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    February 29, 2012

    When It Comes to Vaginal Probin', Texas's GOP Men Got the Short Shrift

    If I were a male cowboy-boot-wearing Republican in Texas, I might feel pretty chapped right now by all the attention paid over the last week to the Virginia ultrasound bill. Talk about some limp legislation. Yesterday those wimps in Virginia voted up a pared-down version that will allow women under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Exoneree Lawyer Exonerated of Professional Misconduct Charges: "We Did It Right."

    Lubbock personal injury attorney Kevin Glasheen, who represented a number of Dallas exonerees and successfully lobbied the state legislature to more than triple the amount paid for each year spent wrongfully imprisoned, was found innocent Thursday of professional misconduct charges brought by the St ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Sucking Up Water and Sand in the Quest for Natural Gas

    For folks in the sandy hills northwest of Dallas, it's a devil's bargain for gas, water and jobs.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Cowboys Stadium Getting Two New Voices in 2011

    Roger Emrich: New 'Boys Voice​While the Cowboys cut familiar faces in an attempt to reshape their team on the field, the organization has also decided to give its stadium an audio makeover. Out as Cowboys Stadium public address announcer is Jody Dean, to be replaced by local award-wi ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    The Many, Ongoing Interests of Ray Wylie Hubbard

    Roger Emrich: New 'Boys Voice​While the Cowboys cut familiar faces in an attempt to reshape their team on the field, the organization has also decided to give its stadium an audio makeover. Out as Cowboys Stadium public address announcer is Jody Dean, to be replaced by local award-wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Before Bipartisan Protest, County GOP Chair Pushes Judge Jenkins to Open Doors at Today's Election Commission Meeting to Public

    AnonymousThis has been making the rounds. Can't imagine why its creator isn't looking for credit.​Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman says today's 3:30 p.m. meeting of the Election Commission -- the first such gathering in more than two decades -- should be relocated to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Spent the Rest of the Day Browsing Through the Dallas As Seen Through Marion Butts's Lens

    Photos by Marion Butts/Courtesy Texas/Dallas History & Archives DivisionFrom October 22, 1960: "Protesters, including Dallas ministers Rev. E.W. Thomas and Rev. H. Rhett James, in front of H.L. Green's fighting for integrated lunch counters."​If you have a few hours to spare, allow me to direc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Vegans Protest Downtown McDonald's; Voice Opposition to the Egg McMuffin

    ​The newest McDonald's opened today in the West End in a fury of scampering commuters, El Centro students seeking to get amped up on coffee before class and Eddie Garza whose Dallas Mercy for Animals staged a protest.Remember Eddie Garza: He wrote the Vegan Guy for City of Ate. Being a vegan and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Battered But Not Yet Beaten, SMU Press Refuses to Gentle Into That Good Night

    In 1998, SMU Press republished Warren Leslie's invaluable history of Dallas that originally hit shelves in 1964​One question that went unanswered in the story about SMU's decision to shutter, at least for now, the 73-year-old SMU Press is: How many books will be dumped in the wake? That answer can ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    Local Offensive Geniuses June Jones and Todd Dodge are Flunking Defense 101

    In 1998, SMU Press republished Warren Leslie's invaluable history of Dallas that originally hit shelves in 1964​One question that went unanswered in the story about SMU's decision to shutter, at least for now, the 73-year-old SMU Press is: How many books will be dumped in the wake? That answer can ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Life Without Debt Leaves Jimmy Phipps Owing Society

    In 1998, SMU Press republished Warren Leslie's invaluable history of Dallas that originally hit shelves in 1964​One question that went unanswered in the story about SMU's decision to shutter, at least for now, the 73-year-old SMU Press is: How many books will be dumped in the wake? That answer can ... More >>

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    American Toxic

    The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2006

    Here Comes the Judge...Not

    The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2006

    Talon's Out

    The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    The Lone Ranger

    Right, but not quite right, Dallas County Judge Margaret Keliher is reforming county government while infuriating her Republican colleagues

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Told Ya So

    Plus: Funny Girls

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Give Peace and Peppers a Chance

    Chili cooks score one for multilateralism

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Trials and Tribu-lations

    Austin-based salsa orchestra marries ghetto funk with barrio spice

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Down by the Old Mill

    A band of East Texas environmentalists takes on a polluting paper plant and proves that might doesn't always make right, even in a company town

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Something about Stephan

    After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    True Crime

    Dallas' favorite criminal pair offers tourists a real Texas treat

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    The kids aren't all right

    The Americanized culture of undocumented immigrants finds the doors to higher education closed

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Good rockin' last night

    A new CD resurrects the echoes of the long-gone Big "D" Jamboree, where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and some forgotten heroes made Saturday nights swing

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Milking it

    Terri Hendrix proves you can't keep a girl down on the Farm

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Rapper's delight

    Erotic D looks Beyond 2000

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Trail of Tears

    Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    Power Houses

    A celebrity home tour of Dallas' rich, famous--and all too often tasteless--movers and fakers

  • Calendar

    February 29, 1996

    Events for the week

    A celebrity home tour of Dallas' rich, famous--and all too often tasteless--movers and fakers

  • News

    April 20, 1995

    Accountability time

    Grassroots political group demands straight answers

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