Terrorism

For the Troops

In About an Hour, Mark Stroman Will More Than Likely Be Put to Death

​Rais Bhuiyan's attempts to spare the life of Mark Stroman, the white supremacist who shot him in the face and killed two other men he believed to be Muslim in the days following September 11, 2001, have failed: A federal judge down in Austin denied the Dallas man's petition for clemency that woul ... More >>

Two Days Before He's to Die, Stroman Talks to CBS News About Victim's Fight to Save Him

Courtesy CBS NewsMark Stroman, who is scheduled to die Wednesday, talks to Don Teague about his jailhouse conversion.​As you're no doubt well aware by now, Mark Stroman is scheduled to die down in Huntsville on Wednesday for killing Waqar Hasan, a Pakistani father of four who was gunned down on Se ... More >>

Happy Memorial Day -- 2011

​Osama Bin Laden is dead. But the fight -- and the hefty price -- to fend off terrorists around the globe lives on. Just yesterday, for example, eight more American soldiers were confirmed dead in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Sad, but let's face it, we've become numb to th ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden's Death: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. When I first heard President Obama was making an emergency announcement at 9:30 on a Sunday night, my first thought was ... asteroid. Then aliens. Then NFL lockout. Then Osama Bin Laden. And somewhere along the process I figured it was just a ploy to interrupt Donald Trump's Celebri ... More >>

Bin Laden's Death Leads to a Rush on Reservations at Dallas' Abacus and Other Restaurants

The Osama Bin Burger: coming to a restaurant near you?​What do Dallas restaurant-goers do when news spreads that U.S. military forces have killed Osama bin Laden, the man behind the most heinous attack on American soil? They don't embark on drinking binges. That's too pedestrian. No, they make pla ... More >>

Counter Attack

The Osama Bin Burger: coming to a restaurant near you?​What do Dallas restaurant-goers do when news spreads that U.S. military forces have killed Osama bin Laden, the man behind the most heinous attack on American soil? They don't embark on drinking binges. That's too pedestrian. No, they make pla ... More >>

Freedom Isn't Free

The Osama Bin Burger: coming to a restaurant near you?​What do Dallas restaurant-goers do when news spreads that U.S. military forces have killed Osama bin Laden, the man behind the most heinous attack on American soil? They don't embark on drinking binges. That's too pedestrian. No, they make pla ... More >>

Watch: Trey Johnson -- "Bombs"

Trey Johnson released this morning a new music video for his song "Bombs," the lead single off his new album, Where The East Ends, his second release in the wake of Sorta's breakup. The video, directed by Michael Carter, is the first of Johnson's solo career and, like the tone of the song (and, real ... More >>

Sour Power

Trey Johnson released this morning a new music video for his song "Bombs," the lead single off his new album, Where The East Ends, his second release in the wake of Sorta's breakup. The video, directed by Michael Carter, is the first of Johnson's solo career and, like the tone of the song (and, real ... More >>

Shopping Is Such Murder

Trey Johnson released this morning a new music video for his song "Bombs," the lead single off his new album, Where The East Ends, his second release in the wake of Sorta's breakup. The video, directed by Michael Carter, is the first of Johnson's solo career and, like the tone of the song (and, real ... More >>

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three falls off track

Trey Johnson released this morning a new music video for his song "Bombs," the lead single off his new album, Where The East Ends, his second release in the wake of Sorta's breakup. The video, directed by Michael Carter, is the first of Johnson's solo career and, like the tone of the song (and, real ... More >>

The 2009 Starting Pitcher for Your Texas Rangers: Dubya

  This is not the time to talk politics. It's the time to talk baseball. I'll put my liberal left leaning on hold today because the Texas Rangers have announced - no surprise - that former Prez and former co-owner George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch before next Monday's season ... More >>

Podesta's Peeps Suggest Ways to Fix Dallas's "Dangerous Chemical Facilities"

The loading dock at Petra Chemical's Dallas facility on Storey Lane Only yesterday, Politico.com suggested that the think tank Center for American Progress would become a major player within Barack Obama's White House. After all, it was founded and is headed by former Clinton chief of staff and c ... More >>

Body of Lies follows the fight against terror into cyberspace

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy thriller we deserve

Towering Cinema

Philippe Petit's World Trade Center tightrope walk was made for the movies

All We Are Saying

Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

More Wright Than Wrong, But ...

Give Wright a chance at FunAsia

Fly Write, Right?

Southwest's James Parker hopes his book takes off

An Arlington Soldier Killed in Iraq Was Buried Yesterday in Arlington National Cemetery

Southwest's James Parker hopes his book takes off

Sunset on Sundance

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

Shooting Blanks

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

Former Observer Managing Editor Has A New Book Out. Again.

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

Church Ladies

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

Lakewood's State Rep. Still Calculating the Battlefield Breakdown

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

A Terrorstorm's A-Comin'

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

Local Kids' Charity is Suing a Former Bush Administration Official for Libel

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

Wright Writes Himself to a Pulitzer

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

Junk Food

ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of pure art, with fries

What Would Jesus Watch Tonight?

ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of pure art, with fries

Bush Think Tank | How to Hide Your Weed

ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of pure art, with fries

Secret Justice

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

Food Fantastico

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

The Face of Terror

The War Within delivers a stunning portrait of a suicide bomber among us

Gross Encounters

Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

Short Cuts

Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

Beastie Boys

To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol)

Osama bin Bunny

House Bill 433 tackles terrorism?

Ground Zero Hour

A man's last day of freedom becomes Spike's meditation on September 11

Rough Skies

Larry Wansley--former Marine, cop and FBI agent--has his biggest task ahead of him: making American Airlines safe from terrorism

Art for Art's Sake

Arts and Letters Live presents a Maus tale

Moore to Love and Hate

Michael Moore introduces a few Stupid White Men

Damage Control

Schwarzenegger takes on terrorists in Collateral Damage

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Letters

Don't Be a Wimp, Silly Boot Camps, Us and Them

Scene, Heard

Selected songs disappear from the playlists at Clear Channel stations

Scene, Heard

In the wake of September 11’s tragedy in Manhattan

Blood Sport

The Oscar-winning One Day in September tells the brutal story of an Olympics massacre

Raging Waters

Inspired by Patty Hearst, Cecil B. Demented rails against the dying of the cinema

Going down

Air Force One nosedives into an ocean of ennui