Republican National Convention

Dallas State Rep. Stefani Carter, Now a Romney Surrogate, on Why Romney Should Get the Black Vote

Seems like it was only a month-and-a-half ago that Stefani Carter, the Republican state rep from North Dallas, was just another face in that Mitt Romney campaign piece about how, despite having just been booed during his speech to the NAACP, black people love him. Now, she's a full-fledged surrogate ... More >>

Two Conventions: One for Old White People, One for Everyone Else

Look, I'm not even the world's biggest fan of political conventions, because they make me feel like I'm trapped in a cubicle with a car salesman. What's to believe about an event where they hire a consultant to do the balloon drop? But with these two conventions freshly behind us, I don't think it ... More >>

You Can't Handle the Truth

Not if you're willing to listen Paul Ryan and his cronies, that is.

So, What's On Mitt Romney's iPod?

Over the last two nights of the Republican National Convention, both Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Presidential candidate Mitt Romney have taken the time to mention the music on Romney's iPod, with Ryan, a noted Rage Against the Machine fan, saying, "There are the songs on his iPod whic ... More >>

Shape-Shifting Mitt: From Blue Blood to Blue Collar. That's a Laugh.

I had a private little laugh and moment of startled disbelief while my wife and I were watching Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last night. Romney described his father as having started out in life as an apprentice "lath and plaster carpenter," a term so arcane ... More >>

A Plea to Republicans: Please Stop Wearing Those Ugly Texas Flag Shirts in Public

Texas' delegation at the Republican National Convention seems to have mostly behaved itself in Tampa this week. Soon-to-be Senator Ted Cruz lobbed overblown rhetoric at the Obama administration, and Rick Perry said he'd "absolutely" consider running again, but that's standard fare. At least no one t ... More >>

Fear, Loathing and Tons of Strippers: What Happens When the GOP Comes to Town

America's Petro-Terrorists

How greedy speculators bought politicians and drove up the price of oil.

Starck Contrast

Another new documentary on the Starck Club revisits the storied Dallas nightclub of the '80s

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 >>

In the Collin County courthouse, due process has a funny way of expressing itself: payback, personal vendettas and overzealous prosecutions.

Reading Up on Former Dallas Public Libraries Director, Pioneer and Anti-Censorship Activist Lillian Moore Bradshaw, Who's Died at 95

Lillian Moore Bradshaw​I've spent the better part of the morning trying to get to know Lillian Moore Bradshaw, who has died at the age of 95. The memo City Manager Mary Suhm sent to the mayor and city council last night is brief, a few sentences containing a few notable accomplishments -- chief am ... More >>

Take That, "One More Thing" Dallas Promo

Good bless Mr. Rid for reminding us this morning that back in '84, Steve Dirkx (Telefone, Teenage Queer) directed this video that should have served as Dallas's promotional reel. This morning, Steve provides the back story: Two women -- Mimi Guten and Toni Mazzola -- wrote and recorded a song called ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys Legends and Winspear Save Glory Days Taping From Disaster

Photos by Sam Merten​An eclectic mix of folks packed the Bill and Margot Winspear Opera House last night as a jaw-dropping group of former Dallas Cowboys players reminisced during the taping of Glory Days, a television pilot scheduled to debut January 30 on KTVT-Channel 11 prior to finding a n ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: At the Theatre Gallery, Capturing Lightning in a Beer Cup

Outside the Theatre Gallery in Deep Ellum a quarter-century ago.It was the summer of 1984 and the city of Dallas was in the midst of a serious makeover. The Republican National Convention was coming to town and Big D was trying to put a conservative foot forward as the media spotlight fixated on our ... More >>

R.I.P, Reunion Arena: My Eulogy (Extended Remix Version).

I officially grew old yesterday afternoon. Once you've seen the rise and fall of a sports stadium, you've officially, um, been around the block. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I'd peer out the family Fury along I-35 and gaze in wonderment at The Sportatorium, ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Karen Finley and the Delicate Art of Disgust

In the summer of 1986, the Theatre Gallery was all about confronting the established aesthetic sensibilities of the comfortable arts patron. Basically, we loved to shock the shit out of people. Our venue existed to raise the bar on outrageousness and freedom of expression. Example: One of our ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

Keys to the Jail

There's only one thing tougher than running for Dallas County sheriff—getting people to care

Peggy Noonan Calls "Bullshit" on McCain for Not Going With Kay Bailey

From St. Paul, Bob Schieffer Sings the Praises of His Hometown

R.I.P. Reunion

Good riddance to a bad arena that provided only mediocre moments

Tonight on The Daily Show, Jesuit Grad Wyatt Cenac Becomes Part of "The Best F*&#ing News Team Ever"

Take a Progressive Tour of Dallas, More or Less

Snakes on the Brain

These pets will crawl right into your heart (and eat it)

Obituary for a Storefront

Sour Town

You think Dallas City Council is nuts? Well, yeah, but look at Garland.

BBQ Sauce for the Soul

When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

The Right's Stuff

A Texas-based band of conservative warriors tackles the left on its own turf--the street

Odds & Ends

Jack FM, Fatty Fest 2004 and Hard (Rock) Lessons

Fog of War

A group of veterans says John Kerry stretches the truth about his Vietnam service. Who can you believe? Who knows?

A New Texas Jam

Crossroads Guitar Festival celebrates six-strings and the men who make them famous

Code Breaker

Countering a popular novel lets a Dallas theologian spread The Word

Adult Situations

Sheryl Underwood is naughty and nice at the Improv

Enron's End Run

To make a mess as big as the Enron debacle, you need some friends in high places--Texas Senator Phil Gramm and his wife, for instance

Fatal Flaw

DTC's Wit is too cheery for its own good

Tale of the Tapes

With headliners like Mike Judge and an impressive list of films, the Dallas Video Festival once again wins by knockout

Prisoners of Love

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative says it can rehabilitate Texas prison inmates through God--a conservative evangelical Christian God, to be more precise

The True Believer

Say what you want about Marvin Olasky, the oddball UT professor and controversial architect of Bush's "compassionate conservatism." He practices what he preaches.

Sins of a Preacher Man

Until his overthrow, Bill Price led the Texas anti-abortion movement for 17 years. Was it politics, ego, or something worse that did him in?

Buzz

Cold embrace; No free ride; Love fest

Battle for the barrio

Dallas Hispanic Republicans fight historic allegiances -- and a few slashed tires

Letters

GOP to gays: Butt out

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

Events for the week

Video downs

Grand Prairie's horseless Lone Star Park offers the seedy side of the sport of kings

Dynamic duo

Sapphic sistersslug it out with the mobin the terrific Bound

Events for the week

White Like Me

A Christian comes to terms with Dallas' Christian Coalition