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Saddam Hussein

  • News

    December 22, 2011

    Best Films: 10 for 2012

    You better watch out.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    The Best Little Iraqi Bakery in Plano

    ​Inside Sherwani Bakery (2040 West Spring Creek Parkway) in Plano, Salah Hassan, the Iraqi baker and proprietor, greets me by extending his forearm for a handshake. Caked dough and flour generously coat his hands, but his hospitality is as deeply ingrained as the dark burn scars along his arm. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    For the Troops

    ​Inside Sherwani Bakery (2040 West Spring Creek Parkway) in Plano, Salah Hassan, the Iraqi baker and proprietor, greets me by extending his forearm for a handshake. Caked dough and flour generously coat his hands, but his hospitality is as deeply ingrained as the dark burn scars along his arm. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Those Who Opposed Bush Presidential Center at SMU Still Opposed to Bush Presidential Center

    George W. Bush Presidential CenterThe baseball Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City after September 11, 2001​They won't break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU till November 16, around the time his book's released. But beginnin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    The Nuge Storms The Fort

    George W. Bush Presidential CenterThe baseball Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City after September 11, 2001​They won't break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU till November 16, around the time his book's released. But beginnin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    George W. Bush Sure Has a Lot of Stuff

    Two days after The New York Times singled out Saddam Hussein's unloaded spider-hole pistol (band name alert) among the possible trophies to be displayed in George W. Bush's SMU library, and a week after Pulle's piece on the joint, comes this Associated Press report about the contents of the Lewisvil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    From the Spider Hole to Lewisville to SMU, Most Likely, the Journeys of Saddam's Pistol

    Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    What Would Brian Boitano Do?

    Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

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

    Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

  • Film

    February 12, 2009

    The International: This Movie Needs a Bailout

    Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

  • Film

    October 16, 2008

    W. Reminds Us of What We'd Rather Forget

    Oliver Stone assigns motive to Dubya's m.o., but at this point, who cares?

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    All We Are Saying

    Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008
  • Home Entertainment

    April 3, 2008

    Paging Freaks

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    The City Should Do Real Well at Running a Convention Center Hotel

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records

  • News

    March 29, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Back to Iraq

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Patriot Acts

    Far from his Kurdish home, Adnan Kirkuki seeks out soldiers to defend his new one in the United States

  • Resolution Guide

    January 11, 2007

    New Year's Resolutions

    Resolution Guide 2007

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    Out With the Old

    With the Cotton Bowl's inevitable departure, Dallas dies a little more

  • Film

    December 21, 2006

    Rocky V. Ahmadinejad

    Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America

  • Home Entertainment

    August 31, 2006

    The Short Goodbye

    Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Ten Days of Talent

    Being Out of the Loop is not a bad thing

  • Film

    February 9, 2006

    Blood Business

    Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Letters

    Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

  • Film

    June 10, 2004

    The Whole Truth?

    Inside Al-Jazeera, journalists tell a familiar story unfamiliarly

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Both Sides Now

    In a new film, a local boy goes to war and realizes, yup, it sure is hell

  • Film

    March 4, 2004

    Bush Comes to Shove

    Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice

  • Dining

    January 1, 2004

    Deeds Redone

    The Burning Question crew's year in review

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    'Boys Gone Wild

    And other tall tales of 2003

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Back From Babylon

    He's just one Marine, but this returning trooper saw no quagmire in Iraq

  • Dining

    June 26, 2003

    Smooth Rough Ride

    Rough Creek Lodge has a lot to offer--and there's good food, too

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Whistling Dixie

    Plus: Your Honor Code

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Soler Power

    Plus: Summer Reading List; Iraq and Roll

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2003

    Blues Notes

    See the other Deep Ellum

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Letters

    See the other Deep Ellum

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Saddam and City Bonds

    Is this really the best possible moment for half a billion in bonds?

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    Wick's End

    Plus: Anger Displacement

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Just Kidding

    Plus: Checkup; Ch-ch-changes

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    Beach Head

    At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up while the U.S. blows up Iraq

  • Culture

    March 27, 2003

    War on War Songs

    Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Hate Groups for Peace

    Plus: Giving Away the Farm, Bollywood Confidential

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Get on the Bus

    For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

  • Dining

    December 19, 2002

    The Colonel's Other Recipe

    Chicken-fried steak...why?

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Latin Beat

    Plus: Angry Americans, Plague Year, A Sucker Born

  • Film

    March 30, 2000

    Nuke 'em

    Deterrence takes on -- and bungles -- the biggest question of all

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    War is heck

    The revisionism of Three Kings kicks the Vietnam rut

  • Film

    September 30, 1999

    No guts, no glory

    David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail

  • Culture

    April 8, 1999

    Resurrection redux

    Didymus makes you a true believer in the talent of its playwright

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