Palestine

Dallas Chefs and Personalities on Favorite Burgers, Then and Now, Plus What Makes A Great Burger

What a day to celebrate choice. Regardless of what some may like to believe, really the most important choice most of us will make this week (honestly, any week) is which burger to eat. So many choices. Well, we're here to help you with the electoral map of burgers. As part of Burger Week, we sent ... More >>

A White Buffalo's Death Breeds Suspicion and Lies

Lightning Medicine Cloud was born a sacred symbol. Then money got involved.

A Sister Goes to Meet Her Brother's Killer, and an Inmate Tells of Watching Him Die

Jennifer Ciravolo woke early Wednesday morning, knowing that day she would look into the face of the man accused of killing her brother in a Tarrant County jail. She got her sons dressed and packed for elementary school. Instead of the uniform she wears to her job as a cashier at a Valero gas statio ... More >>

A New Family, A New Secret

Baby J's Barbecue: Your Next Excuse for a Really Looooong Lunch Break

So, did you say you were planning a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? And wanted to take back roads? Figured. It can be a really beautiful drive. Weaving in and out of the tall pine trees on nearly desolate soft rolling two-lane highways. Ahh ... take a deep breath. And good news: I found a great ... More >>

Why Do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

And what do Mexicans think of Koreans?

M.I.A.: Angela Hunt Goes With the Flow, and Jim Schutze Vows a Rescue

Angela, I was there. I saw everything. I know what they're doing. I am on my way. One way or another, I will get there, and I will exert myself and do whatever it takes to rescue your husband, even if it means waking up the next morning with extreme muscle soreness. I will not let them get away with ... More >>

Miral: Style, but Little Substance in Schnabel's Palestine Plea.

Q&A: Monotonix's Yonatan Gat Defends His Native Israel Against Bands That Boycott It, Describes Letting Himself Go During His Band's Notorious, Off-The-Wall Performances

Daniel RodrigueMonotonix's Ami Shalev​For astute music fans in the North Texas region, the name Monotonix has become quite familiar. In the last couple of years, the Israeli garage-punk trio has made a few stops here, including a 2009 NX35 slot that got the ball rolling pretty hard on their Metrop ... More >>

Looking for Roots of Jewish Cooking in France

​When eaters think of French cookery, they're generally more likely to focus on choucroute than kugel. But Jewish food historian Joan Nathan is working to restore France's reputation as the birthplace of Ashkenazi cuisine with her new cookbook Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewis ... More >>

On Whether To Bother With The New Hole

During Friday's Rally for Flotilla Casualties, A Reflection of Gaza Down at Dealey Plaza

Patrick MichelsA pro-Palestine rally at Dealey Plaza on Friday afternoon ended with a march to Memorial Park, a show of solidarity with activists trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. You'll find more photos in our slide show. The long war over Gaza played out in miniature down at Dealey Plaza ... More >>

Sour Power

Get lost with Jim Schutze while canoeing the Neches River and find the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply

Blood ties between Arabs and Mexicans? Oh, man, that’ll drive Lou Dobbs really nuts.

Daughter of Convicted Holy Land Foundation Leader Determined to Clear His Name

Mike MazuloNoor Elashi is the 23-year-old daughter of Holy Land Foundation co-founder Ghassan Elashi, who found out only today that he will be sentenced in May following his conviction last November; he's looking at 15 years to life in prison, after having been among those convicted of donating to H ... More >>

American Girls

Crossing between American and Egyptian cultures, he Said girls made one deadly misstep: They fell in love

Anything But Plain

See Demme's view of Jimmy Carter at the Modern

Jimmy Carter Documentary Full of Good Intentions

Demme follows Carter's controversial book tour and ends up with the same old narrative

Holy Land Family Fights Terrorist Label

Despite a hung jury, the trials are far from over

DHL Slow To Deliver

Something Special

Give Peace and Peppers a Chance

Chili cooks score one for multilateralism

Schindler's Fist

Maya Schindler's traumatized sirens pack a powerful punch

Beyond the West Bank

Laray Polk's book is rich in suggestion and charged with intellectual fire

Comics From the Front

How Joe Sacco learned to stop worrying and love war

Nobody's Fool

He has three Oscars, co-wrote Bonnie and Clyde and Paul Newman digs him. So why don't you know Dallas-born filmmaker Robert Benton?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Evil Eyes

Coral Eugene Watts is a serial killer. He says he'll murder again. Why can't Texas stop him?

Last Rites

Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

Last Rites

Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail

The Force is With Them

MossEisley is young and talented. Will that be enough to keep these four siblings and the boy next door away from the music industry's dark side?

Real Politics

Feudal grudges and an imprisoned holy man in the Dallas mayoral race

All God's Children

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

Drug Crazed

Millions in federal tax dollars are being spent by narcotics task forces in Texas to nab low-level users and dealers. Is this any way to wage a drug war?

Swing Vote

Think all politics is local? In the 5th District, think again.

Bunker Mentality

A gun-toting, anti-government family vows to die rather than surrender

Between heaven and hell

A father robbed of his sons is caught between a cult and fear of another Waco

Buzz

Caught napping; Save that gerbil; Ill-chosen words

Quick Fix

After years of financial neglect, the state is hoping a shot of privatization will cure Dallas County's addicted and mentally ill population

Cruel and Unusual

Mentally ill Texans used to go to hospitals. Now, increasing numbers of them go to prison instead.

Bully Pulpit

Pushy, driven, and fearless, Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer is Bush's big man on the border. But is he tough enough to cut through the red tape snarling efforts to help the poor people living in the colonias?

The biggest pump wins

Bart Sipriano's well dried up four days after Ozarka started pumping water nearby. Under the state's "rule of capture," he has no right to complain.

A mother and child reunion

Eight years after the state took away their children, an Albanian Muslim couple take their first, bitter steps toward rebuilding their broken hearts and family

Buzz

Second Coming

A jet-settin', Scotch-sippin' Robert Tilton washes up in South Florida--and he still wants your money

Letters

Charity Gall

Crippled children are the latest fund-raising ticket for a controversial Palestinian foundation

Mr. Retardo

The making of a messiah: David Koresh's twisted road to Waco

Pickup Games

How a giant lawsuit against General Motors could leave lawyers with millions - and Texas truck owners breathing fumes