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Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets?

The new library could reveal gems about oil and the Iraq War

Steve Stockman, L.A. Filmmaker, Can't Stop Getting Mistaken For Steve Stockman, Crazy Congressman

The first tweet hurt Steve Stockman's feelings a little. It read, in full: "YOU ARE A STUPID FAT FUCK." "I haven't actually put on any weight lately," Stockman writes in an email. "And though I'm not thin, I think 'fat' would be an overstatement." The next few tweets, all similarly furious, were ... More >>

Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

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

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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

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

You've Got to Bee Kidding

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

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

"We Fight the Good Jihad"

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?

Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior

Bush Think Tank | How to Hide Your Weed

Cleanin' Out the Closet

New Year's Resolutions Think Outside the Gym

Out With the Old

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

Iraq's Cinema of Longing

A conversation with director James Longley

Premature Evacuation

Caution: Knee jerks hopping off Mavs' bandwagon

Dixie Doc

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

On the Road

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

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

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

LaHaye Hey

Play It Forward

Sports' smallest acts often come laced with giant implications

Letters

Letter Home

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

Stand-up Guy

Bill Bellamy's new fast lane

Up With Fascism!

Maybe it's the only way to save downtown

The Right's Stuff

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

George of the Bungle

Michael Moore goes Bushwhacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

Bush Remixed

Political frustration becomes music for the masses

Mayor TV

Great on the toob, but no machine

The Gulf Between

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

Bottle the Spin

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

Catfight!

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

For Our Homies

Plus: Kaboom, Edited for Content

Falling Rock

The Avalanches are hard to pin down but easy to love

Miscue 9/11

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

Cloudy Issue

Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

The untouchables

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

Bigger, longer, and almost as funny

South Park parents battle the hideous threat of potty-mouth

Buzz

Look back in confusion

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

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