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Sex Ed the Texas Way

Dallas wants to close the book on abstinence-only education. Texas keeps getting in the way.

Arlington Police Bought Two Drones, Which They Hope to Start Using Very Soon

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration released a list of all the city and state entities who have applied for a license to fly unmanned aerial drones. That list was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF), an organization tha ... More >>

American Sniper Chris Kyle Will Be Buried in Austin Today

In the days since he was murdered at a Glen Rose gun range, American Sniper Chris Kyle, who recorded more than 150 confirmed kills while serving overseas, has become a palimpsest on which both those who abhor American adventurism overseas and those who view military skill as the ultimate virtue have ... More >>

The Arts Need Money, Part 6,757

When the budget ax falls at City Hall, the Office of Cultural Affairs is an easy target, because no matter how much economic impact the arts claim to generate, trimming grants to niche cultural groups is a lot easier than firing police and firefighters. The department is designed to cope with this ... More >>

Tom Corea's Bankruptcy Shows How He Allegedly Spent His Clients' Money

It hasn't been a terribly good few months for Dallas attorney Tom Corea. He has been sued by several former clients who claim he stole their settlement money, indicted by Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and stripped of his law license by the Texas State Bar. At the risk of kicking the ... More >>

The Six Best Foodie Events of the Week (Oct 17 - Oct 23)

The 3rd annual Texas State Veggie Fair is this Sunday, October 21, at Reverchon Park (3505 Maple Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be lots foods samples, vendors, music and art - all in the name of a plant-based diet. Not to be shown up by other fairs, there's also a fried food competition th ... More >>

In West Texas, a State Park Sends Horses to Slaughter

For years, Julie Caramante was a leader the fight to shutter Dallas Crown, Kaufman's infamous horse slaughterhouse. Dallas Crown closed in 2007, as did the Beltex slaughterhouse in Fort Worth, but Caramante, a lifelong equine welfare advocate, has continued to keep a close eye on the horse slaughter ... More >>

Here's a Photo From When Central Expressway Was a Muddy Ditch

Say what you will about the highway-building mania of the mid-20th century. It led to an unsustainable car-dependent culture, choked off the city center and divided or destroyed neighborhoods. I seriously doubt, for example, that the shacks above were inhabited by well-heeled white people. But these ... More >>

Ty Segall To Open For The Jesus and Mary Chain on Wednesday

35 Denton just announced the opening act for Wednesday's rescheduled Jesus and Mary Chain show will be San Francisco shredder Ty Segall, whose 2011 Goodbye Bread LP contained the perfect right brain/left brain of pop and distortion. It's actually the perfect match. Damn, 35 Denton, y'all playin' cup ... More >>

Survey Says Texas Schools Are Now a Little Less Awful at Teaching Students Sex Education

​Just three years ago, 94 percent of the state's school districts told their kiddos: Just say no to sex. And that was that when it came to sex ed -- abstinence only and nothing but, which was working out real well considering that Texas's teen-pregnancy rate was the third-highest in all the land. ... More >>

All The Veg That's Fit to Fry: The Texas State Veggie Fair

​The Texas State Veggie Fair will descend on Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake this Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., providing an alternative to all the fried animal parts you've been subjected to at the State Fair. For the second year, the event will give veg heads a place to congregate, talk t ... More >>

Shepard Moon

TEA: More Texas Students Are Taking the SAT. Problem Is, Scores Keep Dropping.

​A little while ago, in this item below, Mike MacNaughton posted a link to this freshly minted release from the Texas Education Agency, which leads with the good news: "Texas has experienced a huge increase in the number of college-bound minority students who take the SAT college admissions test." ... More >>

Vegans Rejoice: Texas State Veggie Fair Fried Food Competition

Sylvia ElzafonFried vegan Bob Armstrong queso won Texas State Veggie Fair's Most Creative title in 2010.​The State Fair of Texas offers a millionty delicious fried food options, but if you're vegan, food-wise you're pretty much limited to sniffing second-hand funnel cake fumes.Well, fuck all that. ... More >>

Concussing Our Kids, One Hit At a Time

While pro sports finally fess up to the dangers of high-impact athletics, trainers, coaches, parents and lawmakers struggle to curb head injuries that are even more dangerous for kids.

