Terrorism

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 >>

Zero Dark Thirty Reports and You Decide

Knowing the ending doesn't kill the thrills in the hunt for Bin Laden.

The Right-Wing Now Thinks Texas Schools Are Converting Kids to Islam

News has been bouncing around the right-wing blogosphere for a while now (and to trustees with Irving ISD) that some 70 percent of school districts in Texas are indoctrinating children with pro-Islam propaganda. WorldNetDaily, which if nothing else is free of left-wing bias, reports "students are ... More >>

Muslim Hunting

David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

Last Chance to Get in Line for Rangers Playoff Tickets, Fingers Crossed, and Other Game Notes

It's Colby v. McCarthy tonight. Hang on.​Nice to see our sports columnist thinks the race for the AL West is "over." Still, though, coulda sworn the Rangers have 18 games left on the schedule, including three against the Angels at season's end; the magic number remains a far-from-over 17. Guess th ... More >>

North Texans For 9/11 Truth: Still Running Around in "Rabbit Hole" After All These Years

Photo by Erin WaltersThe North Texans for 9/11 Truth-ers riding in the 2009 MLK Day Parade down Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardWith the decade anniversary of 9/11 almost here, there's been a run of stories in every media outlet, major and minor, about both the September 11 attacks and the decade th ... More >>

Ten New Pro-America Toby Keith Songs Now That Osama bin Laden's Been Killed

Once news began circulating that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a gunfight at his safe-house outside Islamabad, it wasn't long before America's cultural taste-makers got to work. News anchors got their makeup on. Pundits nuanced. Poets cried. But, like they did almost 10 years ago, in the deep ... More >>

Four Lions: The Funny Side of Terrorism.

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 >>

For Trying to Blow Up Fountain Place, Hosam Smadi's Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison

​It was late on September 24, 2009, that the U.S. Attorney's Office sent word that FBI agents had arrested then-19-year-old Hosam Maher Husein Smadi for plotting to blow up Fountain Place on Ross Avenue -- a plot intercepted by federal agents, who ultimately provided the Jordanian-born Smadi with ... More >>

"See Something, Say Something": DPD's Got a Whole New Way to Report "Suspicious Activity"

​Andrea's decided to spend some time at the city council's Public Safety Committee briefing this afternoon, where she'll learn a little more about iWatch Dallas, the DPD's just-launched "virtual crime watch" that allows the citizenry to type in tips from their computers and cell phones. Says the D ... More >>

Farouk Shami Flushes $10 Million Down the Toilet in Less Than Five Minutes

If today's University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll -- which had former Houston Mayor Bill White with a whopping 50-11 lead over Farouk Shami (30 percent claimed to be undecided) -- wasn't enough to hand the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to White, Shami ensured that the 10 million bucks he vowe ... More >>

Debra Medina Brings Momentum to Screeching Halt By Refusing to Take a Position on Who Was Behind the 9/11 Attacks

Just when it looked like Debra Medina could maybe possibly somehow sneak her way past Kay Bailey Hutchison into a runoff with Rick Perry for a chance to grab the Republican nomination in November's gubernatorial election, she melted down during an interview this morning with Glenn Beck, who questio ... More >>

After Being Indicted by Federal Grant Jury on Two Counts, Smadi's Back in Court Next Week

​Earlier this week, federal authorities were in a Dallas courtroom laying out the case against 19-year-old Jordanian Hosam Maher Smadi, arrested two weeks ago for allegedly trying to blow up Fountain Place in downtown Dallas. We didn't know when Smadi would again appear in court, but moments ago t ... More >>

In Federal Court Today, FBI Special Agent Lays Out Case Against Hosam Maher Smadi

The FBI says Hosam Maher Smadi made a video for Osama bin Laden. Problem is, it was recorded by an undercover FBI agent.​Moments ago, U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez ruled that there's probable cause to try 19-year-old Jordanian Hosam Maher Smadi for allegedly trying to blow up Fountain Place i ... More >>

Guantanamo's Final Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

In Afghanistan on Tuesday, a 22-Year-Old Army Specialist From Frisco Was Killed

The Department of Defense announced today that on Tuesday, Army Specialist Peter John Courcy of Frisco was killed in Salerno, Afghanistan. The 22-year-old Courcy and 19-year-old Pfc. Jason Watson of Louisiana, both of whom had been based out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky, died of injuries suffered wh ... More >>

Tom Jones

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

We'll Pass on the Multi-Perspective, Mega-Annoying Vantage Point

Gordon Bellamy, Dallas-Born Film Animator, Died Tuesday at 70

Morgan Spurlock's Beard

The Reason for DART's Sudden Billion-Dollar Shortfall? "Bad People."

"We Fight the Good Jihad"

Sigh...

Buzz isn't buying conspiracy theories

The Keymaster

A Star is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum

Talking Head

Bob Woodruff gets personal at Borders

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elvis Perkins

Friday, April 27, at the Granada Theater

Another Local Soldier Killed in Iraq -- on New Year's Day

O Holy Land Foundation

One Day in September

A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the Twin Towers

Sweat from a Stone

September Mourn

Sex Bomb

Jones strikes while the ladies are hot

Fear of Flying

You may not want to see United 93, but you should

More Bushwhacking

Plus: Attack and Counterattack; Who Ya Callin’ Geek?

George of the Bungle

Michael Moore goes Bushwhacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Hell of a Long Day

24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

A Moving Feast

The effect of the September 11 attacks ripples through local entertainment

Terrorist's Cookbook

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

Fallout

DART removes ads for a charity accused of links to terrorists

Scene, Heard

Music heals, now more than ever

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

Better Safe

Crop dusters contend with a slew of post-attack regulations

Amused to Death

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Yule love it

There's no better place to spend Christmas than at Ground Zero