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May 18, 2012
A Clean-Air Program, Texas-Style (Side Effects May Include A Natural Gas Subsidy)
Beleaguered is how you might describe efforts to clean Texas air. Emissions reduction plans -- leaning primarily on cutting vehicle exhaust -- have been gutted by the state Legislature. But one provision, passed in the last legislative session and sponsored by Woodlands Republican Senator Tommy Will ... More >>
Music
April 26, 2012
Preview: George Jones at Arlington Music Hall
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Blogs
March 23, 2012
Phil Hamilton Wants Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes If He's Stuck
Phil Hamilton's latest Red Dirt, Southern rock record, Renegade Rock n Roll, runs the gamut from heartsick love songs to working-man rock anthems. The local's played stages from South Texas to Kansas in recent weeks, celebrating the release of his second album. The video for "You Can Have Me" has be ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
How To Not Get Deported
So, you're an undocumented immigrant. Your great hope is to stick around, make a living and, some day, become naturalized. Unfortunately, our immigration laws are a tangled morass of inscrutability, insensible to the realities of a globalized world. You may have watched last week's Republican deba ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Shippin' Shale: Energy Independence Means Exporting It So We Can Import It. Got That?
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to us either. A couple of weeks ago we asked if America could stop pretending that politicians and their benefactors in the energy industry actually give two shits about "energy independence" or "energy security," or any of the other portent-laden, focus-grouped catch phr ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Second Floor Freshens Up Brunch Cocktails
Kevin MarplePrickly pear margaritaBloody Marys and mimosas are, clearly, classic brunch drinks. But if you're a frequent bruncher, the usual suspects may be becoming a bit of a snooze. I'm a brunch fan myself, which is why my ears pricked up when I heard the Second Floor is offering a prickly ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Standing on the Margaret Hunt Hill, Before Getting a Look at What Runs Below
Speaking of the Trinity River ... Perhaps I didn't end up visiting the under-construction Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on the best day for our ongoing Unfair Park series, "Sweaty Dispatches From a Sweltering City." While I was out on the pavement girded with Italian steel early Thursday afterno ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Central Texas Pitmasters Aren't Going to SeaWorld
You know, some low and slow cooking over oak...oh, never mind. SeaWorld in Orlando this week announced it had invited local smokehouses to participate in its annual "Bands, Brew & BBQ" festival, an innovation that would make even more sense at the theme park's South Texas location. But a spo ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
U.S. Department of Transpo Forks Over $5.6 Mil to Study OKC-to-DFW High-Speed Rail Line
U.S. Department of TransportationThis morning, as expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood passed out $2.4 billion in funding to 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states. Among the recipients: the Texas Department of Transportation, which'll take home $5.6 million intended to allow a fu ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Good Friday: Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin, Grassfight, The Phuss, Tera Melos, Black Tie Dynasty, Ishi, Bassnectar, Eisley, Sorta Dylan, Clint Black, Dignan & more
Earl HarvinThis weekend has some pretty interesting shows. One of the most exciting is Jazz at The Kessler with The Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin Show at The Kessler Theater. Dallas drumming legend Earl Harvin makes his return to town after several years of living in Los Angeles and Berlin, with ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Gig Alert: Rosie Flores Tonight at Double Wide
Rosie FloresSan Antonio's Rosie Flores makes a stop in our fair city this evening, bringing her brand of hardcore honky-tonk and rockabilly to the Double Wide. She's been a fixture of the South Texas scene for decades, earning accolades in whatever city she decided to call home--hell, even the ma ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Crystal Clear
Rosie FloresSan Antonio's Rosie Flores makes a stop in our fair city this evening, bringing her brand of hardcore honky-tonk and rockabilly to the Double Wide. She's been a fixture of the South Texas scene for decades, earning accolades in whatever city she decided to call home--hell, even the ma ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2009
Veggie Guy: Mexican Comfort Food
The On The Range piece about Machacado con Huevo last week brought back some old memories from my childhood. I was born and raised in South Texas by immigrant Mexican parents. My mother was from Guanajuato, and my father migrated from San Fernando, Tamaulipas. Mom's home cooking mostly entailed e ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
On The Range: Machacado Con Huevos
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>
News
May 28, 2009
Remember the Alamo, But Forget That Whole Kennedy Thing, Please
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>
News
March 5, 2009
What's So Vulgar About the Word Pinche?
