Mother Teresa

Mayor Rawlings Calls for Crusade Against Domestic Violence. There's No Shame in That.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is pushing a personal and public agenda against domestic violence, which used to be called wife-beating. Of course the TV news had to do a story about husband-beating to keep everything correct, and I'm against that, too, along with journalist-beating, French-people-beatin ... More >>

AT&T Doesn't Have Its Southern Dallas Golf Course Yet, But It Sure Has Balls

I am not calling names. If anything, I feel a certain admiration. The sheer audacity impresses me. And I do not know that it's an all-bad thing. I just wonder if this can really work. This morning The Dallas Morning News, our city's only daily newspaper, has a piece on its front page in which a top ... More >>

Can WikiLeaks info dump of state secrets make for a more just society? Well, that's what Russell Fish thinks.

MasterMinds: Matthew Posey, Joel Hester and Karen Blessen Are Winners in Our Inaugural Creativity Awards

Dallas Observer Names Nine Dallas Artists as Finalists in Its First Annual Masterminds Award

Ben Gold's in the Video Game Capital of the World With His Old Pal, the King of Kong

​Yesterday, legendary local video gamer Ben Gold began writing for Unfair Park about his return to Ottumwa, Iowa, home of the Twin Galaxies arcade and the place where, tomorrow night, he will be among the first class inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame. In today's installment, ... More >>

Last Night, Mother Teresa's Shoes and Rosary Returned to St. James Church in Oak Cliff

Photos by Patrick MichelsMother Teresa's crosses were on display Tuesday night.Twenty years after Mother Teresa visited Dallas to found a local order of her Missionaries of Charity, a choice selection of her personal effects returned to Oak Cliff's St. James Catholic Church last night, drawing a fa ... More >>

All the Way From Calcutta, India, Mother Teresa's Relics to Make Stop in Dallas

​In recent days, newspapers in the Midwest and Northeast have been filled with accounts of churches packed with worshipers who've come to visit the relics of Mother Teresa -- among them, a lock of her hair, her tattered sandals, her rosary, even a vial filled with drops of her blood. From the Chic ... More >>

Burger King's Pork Ribs Are Flying

​ Pigs aren't exactly flying out of The King's empire, but one part of arguably everyone's favorite farm animal is--ribs. On June 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Burger King Corp's 100 percent bone-in pork BK Fire-Grilled Ribs were so popular that the short-term special, which began May ... More >>

Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.

From One Civil Rights Movement To Another, A Same-Sex Kiss-In At Rosa Parks Plaza

Patrick Michels​Check out this photo set for more photos from the kiss-in.It wasn't quite the complete and total kiss-o-rama the posters suggested, but toss in the pecks on the cheek, the hugs and the still-awkward bro-pats between strangers, and there was plenty of same-sex affection out in the o ... More >>

Tony Romo Is, Indeed, a Role Model

Tony Romo needs a nickname -- something like Mother Teresa, only more ... manly. Because just two months after the Dallas Cowboys' QB stopped to help a couple fix their flat -- only hours after getting 13 stitches in his chin following the Browns game -- today The Dallas Morning News' Cowboys Bl ... More >>

Review: Ounce Prime Steakhouse in Addison

Songs by committed vegan Moby play in the background as we dine on our red and dripping prime rib

Peace Out

Godspiel

Risk Theatre puts Judas Iscariot on trial; Oleanna goes to academic hell

Till Death Do Us ... Oh, Whatever

Dallas' Other Congressional Gold Medalist

Hole in None

Byron Nelson's departure doesn't leave his tournament empty

Jesus in the Jailhouse

Old-time religion confronts 21st-century Texas prisons: Does it work, and is it constitutional?

The Longest Yawn

Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes

The Beginning of the End

On a Wing and a Prayer

Minister to despots across the globe, evangelist K.A. Paul just needs a few tons of jet fuel--and a safer plane--to keep up God’s work

To Di For

The Panther City Players sniff England's rose

Stacked Deck

Giving penny-ante politicians a say over lucrative affordable-housing developments seemed like a good idea--until the FBI came calling

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

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Thumb Job

At City Hall, it's not called extortion. It's empowerment.

Dance Party

Tracy takes off

Funny Business

West End Comedy Theatre's laugh riot

Jerry-rigged

Jones' stadium tax is in for one rough fight

Return of the Black Widow

Death and rumors have followed Sandra Bridewell for decades. But no one could predict the strange turn her life has taken today.

Where the Rubber Leaves the Road...

...and flesh sometimes meets the pavement, stunt bikers look to go legit

Picture This

We wanted to say something nasty about DMA's Thomas Struth exhibit, but can't

Moldy Oldies

Kitchen Dog and DTC trot out a couple of creakies. One's Wild, one's Wilder--but only one's good.

Living La Vida SIDA

After his younger brother died of AIDS, Joseluis Partida dedicated his life to warning people about the disease. But the politics of being gay and Hispanic made it tougher than he ever imagined.

The sins of the father

Joe the King is as subtle as a smack in the face, which is the point

Rubberneckin'

Leap-frogging through history with the Toadies

Merry what?

Milking it

Terri Hendrix proves you can't keep a girl down on the Farm

Wayward son

The Irving stepmother of a man linked to the shootings of abortion doctors wrestles with questions about his involvement

At a Toad's pace

No, the Toadies haven't broken up. They're just taking their own sweet time

Retouching Evil

Using Detailed instructions left by Orson Welles, top film editor Walter Murch has remade "The Best b-Movie ever" -- Welles' Touch of Evil

Rebound

When Mark Aguirre left the Dallas Mavericks a decade ago, he became the fall guy for the team's decline. Now he's back, dealing with his ghosts and trying to help the franchise regain its former glory.

Events for the week

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Letters

Local hero

Disaster-relief expert Fred Cuny disappears while rendering aid in Russia

USA Film Festival Schedule

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