Mark Donald

Bloggers to Your Computers: Let the Festivities Begin

The future of Ketchup is upon us.​Now that we're through with Thanksgiving, Dallas food blogs and food writers are warmed up and ready to get going with some serious holiday eating. The party started this week with Chanukah, and we expect it to keep gaining momentum right through New Years. P ... More >>

Icebox Pies: Guess Where I'm Eating

Mark Donald​Despite Chef Kent Rathbun getting all high-end and mighty with the blue plate special, we know the truth: It's low-cost, meat and potatoes, blue collar comfort food that changes with the day of the week. And if you're lucky, the restaurant serving it up will also have an ice box filled ... More >>

Listomania: Eight Jewish Musical Icons To Celebrate On This Final Night of Chanukah

​When the sun sets this evening, the final night of Chanukah will commence, ending an eight-day spree of phone calls from nagging Jewish mothers and the always pleasant gifting and receiving of holiday socks. Also coming to its unfortunate annual close? The (adorable) singing of the Chanukah praye ... More >>

The Resurrection of Sandy Kress, Part II

​Speaking of old Observer stories ...Back in 2000, now-editor Mark Donald wrote about "The Resurrection of Sandy Kress: Or, how a Democrat and reviled former DISD board president found a happy home pushing 'educational acoountability' for the GOP." Which seems worth a read this morning given yeste ... More >>

Inland Port Foolishness

Apparently, You Will Have to Spell Mark Cuban Without the "C-U-B"

Time For a GOP Overhaul

Am I Supposed To Treat The Jonas Brothers Like They're Locals Now? Well, For This One Post... OK, I'll Bite.

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The Man Called Buffalo, "The Dean of Death Row," Gets Yet Another Reprieve

You Have Not Yet Had Your Dr. Phil of Bishop T.D. Jakes, But You Will

Statler Hilton Hotel: Landmark Structure or a Giant Pain?

Kerry Max Cook, From Wrongly Imprisoned to Rightfully Nominated

In Da House

Meet the New Boss

The Picture of Henry Wade? What Picture of Henry Wade?

The Buffalo Will Not Die This Week

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Letters

Guardian Angel

Reader response leaves Buzz in a funk

Trick Treats

The Globetrotters win again and again and again

Déjà Vu

Broken hearts and bleeding lungs

Cowboy Craving

Ridin' in Wranglers

Evel Still Prevails

But his only trick is not dropping the pen

Reindeer Tales

Letters

Sacred Art

Rosenthal makes the functional also beautiful

History Lessons

The Smithsonian brings modern artifacts

Letters

Letters

She's Baaaaaack

Paula Poundstone is an open book

Facing Indy's Fear

Check out the cold-hearted snakes

Letters

Letters

Letters for the issue of May 8

Letters from the issue of March 13, 2003

On the Spot

Get Out

WaterTower goes loopy

So Special

Plus: A Paper to Cuss At, Name in Vain, Yes to Parks

Hate Groups for Peace

Plus: Giving Away the Farm, Bollywood Confidential

Donald Bags 3 Katies

Staffers make a big splash in recent journalism competitions

Dallas' Drug War

Plus: False Profits, Sack of Kittens, Toss My Cookies

Fighting Faith

Plus: A debt to the victims

Sweetness and Light

Plus: Blame the Parents

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One for the Cat Box; Money, Money, Money

Letters

Caught in the Middle, Boeing Lovefest

Letters

Rhymes with Asso, Ready to Rumble, Not a Pedophile

Letters

World of Hurt; Yucky Bathrooms; Don't Call Home; Cops and Ravers; Legal Kidnappings; Clarification

Buzz

Make nice; Hacked off; Party hardly

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