Newt Gingrich

Missing Money at the Landfill is Just Part of the Trashy Way City Hall Handles Your Money

Hey, before the moment passes, let's make sure we know exactly what was at stake in Scott Griggs' remarks about the dump last Monday morning. City Council member Griggs called out city staff on the question of exactly how much money really gets stolen every year by city employees at the landfill. S ... More >>

The John Edwards Sex Story is Just About Sex. Now Get Off My Lawn Before I Shtup You.

Damn! They almost got me to fall off the wagon again this morning. I came within a pubic hair's breadth of reading an entire story about John Edwards' sex life. That's actually closer than just a hair's breadth. Today's story mentioned Lisa Blue, the Dallas lawyer and widow of Fred Barron. For a sp ... More >>

So, Rick Perry's Quitting After All

​So says CNN: "The Texas governor will make the announcement before the CNN debate in South Carolina." And Politico: "Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to end his presidential campaign Thursday and endorse Newt Gingrich." (Ooooh, speaking of.) A press conference has been scheduled for 10ish this m ... More >>

DPD Says Crime in Dallas Took Yet Another Big Drop. So, Are People Getting Better?

A very long time ago when I was a young police reporter, I asked a grizzled homicide cop why he thought someone had slashed the young woman lying dead before us into one big bowl of Frito pie. He thought about it, put a hand on my shoulder and said, "Kid, people who do shit like that don't think rig ... More >>

Want to Understand Politics, the Economy, Everything? Follow the Levees.

​Figured it out. I can tell you why the Republicans keep assassinating their own nominees. It all goes back to the Trinity River levees. What? You think I can't connect those dots? Stand back. Right now the GOP rivals are reducing Newt Gingrich to road-kill in Iowa with Super-PAC attack ads o ... More >>

Wassail out the Wahzoo with Three Holiday Plays

A Christmas Carol, Greetings! and Dick Whittington deck the stages.

Wiping the Sheen off Conservative Rich Guys' Morality

​Today, a commenter on a previous blog item of mine about GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested it was mighty mysterious that President Obama doesn't have any sexual peccadilloes in his closet when so many Republican presidential contenders seem to. "Joshua," the commenter, suggest ... More >>

Dawn Rizos, Newt's Favorite Strip Club Owner, Welcomes the Latest "Pole Tax" Setback

Dawn Rizos: "I think they're saying we exploit women somehow." ​Around lunchtime yesterday, Dawn Rizos was walking through The Lodge, the Spangler Road strip club she owns, when her adult daughter handed her a freshly printed-out copy of this Texas Tribune story. Supporters of the so-called "Pole ... More >>

Running Perry, Leppert Up UT/Texas Trib's Poll

Photo by Sam Merten​If anything, the results of an already outdated University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll posted this morning -- outdated in that it features three would-be GOP presidential candidates who've said they aren't running -- more than likely reveal that at least 800 registered-to-vote ... More >>

The Daily Show Gets Motivated With Dubya; The Rachel Maddow Show Visits The Lodge

Megan, of course, attended George W. Bush's coming-out as a motivational speaker Monday at the Fort Worth Convention Center; we've also got the slide show to prove it. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart weighed in; the Star-Telegram's reporting on the Get Motivated! founders gets a brief shou ... More >>

Lodge Owner Makes Rolling Stone

​As you can see, however, Dawn Rizos isn't mentioned by name in the October 29 ish -- and where's the publicity value in that? You remember what happened, right? Right: Newt Gingrich's Business Defense and Advisory Council solicited the owner of the topless joint for a donation in exchange for an ... More >>

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Pirates of Conspiracy

The artists of Oh6 turn assassination into comic revelry

King's Ransom

The pricey Drálion toys with the hunter in you

Rubberneckin'

Leap-frogging through history with the Toadies

Of men, meat, and money

Capital Grille lays it on thick

Letters

Eye of Newt

Lessons I learned the hard way: a personal report

Night & Day

April 9 - 15, 1998

Lawsuit against Observer thrown out

Case breaks new ground in protecting press rights

Events for the week

Comedy quacks

4 Out of 5 Doctors flirts with malpractice in Sex & Politics '96

Events for the week

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Dallas Observer critics Jimmy Fowler and James Mardis selected the following films on their lists of the year's best:

A pox on 1995!

Next year will be better

'Johnny B' is a good choice

Bryant's announcement should give Gramm a real race

True crime story

Forget the usual tales of rape and pillage--consider the sins of corporate America

Events for the week

Rich man's Robin Hood

GOP budget is greatest-ever transfer of wealth from the Have-Nots to the Haves

Naming the blame

Who's at fault for the national budget crisis? Who else?

Global warning

Republicans are aiding and abetting denial of the worldwide shift in climate

Stop the sanctimony

It's time to question the popular wisdom about families

Buzz

Events for the week

Letters

A whorin' we will go

Texas Lege folds to pressures of Republicans and lobbyists

The road to hell

Christian Coalition stumbles on its good intentions

March of folly

Republican freshmen fall behind their cheerless leader

Letters

Buzz

The B word

For women in the public eye, there's no end to the verbal abuse

Events for the week

Golden years

Gingrich and Wright have more in common than meets the eye

Supreme Being of barbecue

Zeus' Smokehouse offers up food for the gods

Cruelest cut

Deadbeat-dad Newt Gingrich wants to slash program for disabled children

The new voodoo

Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility--and, yes, there is a Santa Claus

Blah, blah

Hypercritical politics deliver nowhere politicians

Geek show

Consider the sheer entertainment value of our new Republican leaders