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September 1, 2011
Top 100 Reasons Texas Is Twice as Awesome as Any Other State
Merritt MartinOh, you can damn well bet this is on the list.By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of ... More >>
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July 24, 2011
Warren Leslie May Be Dead Now, But His Book Dallas Public and Private Will Live Forever
Of all the books written about Dallas, it's easily the one most often cited: Warren Leslie's 1964 Dallas Public and Private, with a later edition underscoring its heretofore subtle subtitle "Aspects of an American City." Subsequent histories-of -- from Patricia Evridge Hill's Dallas: The Making o ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Food Festivals Like Taste of West Village Aren't Necessarily About Food
Since news about Texas food tends to find its way to my inbox, I know way more than I should about Texas Roadhouse happenings. I don't usually find too much in the Roadhouse oeuvre that's worth sharing, but I was oddly riveted by a recent announcement regarding the restaurant chain's partici ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
Kinky Friedman Says: There'd Be No Tea Party If Molly Ivins Were Still Around
Sam MertenFriedman campaigning at Urban Dog Coffee on Oak Lawn back in FebruarySo insists the Texas Jewboy and former gubernatorial candidate in a piece penned for Tina Brown's Daily Beast, the headline of which is "Why Democrats Should Blame Themselves for the Tea Party." Friedman, who lost to h ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
The Top 10 Sports Zingers I Can Think of Off the Top of My Head
Not saying Sean Avery isn't an asshole. Or a horrible teammate. Or, for that matter, a room-wrecker the Dallas Stars should consider dumping.I'm just saying he shouldn't have been suspended - or worse, pending this afternoon's meeting with NHL poobah Gary Bettman in New York - merely for his "sloppy ... More >>
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November 26, 2008
Trustee Carla Ranger: "The Dallas ISD Culture is One of Arrogance, Deceit, Cover-up and Cronyism."
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Took her a few days for her to respond, but, at last, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger has posted a lengthy essay concerning the school board's Thursday-night vote to extend the trustees' terms from three to four years. Ranger, who's ... More >>
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March 6, 2008
Vote for Bush's "Hole in the Ground"
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Took her a few days for her to respond, but, at last, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger has posted a lengthy essay concerning the school board's Thursday-night vote to extend the trustees' terms from three to four years. Ranger, who's ... More >>
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November 1, 2007
Steal: Lu Mitchell is Our Favorite Crazy-Ass Grandma
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Took her a few days for her to respond, but, at last, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger has posted a lengthy essay concerning the school board's Thursday-night vote to extend the trustees' terms from three to four years. Ranger, who's ... More >>
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October 26, 2007
Late Notice, But, Hey, It's Story Time!
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Took her a few days for her to respond, but, at last, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger has posted a lengthy essay concerning the school board's Thursday-night vote to extend the trustees' terms from three to four years. Ranger, who's ... More >>
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March 18, 2004
Re: Your New Job!
Plus: Winning is Fun; Ethan Makes a Funny
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November 13, 2003
Out and About
These films do ask, do tell
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March 20, 2003
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
These films do ask, do tell
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September 20, 2001
Best Auf Wiedersehen
KLIF-AM 570's Tom Kamb Departs
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March 20, 1997
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KLIF-AM 570's Tom Kamb Departs
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November 21, 1996
Events for the week
KLIF-AM 570's Tom Kamb Departs
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April 11, 1996
Letters
KLIF-AM 570's Tom Kamb Departs
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February 29, 1996
Lost in loonyland
Pat Buchanan waves the bigot's banner in New Hampshire
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February 22, 1996
The rise and fall of Phil Gramm
Texas' former presidential candidate never learned the art of compromise
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February 8, 1996
Lost children
Television has replaced the family as the biggest influence in some kids' lives
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February 1, 1996
Blue-collar blue bloods
Phil Gramm and the R's cozy up to the average working guy
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January 25, 1996
A great spirit
Barbara Jordan, a woman of firsts, was faithful to the last
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December 28, 1995
Buzz
Barbara Jordan, a woman of firsts, was faithful to the last
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December 21, 1995
'Johnny B' is a good choice
Bryant's announcement should give Gramm a real race
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December 14, 1995
The profit speaks
Striking machinists won't buckle under to greedy Boeing bosses
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November 30, 1995
Rich man's Robin Hood
GOP budget is greatest-ever transfer of wealth from the Have-Nots to the Haves
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November 23, 1995
Letters
GOP budget is greatest-ever transfer of wealth from the Have-Nots to the Haves
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November 9, 1995
So close, yet so far away
Americans don't understand why Quebec wants to secede
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November 2, 1995
Media merger madness
Cap Cities/ABC decision to fire radio host Hightower was a big mistake
News
October 26, 1995
A time to listen
Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March
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October 5, 1995
A whiter shade of black
Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March
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September 21, 1995
Letters
Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March
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August 31, 1995
The all-O.J. channel
Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March
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August 24, 1995
Couldn't Medicare less
Shady goings-on in the fight over health care
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July 13, 1995
Snakes in the grass
We're about to get bit again by deregulation
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June 22, 1995
Countering the 'Get Clinton' movement
Some day, someone's bound to notice that Clinton made government work better
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June 8, 1995
A whorin' we will go
Texas Lege folds to pressures of Republicans and lobbyists
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May 25, 1995
The road to hell
Christian Coalition stumbles on its good intentions
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April 27, 1995
Rogue agency
The CIA should open its files on slain Guatemalan guerrilla Everardo
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April 20, 1995
March of folly
Republican freshmen fall behind their cheerless leader
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April 6, 1995
Letters
Republican freshmen fall behind their cheerless leader
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April 6, 1995
Smut patrol
Cincinnati stamps out sin--and civil rights, besides
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February 16, 1995
Bad lawyer joke
'Tort reform' is a misleading euphemism--an excusefor insurance companies to gouge more
News
February 9, 1995
The B word
For women in the public eye, there's no end to the verbal abuse
Dining
February 9, 1995
State of the bar address
It's scary, folks, but St. Pete's Dancing Marlin isn't a bad place to eat
News
January 12, 1995
Cruelest cut
Deadbeat-dad Newt Gingrich wants to slash program for disabled children
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December 22, 1994
Rape of the forest
Indonesia is home to one of the world's worst ongoing environmental tragedies
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December 8, 1994
Left to right
Thoughts on GATT, retraining, corporate welfare, and Bosnia
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December 1, 1994
States' rights
New members of the Texas Lege promise to uphold the old seedy standards
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November 17, 1994
Geek show
Consider the sheer entertainment value of our new Republican leaders
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November 3, 1994
Those radical Republicans
In the GOP back East, even Lincoln would fit in
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