Osama bin Laden

America Thinks Dallas is Just OK, But We're a Big Hit with Republicans

Public Policy Polling is a new but fairly well-respected outfit that churns out an impressive quantity of high-quality snapshots of public opinion on political races and the important issues of our time. But PPP doesn't let that stop them from putting out equally authoritative figures on the percen ... More >>

43 Things You Won't Find in the George W. Bush Library

The most interesting of the three institutions that comprise the sprawling George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU is the museum, which is filled with artifacts from the former president's life. There's the bullhorn he used to address first responders from the rubble of Ground Zero in 2001, the wi ... More >>

Zero Dark Thirty Reports and You Decide

Knowing the ending doesn't kill the thrills in the hunt for Bin Laden.

For the Troops

Why do Mexicans in the United States Root for Mexico Against the U.S. in Soccer?

4 Most American Desserts for the 4th

Love the 4th of July, but hate making the same tired, old desserts every year? Us, too. So, we asked ourselves, "What's more American than apple pie?" Turns out, a lot of things. Here's our list of the top four most American desserts you could make to celebrate our great country this 4th of July: ... More >>

Sorry America, But We Ain't Safe: A Review from the NBA Finals Road

​Please don't take this as a complaint. More of an -- as I do from time to time, and always -- observation. I love my job(s). Getting paid to attend sporting events is all I ever wanted to do since the day I realized I'd grow up to be too short and too unathletic to play for a living. An ... More >>

Happy Memorial Day -- 2011

​Osama Bin Laden is dead. But the fight -- and the hefty price -- to fend off terrorists around the globe lives on. Just yesterday, for example, eight more American soldiers were confirmed dead in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Sad, but let's face it, we've become numb to th ... More >>

Of In-N-Out and Crabs...Our Inner 12-Year-Old Howls With Laughter

He's dead! Shot in the head! Please pass the bread! Stay classy, Dallas.​It sounds like soft shell crabs and In-N-Out are finally coming to Dallas, so it's been a good week in Dallas food blogs. Read on. City of Ate Kristy Yang has some mixed feelings about Il Cane Rosso. She was disappointed ... More >>

Outside Dubya's House, the Late-Night Celebration Following Bin Laden's Death

Late last night and into the wee small hours of the morning, as news spread of the death of Osama bin Laden, revelers gathered at the White House, at Ground Zero ... and outside the gate of the 10141 Daria Place near Preston Hollow. That, of course, is the home of Laura and George Bush, who posted h ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden's Death: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. When I first heard President Obama was making an emergency announcement at 9:30 on a Sunday night, my first thought was ... asteroid. Then aliens. Then NFL lockout. Then Osama Bin Laden. And somewhere along the process I figured it was just a ploy to interrupt Donald Trump's Celebri ... More >>

Ten New Pro-America Toby Keith Songs Now That Osama bin Laden's Been Killed

Once news began circulating that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a gunfight at his safe-house outside Islamabad, it wasn't long before America's cultural taste-makers got to work. News anchors got their makeup on. Pundits nuanced. Poets cried. But, like they did almost 10 years ago, in the deep ... More >>

Bin Laden's Death Leads to a Rush on Reservations at Dallas' Abacus and Other Restaurants

The Osama Bin Burger: coming to a restaurant near you?​What do Dallas restaurant-goers do when news spreads that U.S. military forces have killed Osama bin Laden, the man behind the most heinous attack on American soil? They don't embark on drinking binges. That's too pedestrian. No, they make pla ... More >>

If Only Martellus Bennett Could Play Football

​At this rate, Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett will finish the season with more apologies than catches. Again yesterday Marty B was trying to explain another episode of "embarrassing the franchise", this time when nude self-portraits showed up on the internet at a site called ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: Uh Oh, Martellus Bennett is at it Again.

Maybe you find Martellus Bennett's video offensive. Or not. He's dancing around in a fake beard exclaiming to be Osama Bin Laden and saying "I'm here ... making bombs." If you lost a loved one in 9/11 or in the armed forces overseas in pursuit of Bin Laden and his allies, it's probably maddening.& ... More >>

Whew! Dallas Dodges a Couple of Bullets.

Gone, just like that. Almost.​I know Rowdy is gone and we haven't lifted a sports championship trophy this millennium, but it could've been much, much worse. As in, we almost had a sleezeball for a mayor and - more ominous - we were almost all blown to smithereens. While we were busy diagra ... More >>

In Federal Court Today, FBI Special Agent Lays Out Case Against Hosam Maher Smadi

The FBI says Hosam Maher Smadi made a video for Osama bin Laden. Problem is, it was recorded by an undercover FBI agent.​Moments ago, U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez ruled that there's probable cause to try 19-year-old Jordanian Hosam Maher Smadi for allegedly trying to blow up Fountain Place i ... More >>

Tea for Two (Hundred) at the Intersection of Misguided and What-the-Fuck

I got $50 in bailout cash that says they're clueless about Socialism. Or for that matter, Democracy.Driving down Eldorado Parkway in McKinney last night I happened upon a slew of sign-holding, flag-waving folks staging themselves a protest thinly disguised as a "tea party." Embarrassingly lam ... More >>

Guantanamo's Final Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

Mexico Exports Drugs. We Take Them. Who's to Blame?

DISD Just Can't Get Numbers Right

Body of Lies follows the fight against terror into cyberspace

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy thriller we deserve

Harold and Kumar Get Shipped to Gitmo in a Forced Act Two

Trolling Right-Wing Political Blogs Proves That November Can't Come Too Soon

Morgan Spurlock Leaves No Gimmick Unturned with Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?

Sunset on Sundance

At this year's fest, there were some curveballs and at least one knucklehead

Over The Weekend: DJ Shadow, Sundance, Gothica Fashion Show

Morgan Spurlock's Beard

Buyers Beware, Or: Will Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures at Sundance Film Festival?

Sigh...

Buzz isn't buying conspiracy theories

Bill Clinton Rocked the Nokia Last Night. But, Really..."Red Hot," Jonanna?

House of Saud and Fog

Art Imitates Strife

The Year in Documentaries

Kink Lit

U.S.A.-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Short Cuts

The Whole Truth?

Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

Déjà Vu

Broken hearts and bleeding lungs

What a Bunch of Dummies

When Jeff Dunham talks to himself, people listen...and laugh

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Dixie Down

When does a benign anti-war comment become the death of open discourse?

Tenacious D

April 20

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

What's Up, 'Docks?

The Morning News keeps the evil thoughts away

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Hell of a Long Day

24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

Letters

Don't Be a Wimp, Silly Boot Camps, Us and Them

Terrorist's Cookbook

A manual tells terrorist recruits how--and why--they should wage unholy war

All God's Children

When terrorists breed hatred among us, they've already won the war