Saudi Arabia

One of Texas' Biggest Power Generators Just Admitted Deregulation Is a Colossal Failure

A bigwig at NRG, Texas' second-most prolific electricity generator, took to the editorial page of the Houston Chronicle the other day, and the result was remarkable -- a tacit admission from one of the sector's biggest players that deregulation simply does not work. As we noted recently, Texas' pow ... More >>

Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert: Beware of Islamic Terrorists "Trained to Act Hispanic"

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is once again contributing to the public discourse, drawing connections between the attack during the Boston Marathon and immigration reform. On CSPAN's Washington Journal today, Gohmert, a Republican from East Texas, expressed concern over ethnicity-shifting terrorists aimin ... More >>

Protesters Are in the East Texas Trees Again to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

As of around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, two Keystone XL pipeline protesters were perched atop platforms strung through the trees in East Texas, aiming to block construction of what may soon become the longest pipeline in the Western Hemisphere. The controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which could be ... More >>

There Will Be Tar Sand

Tarry Canadian bitumen is barreling its way to Texas via the Keystone XL pipeline. Will it bring energy independence or environmental calamity?

America's Petro-Terrorists

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

Fracking Boom a Ponzi-Inflated Bubble About To Pop? Rolling Stone Sure Thinks So.

Is the United States the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas?" as President Barack Obama has said. Or has the energy industry used fuzzy math to hype its estimated reserves to entice buyouts and Wall Street investment? Tough to say for sure, but last month the U.S. Energy Information Administration scaled ... More >>

Why Smashburger Sucks More Than It Has To

Gratuitous macro depicting maximum crustiness.​Late last year, Forbes named Smashburger America's most promising company. The article describes an American population as burger-obsessed and compares the Denver-based smashers to other chains, including Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Jack in the B ... More >>

If You Want to Run For Dallas ISD Board, And Want a PAC's Backing, Fill Out This Essay Test

​On May 12 of next year three Dallas Independent School District trustee spots will come up for grabs -- those presently held by Bernadette Nutall, Bruce Parrott and Edwin Flores. (And, depending on which rumors you choose to believe about possible doings on the Dallas County Commissioners Court ... More >>

Can Mormons Be Trusted? A Shallow Guide to Managing Your Most Ill-Informed Fears.

Mitt Romney CampaignConcerns have been raised over Mormonism's decision to move to Cleveland. Because, you know, it's Cleveland.​Last month evangelical leaders gathered in D.C. for the Values Voter Summit, where disciples of the Pissed-Off Jesus harrumphed and yammered about how much America sucke ... More >>

Mayor Dwaine, Meet President Goodluck

Via.Goodluck Jonathan​One week from today, Goodluck Jonathan -- who won election last month after receiving more than 60 percent of the vote during mostly peaceful elections -- will be sworn in as president of Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa. Analysts are mixed on what Jonathan's pre ... More >>

Why Mohamed Elhassan, the Dallas Imam Who Played Defense Attorney in Quran-Torching Church, Says He "Admires" Terry Jones

Mohamed Elhassan, a Sufi imam and business owner here in Dallas, lost his case for the Koran last month in Terry Jones' Florida church.When Florida pastor Terry Jones finally made good on the threat he'd been toying with in the press for months, to burn a Quran in his church, it set off days of dead ... More >>

Saudi Man Living in West Texas Arrested For "Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction"

​Moments ago, the Department of Justice announced that an investigation by the FBI's Dallas Joint Terrorism Task Force has led to the arrest of 20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was born in Saudi Arabia but came to the United States in 2008 on a student visa so he could attend South Plains C ... More >>

Saudi Prince Might Want All of Liverpool FC. Not Sure How Tom Hicks Feels About That.

George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who may have to cut that ball in half​On Tuesday, Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels said that, well, it is possible that Tom Hicks could maintain a majority interest in the Texas Rangers, despite his efforts to sell the club since April. But how, with all that debt here and ... More >>

The Caretaker

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

SMU's Bullock Has Gas (and Oil, Etc.)

American Girls

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

Morgan Spurlock Leaves No Gimmick Unturned with Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?

Sunset on Sundance

At this year's fest, there were some curveballs and at least one knucklehead

Black Russian

Shooting Blanks

Peter Berg sends Jamie Foxx to fight the enemy over there in The Kingdom

Closing the Book on Richardson's Boring (and Notorious?) Richard Chichakli

The Pentecostal Circus

Multi-Culti

Making folks from everywhere feel at home in Big D

Back to Iraq

Secret Justice

Authorities allege Richard Chichakli was accountant to an illegal arms deal. Prove it, he says.

The Wright Man

Corndoggle

Dallas Is Banking On Ethanol, But Is It The Fuel Of The Future Or A Barrel Of Pork?

Coal Fired Up!

House of Saud and Fog

Killing Time

In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

Best Actor

Halim Jabbour

Dolma Days

Mediterranean Festival has more than hummus and grape leaves

Don't Mean a Thing

As it turns out, Burleson does have that swing

Shipshape?

Awash in oil, the Spanish victims of a tanker disaster seek justice from a Texas company

In the Drink

My Martini drips wine on the parched prairie

Segregation Forever

How Dallas got what it wanted

The Gulf Between

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

My God Is Better Than Yours

Letters from November 28, 2002

Crusaders

In another holy war, the battle plan is to turn Muslims into Bible believers

Terrorist's Cookbook

A manual tells terrorist recruits how--and why--they should wage unholy war

Dr. Cop

John Mullen is a modern-day action hero straight out of television, a full-time emergency room physician who fights crime and solves murders on the side

The Lost Girl

Haifa Bale has spent three years trying to get her daughter back from an abusive ex-husband. Not even the Queen of Jordan can make it happen.

Defending Darlie

Wealthy Waco businessman Brian Pardo spends his time and money helping death-row inmates he believes are innocent. His efforts on behalf of Darlie Routier have raised suspicions about her husband--and about Pardo's motives.

The war over Gulf War Syndrome

Dallas doctors believe they've solved the mystery of sick veterans, but find themselves in "a bloody scientific war" where they are branded charlatans

Adventures in dining

Sahara provides a welcome oasis in Dallas' dining desert

Yemengate

In a tiny Middle Eastern country, government officials have accused Dallas oilman Ray Hunt's company of cheating them out of millions.

Letters