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2008
Just What -- And Who -- is Behind "The Great Immigration Panic"? You Name It.
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>
Music
May 29, 2008
El Mejor de lo Mejor
We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes
Blogs
May 16, 2008
On the Border, Off the Fence
We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes
Blogs
March 18, 2008
Items of Interest, Far As You Know
We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes
Blogs
February 19, 2008
Border Residents Feeling Kicked in the Hunt Over That Danged Fence
We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes
News
February 14, 2008
Texas' Peyote Hunters Struggle to Find a Vanishing, Holy Crop
Harvesting peyote is legal for only three people, and all of them live in Texas
News
January 24, 2008
Patrolling South Texas for Illegal Immigrants
Border Patrolman Jorge Diaz left Mexico at 12. For 20 years, he's trolled the South Texas brush for illegal compatriots.
Calendar
September 20, 2007
Lesbozos
See some queer comedy in Fort Worth
Blogs
February 5, 2007
Anchia to Tackle "Divisive and Misguided" Anti-Immigration Legislation
See some queer comedy in Fort Worth
News
August 24, 2006
High on the Hog
In Texas, shoot as many feral pigs as you like. Just don't let your dog bite them.
Dining
May 18, 2006
Life's a Strip
Apple- or hickory-smoked bacon: Is there a difference?
News
February 16, 2006
Bang, bang
Cheney shoots, Buzz scores
Music
December 1, 2005
South Austin Jug Band, The Gourds, Two High String Band
Friday, December 2, at the Granada Theater
News
August 18, 2005
Bubba Patrol
The Minutemen are ready to patrol Texas' border. Are we ready for them?
Calendar
April 14, 2005
Peep Show
Voyeurism, with appetizers, during Around the Table home tour
Music
July 15, 2004
Ministry
Houses of the Mole (Sanctuary)
News
February 19, 2004
Heir Unapparent
The descendants of a former housemaid lay claim to one of Texas' grandest ranch fortunes
Calendar
November 13, 2003
Sand Castles
It's a multiphonic spree
News
June 12, 2003
Clone Ranger
The old roundup may never be the same, thanks to Zech Dameron�s herd of genetically duplicate longhorns
News
June 13, 2002
Clash of Symbols
Six Flags is teaching Texology, and we've got a few suggestions
News
May 30, 2002
Open Season
Border authorities fear a return to the law of the Wild West as Texas homeowners take up guns against illegal Mexican immigrants
Dining
August 9, 2001
Stink Kink
Italian Cowboy has pooped out
News
May 24, 2001
Separate and Unequal
In a school district that still sees the city in terms of black and white, Hispanics say their children are robbed of a fair share
Culture
December 14, 2000
The Love of Madonna
Irrevence borders on heresy
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best produce (tie)
Farmers Market & Groceryworks.com
Calendar
December 3, 1998
The virgin muse
Farmers Market & Groceryworks.com
News
October 29, 1998
Bush's free ride
With a little help from his Democratic pals, George W. Bush has become the GOP front-runner for president. But it's a cold world beyond Texas' borders, and it may take more than charm and luck to carry a good ol' boy to the White House.
News
August 6, 1998
Rocket man
Former NASA engineer Tom Moser dreams about launching the next generation of spacecraft from Texas soil
News
July 23, 1998
How to site a Nuclear- waste dump--for just $50 million
Former NASA engineer Tom Moser dreams about launching the next generation of spacecraft from Texas soil
Calendar
July 2, 1998
Night & Day
July 2 - 8, 1998
Dining
November 20, 1997
Whatta concept!
At theme-choked Canyon Cafe, a few things actually rise above the kitsch
Music
September 28, 1995
Strait to hell
George Strait saved country music. Then he killed it
Music
March 2, 1995
Punk, polka, and puke
New releases: Sonic Youth, Los Lobos, The The, and Mr. Spock
Music
January 12, 1995
Home of the range
Randy Erwin belatedly releases an astounding, varied work
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