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  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Report: Anti-Government "Patriot" Groups Are Multiplying, and Texas is Leading the Way

    The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate and extremist groups in the United States, has found "stunning" growth in what they call the "anti-government patriot movement," conspiracy groups whose primary focus is opposing the federal government. And much of that growth has been here. Texa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Al Lipscomb, Who Will Be Buried Saturday, Was Good Enough When It Really Counted

    ​There is no question that Al Lipscomb was ethically challenged. When Wilonsky called me Saturday to tell me Lipscomb had died, I remembered a story the Reverend Peter Johnson told me years ago. Johnson, who had campaigned across the Old South with Martin Luther King Jr., came to Dallas after ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    City Hall's Kennedy Conspiracy

    Kennedy assassination author and conspiracist Robert Groden says the city's out to get him. He may be right.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    In Light of Bissinger vs. Cuban, I Present the NBA's All-White Team

    ​Buzz Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His Friday Night Lights captured high-school football in Texas, spawned a network TV series and afforded him writing immortality. Buzz Bissinger is also an idiot. At least when it comes to the NBA. His "White Men Can't Root" column for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Whitt's End: 8.6.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Since you guys salivate over local radio news, here's a zesty taste: Starting August 16 the new program director at 105.3 The Fan will be Bruce Gilbert. Yep, the same Bruce Gilbert who helped buil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Rescued From the Pages of History, the '61 Desegregation Doc Dallas at the Crossroads

    Someone has posted to YouTube a 1961 film about school desegregation in Dallas called Dallas at the Crossroads. (Parts Two and Three follow after the jump.) I forget what kind of hoops I had to jump through in order to see this thing back in the mid-1980s when I was working on my book, The Accommoda ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    We Interrupt Our Regular Broadcast for Schutze to Say Something Positive About the City

    Someone has posted to YouTube a 1961 film about school desegregation in Dallas called Dallas at the Crossroads. (Parts Two and Three follow after the jump.) I forget what kind of hoops I had to jump through in order to see this thing back in the mid-1980s when I was working on my book, The Accommoda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

    Someone has posted to YouTube a 1961 film about school desegregation in Dallas called Dallas at the Crossroads. (Parts Two and Three follow after the jump.) I forget what kind of hoops I had to jump through in order to see this thing back in the mid-1980s when I was working on my book, The Accommoda ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Knights' Tale

    Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Former Warden Reconsiders Executions

    Jim Willett oversaw 89 executions. Now, amidst dozens of DNA exonerations, he wonders whether it was right.

  • Culture

    April 12, 2007

    Imaginary Fiends

    Mr. Marmalade, Lawrence & Holloman buddy up to the absurd; Parade's a main drag

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2007

    From Hard Rock to Rubble, Most Likely

    Mr. Marmalade, Lawrence & Holloman buddy up to the absurd; Parade's a main drag

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    The End Is Near

    Famine, pestilence, war, death--at Dallas Theological Seminary, the Apocalypse is the horse to bet on

  • Film

    January 12, 2006

    Bet on Black

    Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Bubba Patrol

    The Minutemen are ready to patrol Texas' border. Are we ready for them?

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Right Hand of God

    Two Texas leaders of the extreme Religious Right get ready to flex their political muscle

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Bubble Brains

    Think a strong mayor is a good idea? See who agrees with you.

  • Film

    November 4, 2004

    Green Achers

    Undertow relishes in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

  • Culture

    April 1, 2004

    Dirty Blonde, Black Roots

    Musicals explore the birth of the blues, the death of a bawdy Hollywood icon

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Soldiers of Misfortune

    Ranch Rescues paramilitary posse may have guns and camo gear to keep the border safe, but what they need is a good lawyer

  • Film

    July 17, 2003

    Bad Boys of Dumber

    See it, don't see it--whatcha gonna do?

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Get Wise

    County north of Fort Worth must be eliminated

  • Culture

    April 10, 2003

    Krazy Philip

    The virtues of Guston's late work shine in a Fort Worth Modern retrospective

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Get on the Bus

    For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Dig This

    Amateur archeologist Alex Troup has some advice for those who would bring life back to downtown Dallas: The answers are under your feet.

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Rebel Hunter

    Oak Cliff's Ed Sebesta helped topple Trent Lott

  • Music

    September 12, 2002

    Straight Outta Left Field

    The Dallas Morning News says N.W.A. was "militant." The real answer? N.O.

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Case Closed

    How Dallas police detective Shari Degan solved the grisly murder that rocked Dallas--in 1913

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Letters

    Young, Drunk Bushies

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    The Party Party

    Why young, degenerate, cocksure Republicans love drugs, guns, and Bush

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    The Doctor Is Out

    A Dallas activist helps lead the charge against Dr. Laura

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    The good neighbor

    Bombing suspect Bobby Frank Cherry's sordid past trailed him to the shores of Cedar Creek Lake

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Letters

    Friends in high places; Blood and gutlessness; For shame

  • Culture

    October 14, 1999

    Master of illusion

    Kirk Hayes' artistic eye tricks transform into brooding social commentary at the Conduit Gallery

  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    Charlie Daniels Band

    Kirk Hayes' artistic eye tricks transform into brooding social commentary at the Conduit Gallery

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Southern fried

    What's in a name? A lot of ugly history, at least when it comes to Jefferson Davis Elementary.

  • Music

    June 24, 1999

    Rock on

    Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker than anyone, and his new album may be the funniest hip-hop album ever made

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    GOP to gays: Butt out

    Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    Letters

    Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

  • Music

    June 25, 1998

    Got a Woody

    With Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco turn a myth into a man

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Letters

    With Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco turn a myth into a man

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    See your world on a small screen at the 11th Annual Dallas Video Festival

    With Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco turn a myth into a man

  • Calendar

    August 7, 1997

    Events for the week

    With Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg and Wilco turn a myth into a man

  • Music

    November 7, 1996

    The truth of sissy force

    Indie stalwarts Romanovsky and Phillips spread the gay gospel

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    Bridging the gap

    311 blurs the line between rock and rap

  • Calendar

    March 14, 1996

    Events for the week

    311 blurs the line between rock and rap

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Letters

    311 blurs the line between rock and rap

  • Music

    November 23, 1995

    Crossing guard

    Springsteen's Ghost is a soft touch in hard times

  • Music

    July 6, 1995

    Fight the power

    Reprise Records president defends the rights of his artists against the Right and the wrong

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    True believers

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

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