And so, following months' worth of dust-ups and s ... More >>

Governor Gaffe Comes Back to Texas, Wounded But No Wiser

Wait a minute. Forgive me, but I must misuse and abuse a bit of Dylan Thomas here to suggest we should not let Rick Perry go quite so gentle into that good night. I'm reading a lot of crap about how he bombed in his presidential campaign because he was "ill-prepared" and committed gaffes. It's way ... More >>

Ides of March: No Game Change

Intrigue drowns out argument in political thriller.

What Exactly Do the Cowboys Have in Running Back Felix Jones?

​Is Felix Jones the man? Or just the man until DeMarco Murray becomes the man? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week on his weekly radio show that he considers the fourth-year running back one of the keys to Dallas' season. "I expect Felix to have a really good season," Jones said. "A ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Brett Dennen & Dawes at Granada Theater

Editor's Note: This review was written by Jenny Block Brett Dennen, Dawes Granada Theater May 7, 2011 Better than: Hula hooping in your front yard on the first day of summer vacation, sun in your face, knowing that your mom will call you in for grilled cheese and grape Kool Aid any minute. Brett ... More >>

Gandolfo's Attempts Franchising Magic Trick with Deli Sandwiches

​A new food truck is en route to Dallas. The mobile food vendor in question, Gandolfo's New York Delicatessen, is part of an ambitious plan by owner Pool's Restaurant Group for large-scale franchising of food trucks, and in the case of Randy Wolken, master franchiser for DFW, a way to build a ... More >>

Dallas Cowboy Fans: Be patient. Your winless team is about to come to life.

Cool Aid Pickles a Refreshing Alternative
To Fried Food at State Fair

​As Dallas Observer's Cheap Bastard, Alice Laussade, so eloquently put it in this week's cover story, fried food at the State Fair of Texas might have jumped the shark, thanks to Mark Zable's fried beer. Zable's creation won this year's Big Tex Choice Awards' Most Creative prize. The annual fried- ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Domino's Pizza

dominos.com/Patrick MichelsMy Domino's order: even hotter in real life. But online, the pizza was less like a greasy sponge.​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Dominos.comdelivered from 4420 Gaston Ave.Promi ... More >>

Smokin' at C.T.'s Real Deal BBQ

Last Night: Animal Collective and Black Dice at the House of Blues

Animal Collective, Black DiceHouse of BluesJune 4, 2009Better Than: Sitting at home alone burning a stick of Nag Champa while staring at the cover of Meriwether Post Pavilion. Animal CollectiveWalking into House of Blues last night, two things were obvious: The show was sold out, and many of the tic ... More >>

Bless Us, Oh Lard

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

Whatever You Do, Don't Sip the Water of Life. It's Really Crazy Juice.

Vince Vaughn Tries to Attract the Underage with Fred Claus

The Fab Fifty

Or, half a hundred folks with way better seats than you

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Health, in life and film, dominates Cannes

Going for Broke

NASCAR team owner Jeff Milburn might never win a race, but there's more to life than a checkered flag

Choke Hold

Tony Romo's blessing comes disguised as a blunder

Secrets and Lanais

Three plays send characters out on the porch to get inside their heads

The Gospel of Ole

Ready to Blow

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

Looters

Everybody got a piece when the families at Timbercreek got evicted--except the families

New releases available this week

Mat Finish

The Wrestling Season takes a strong hold on tough teen issues; Den of Thieves steals time

Divide and Convolute

Blueberry Boat has indie rockers confused: Are the Fiery Furnaces geniuses, hacks—or both?

Ch-ch-change

You say you want a revolution? The DMN kings shake up their court.

Perfect Town, USA

Frisco wants to lure Andy and Opie with a Starbucks. Why is that an evil plan?

Shiny Happy People

The Polyphonic Spree is one Big Moment away from stardom. Right?

Low-Fiber

Entertainment that's flammable

Mix A Lot

Kid 606 separates the beats from the crap

Much Ado

Was the Morning News wrong to send an intern on a jailhouse interview? No.

Back and Blue

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” made a lot of people sick to their stomachs. Can Todd and Toby Pipes make them forget?

Tiki Tacky

Tiki Bob's is hanging on by a vine

Shoal Shocked

The Lighthouse doesn't quite work

True Disbelievers

Deeper Life ministry says it saves homeless people from drugs and sin. Some ex-members say the church takes advantage of those who need help most.

Gender Bent

Michelle Rodriguez puts the grrr into the bludgeoning Girlfight

Buzz

Welcome to our world; Service with a smile; Working for a living

Method Man
and Redman

Maverick rides again

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

Buzz

Don't you dare call it the 'Chitlin Circuit'

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Events for the week

Clara's Last Supper

Dallas' ailing soul-food queen longs for one more turn in the kitchen

The beautiful loser

Keith Ferguson keeps a loose grip on Fabulous past

Buzz

Tales From The Crypt

Fort Worth's famous undertaker, the Rev. Gregory Spencer, has buried a lot of friends-- and made a lot of enemies. Now he claims someone wants him six feet under