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  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

    Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Down in Cedar Hill, Breaking a Sweat, and Bread, With the Future Leaders of Iraq

    Photos by Brantley HargroveMohammed and his mulch​Mohammed squatted atop a five-foot pile of mulch, his shovel jabbed into the chaff somewhere out in the snake-infested, cedar-scrubbed hill country southwest of Dallas. Sweat darkened his black Reebok shirt and soaked his ankle socks and his co ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.

    Photos by Brantley HargroveMohammed and his mulch​Mohammed squatted atop a five-foot pile of mulch, his shovel jabbed into the chaff somewhere out in the snake-infested, cedar-scrubbed hill country southwest of Dallas. Sweat darkened his black Reebok shirt and soaked his ankle socks and his co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Nineteen Years After His Escape From Iraq, Army Translator Files Suit Claiming He Was Beaten By Dallas Police Officers

    Sgt. Mark S. RickertLateef Al-Saraji, his wife Teresa and her daughter, Sgt. Kristin L. Cruikshank, were profiled in an Army magazine in 2003.​An Iraq-born U.S. Army translator and his wife have filed suit against the Dallas Police Department and a local nightclub, alleging that the husband was be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Whitt's End: 9.3.10

    ​ Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The Texas Rangers' slogan this season: "It's Time". The Texas Rangers' situation on September 3: "It's Over." With 29 games remaining, the Rangers could go 14-15 and the A's would have to go 24- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Whitt's End: 8.20.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2010

    Green Zone: American Hero Matt Damon and His WMD of a Movie Confirm the Big Lie, Hollywood-Style

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 26, 2009

    Crushing Grain and Slasher Blend Violence And Dark Comedy With Mixed Results

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Oliver Stone Talks About W., Which, Damn It, Is "No Hatchet Job"

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

  • Film

    May 22, 2008

    Errol Morris Cuts the Abu Ghraib MPs Some Slack in Standard Operating Procedure

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    You've Got to Bee Kidding

    No wonder all the bees are dying—Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    What Happens in Iraq Doesn't Stay in Iraq For Some Local Immigrants

    No wonder all the bees are dying—Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    "We Fight the Good Jihad"

    No wonder all the bees are dying—Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing

  • Music

    August 2, 2007

    Life and Death

    With his most recent release, Hip-Hop Is Dead, acclaimed MC Nas delivered a bitter requiem for rap. But is it truly a time for mourning?

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior

    With his most recent release, Hip-Hop Is Dead, acclaimed MC Nas delivered a bitter requiem for rap. But is it truly a time for mourning?

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Bush Think Tank | How to Hide Your Weed

    With his most recent release, Hip-Hop Is Dead, acclaimed MC Nas delivered a bitter requiem for rap. But is it truly a time for mourning?

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    Cleanin' Out the Closet

    With his most recent release, Hip-Hop Is Dead, acclaimed MC Nas delivered a bitter requiem for rap. But is it truly a time for mourning?

  • Resolution Guide

    January 11, 2007

    New Year's Resolutions Think Outside the Gym

    With his most recent release, Hip-Hop Is Dead, acclaimed MC Nas delivered a bitter requiem for rap. But is it truly a time for mourning?

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    Iraq's Cinema of Longing

    A conversation with director James Longley

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Premature Evacuation

    Caution: Knee jerks hopping off Mavs' bandwagon

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    Dixie Doc

    In an instant, the Dixie Chicks went from country darlings to America's goats, and two filmmakers caught it all.

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    On the Road

    Sacha Baron Cohen's howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2006

    Wherein Corby Davidson Goes to the Cotton Bowl and Takes a Wee-Wee

    Sacha Baron Cohen's howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    On a Wing and a Prayer

    Minister to despots across the globe, evangelist K.A. Paul just needs a few tons of jet fuel--and a safer plane--to keep up God’s work

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2006

    LaHaye Hey

    Minister to despots across the globe, evangelist K.A. Paul just needs a few tons of jet fuel--and a safer plane--to keep up God’s work

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Play It Forward

    Sports' smallest acts often come laced with giant implications

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Letters

    Sports' smallest acts often come laced with giant implications

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Letter Home

    A grunt’s-eye view from near the Sunni Triangle

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2004

    Stand-up Guy

    Bill Bellamy's new fast lane

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Up With Fascism!

    Maybe it's the only way to save downtown

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    The Right's Stuff

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

  • Film

    June 24, 2004

    George of the Bungle

    Michael Moore goes Bushwhacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    Bush Remixed

    Political frustration becomes music for the masses

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Mayor TV

    Great on the toob, but no machine

  • Culture

    April 17, 2003

    The Gulf Between

    When these soldiers became writers, the pen turned into a very mighty weapon

  • Music

    March 27, 2003

    Bottle the Spin

    The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Catfight!

    Laura, Mary says you're a phony! Now now, girls.

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    For Our Homies

    Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

  • Music

    August 8, 2002

    Falling Rock

    The Avalanches are hard to pin down but easy to love

  • Film

    June 6, 2002

    Miscue 9/11

    Hollywood drops another nuke in New York, and it's just a dud

  • Dining

    March 1, 2001

    Cloudy Issue

    Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The untouchables

    A whistleblower learns the hard way that you don't rat on your betters at Dallas City Hall

  • Film

    July 1, 1999

    Bigger, longer, and almost as funny

    South Park parents battle the hideous threat of potty-mouth

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Buzz

    South Park parents battle the hideous threat of potty-mouth

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Look back in confusion

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    The bull market

    Peter Lowe explains how to succeed in business without really trying: First, find 20,000 suckers Photographs by Mark Graham

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Bread and Circuses

    When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

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