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Ex-Dallas Fire Chief Steve Abraira Faces Revolt in Boston over Marathon Bombing Response

By most accounts, Steve Abraira did a decent job as Dallas' fire chief. He served for five years, was well-respected by the rank-and-file, and ran a department with no glaring issues. But somewhere along the line, he crossed City Manager Mary Suhm, who issued an ultimatum: resign or be fired. Abrai ... More >>

Major League Baseball's Screwball Economics

As another season begins, MLB faces an unsustainable future -- and you’re picking up the tab.

Muslim Hunting

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

Obama & Romney's Country-Club Sopranos

American banks are on a massive crime spree. The Presidential candidates hope you won't notice.

The New Yorker's Amazing Tale, Beautifully Told, of How Dallas Wiens Got His New Face

​The latest issue of The New Yorker features the extraordinary telling of a tale with which you're perhaps quite familiar by now: how doctors gave a man from Fort Worth, Dallas Wiens, a new face. Alas, all that is available for now is the abstract accompanying Raffi Khatchadourian's story, which b ... More >>

A Positive Start to 2012: A Boston Writer Loves Dallas. And, Hunt Says Greenville's Back, Baby.

​Tomorrow we'll get back to bond-package and alley-repair city council briefings and the business community's interest in fixing the DISD; meet the new year, same as the old. But here's a nice way to kick off 2012 -- with Boston Globe features editor Katie McLeod's recap of her recent visit to Dal ... More >>

Forever Young: Texas Rangers-Detroit Tigers ALCS Game 4 Preview and Open Thread

Photo by Sam MertenElvis Andrus and a beardless Michael Young haven't hit their strides yet at the plate, but that's about to change. ​As depressing as it was, I believe Game 3 of the American League Championship Series was an anomaly, much like Game 1 of the ALDS. Nothing seemed right. And w ... More >>

Rick Perry's Not Always Big on Science, But He Did Use It To Win Some Elections

​Even Rick Perry doesn't hate science all the time. His uneasy relationship with evolution and global warming notwithstanding, the Man Beneath the Hair understands that sometimes all that brainy shit with the white coats and clipboards can actually benefit him. And that's exactly what happened in ... More >>

DA Craig Watkins Insists Mortgage Processor Has Shorted Dallas County "Tens of Millions"

​A Reuters story from last month tells you everything you need to know about Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, heretofore "a little-known institution in Reston, Virginia." Says the story, it's a 16-year-old entity created in 1995 by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other Big Banks intended to " ... More >>

Sigel's Discounts Mysterious Cheap Wines

Sigel's is readying to put its 90 Cellars wines on sale, making the label Time recently described as a "magical combo" of good wine and cheap prices an even better deal. ​90 Cellars, the subject of a feature story in The Boston Globe this week, has been garnering attention for its unique bu ... More >>

Ifill Towers

On The Range: Tostadas

​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.How do you describe a tostada? As with many Latin dishes, it often depends on what side of the border you come from. In Texas, or most of the other Estados Unidos, the tostada ("toasted") is most familiar in its cla ... More >>

The Bookworm Has Turned as Dallas Libraries See New Materials Budget Slashed

​So many pages of Mary Suhm's FY2009-2010 budget left to sort through, and so little time left till tomorrow's council budget briefing. But several Friends of Unfair Park worry about an item they found at the very bottom of the page devoted to the Central Library's line-item breakdown: the amount ... More >>

Eat What They Want You To Eat

The old progressives made us dump liquor. The new ones want us to heed their diet demands.​Now, you all know I'm the kindhearted, gentle sort, right? That I would never write anything harsh about mindless poseurs ordering dirty martinis or suggest a certain rank dish should be dumped over the offe ... More >>

Well, Good Day to You Too, Lauren Przybyl

Lauren Przybyl, coming to a Good Day set near you​Yesterday, Uncle Barky couldn't get anyone at KDFW-Channel 4 to confirm that the Dallas Fox affiliate had chosen a new co-host for Good Day -- one Lauren Przybyl, currently at the NBC affiliate in Boston. But moments ago, the Boston Globe got the o ... More >>

Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

Plano, Bestest City in Whole U.S.A. in Which You Can "Build Personal Wealth"

Mark Cuban, Jason Kidd and the Olympics' Gold Double-Standard

Disney Channel Fits Colleyville's Demi Lovato For A Glass Slipper

She's now lined up to be the next Hannah Montana.

In Boston, a Lewisville Native Tries to Become The Next Big Thing

Needle Point in Allen?

Meet the First DeGolyer Grant Winner to Appear on Howard Stern's Show

Because Dumb Ideas Are Still Dumb, Even After You Voted For 'Em

The Amazing Schutzini

The plan for Dallas' future: blood in the 'hood, Mayor Hunt and the Venerable Rasansky

Free Tickets! Don't Thank Us.

Shaping Up to be a Foul Finals

Hurricane Harbor

Of Shaq and Stack

Sports News You Can Use or Peruse or, Even, Abuse

Havin' a Ball with the Mavs & Heat

Thank Hell for Little Girls

Hard Candy turns the tables on an online pedophile

Hello, Larry

More Bushwhacking

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

Letters from the issue of March 13, 2003

On the Spot

Don't Know How

On her way to the Top 10, Norah Jones had to decide what to do--and what not to do

Confess, Greg

For years, Fletch was out of print. Now, his father explains why.

Bilbao Envy

Meadows' show of Santiago Calatrava's designs is one big missed opportunity

The True Believer

Say what you want about Marvin Olasky, the oddball UT professor and controversial architect of Bush's "compassionate conservatism." He practices what he preaches.

Poor, Starving Writers

Freelancers complain that the DMN's contracts are killing them

Hit her. Really.

Britney Spears opens up and says, "Duh"

(Bob)cat call

Shakes not stirred

Buzz

The official word from the DMN on its arena investment

Take me to the river

PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi

Too high. Period.

Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie

The pretender

The Rev. Harvey Cutting had one last chance to come clean. He chose to lie.