Whitt's End: 7.15.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Derek Holland looked unusually sharp from the first pitch last night. Seattle's woeful offensively. I had a feeling, so I Tweetcalled for a no-hitter in the bottom of the 1st. Holland took ... More >>

With USC Out, Oklahoma Should Be 2004 National Champs

Like it never happened?​When Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100-meter gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, it was awarded to second-place finisher Carl Lewis. When Carter High School was ripped of its 1988 Texas State 5A Football Championship, it was given to the team it beat in the titl ... More >>

Noodlin' Around With the State's Law Banning the Practice of Catfishin' With Yer Bare Hands

Brady Knowlton and one of his pals, from his Facebook page​It's a big day for 30-year-old SMU grad Brady Knowlton, who graces the front page of this morning's Wall Street Journal -- and, now, Gawker. All because Knowlton, a Dallas oilman and new dad and world-traveling big-game hunter (per his Fac ... More >>

State Rep. Giddings Wants School Districts to Stop Treating Students Like Criminals

​A couple of weeks back Texas Appleseed and ACLU of Texas reps were down in Austin asking why oh why do state school districts feel the need to write class C misdemeanor tickets to students, some as young as 6, in the case of the Dallas Independent School District back in '06-'07. John Whitmire's ... More >>

Consider 2010 a Gestation Period for Denton Music

Go For Two

Carla Ranger: Power to the People, Not the Dallas Independent School District Trustees

DISD trustee Carla Ranger​Last week we noted: Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Dallas Independent School District HQ, the school board's set to hear how the public feels about extending trustees' terms from three to four years. You got something to say on the subject, now's the time to sign up -- deadline ... More >>

Garland Road Visions and Better Blocks Built

Click to embiggen for a look-see at what the Garland Road Vision visionaries envision, per today's council briefing​Going on four years now, residents and stakeholders along and near Garland Road -- at least, the stretch of Texas State Highway 78 between Interstate 635 and where it splits into Gas ... More >>

Taste of Downtown Plano: Too Hot for Chili? Not in the 'Burbs.

Photos by Conner HowellOne of the judges at the Jack Daniels Chili Cook-off helps himself to another taste.​Sometime it seems like the favorite pastime in Texas during summer is to find the nearest open building with AC. But while you were enjoying your daily dose of AC this weekend, you could ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: The Flaming Lips. Wow.

Danny FulgencioThe crowds showed up at the fairgounds in full for the Flaming Lips.​Wow. The Flaming Lips put on quite the performance. There's no way to even start recapping day three of the North by 35 Mucis Conferette without mentioning the biggest rock spectacular Denton's ever hosted. To call ... More >>

Because Nothing Screams, "Happy July 4th!" Like Michelle Malkin at Southfork Ranch

Just stumbled upon quite the shindig planned for July 4 out at Southfork Ranch -- something called America's Tea Party, which is being put on by the Dallas Tea Party folks (nawww) but features a cross-country list of speakers tentatively scheduled to rally the troops. Here's the roll call thus far:F ... More >>

2 To 3 Miles Of Adventure

If Nothing Else, Every Day I Drive By the Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist's Work

Say what you will about Eliseo Garcia's sculpture in front of the Walnut Hill Lane firehouse, but he's the official state "three-dimensional artist" for 2009, so there.Last December, we directed your attention to the publicly funded sculptures dropped in front of Fire Station No. 35 near the Marsh-W ... More >>

Buzz: Sex Ed in Texas Gets an "F"

Sex "Education" Has Failed Texas Students, Says Texas State University Study

Abstinence-only sex education doesn't work. You know it. Bristol Palin knows it. Shoot, anyone who has ever been or met a teenager knows that telling them to "just say no" is the best and possibly only way to get them to says yes, yes, YES!Still, it's nice that the folks at the Texas Freedom Network ... More >>

Some Holiday Fare Is Fairer Than Others—and Funnier

A Crusader for the Mentally Disabled Has Mixed Feelings Over DOJ Report

Mark Graham Haseeb Chishty On Tuesday night, Farhat Chishty got the news: The U.S. Department of Justice, after months of investigating, had completed a scathing report on the Texas State Schools for the disabled and was threatening to sue the state for violating residents' constitutional rights. ... More >>

Vaya Con Dios, Hank Hill

SMU Begs Fans to Arrive to Football Games, Like, Before Kick-Off, M'kay?

Hallguest

Fort Worth welcomes Sinbad

Get Totally Lit This Weekend

Lunch With the Trinity Muckety-Mucks

¡Ask a Mexican!

Hatley One Step -- and Punch -- Closer to Making U.S. Olympic Team After Weekend Win

Buy. Out. Buyout. (That's an Electric Company Reference.)

Still Learning

One year down and hundreds more angry letters to go

Quick Race

Who needs SXSW? Austin's Lemurs already have crazed fans in Dallas

Nature Calls

Odds & Ends

Festivals abound this spring; enter our caption contest and win...something

Rock On, Denton

A report from the first-ever WakeUp '04 festival

WakeUp Call

Denton springs back with a new all-day local music fest

Following Suit

When record labels finally pay attention to Dallas, they usually likewhat they see

Chicken-Fried Infamy

It's a batter battle as Texas faces Oklahoma

Texas Decks

D:Fuse helps put Austin's dance scene on the map

Buzz