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    March 2, 2011

    Growing Our Way Into the Third World

    ​Rick Perry keeps telling me that I shouldn't worry about dumping all the kids out of school or putting Grandma out of the nursing home. Texas has the nation's fastest-growing economy, he says, so don't sweat it. What does that mean -- fastest-growing economy? I took a look around yesterday ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Think America Coddles Mexicans? How About The Way The Entire World Coddles Americans?

    ​Rick Perry keeps telling me that I shouldn't worry about dumping all the kids out of school or putting Grandma out of the nursing home. Texas has the nation's fastest-growing economy, he says, so don't sweat it. What does that mean -- fastest-growing economy? I took a look around yesterday ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    No Justice: We've Bailed Out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind Our Financial Collapse?

    ​Rick Perry keeps telling me that I shouldn't worry about dumping all the kids out of school or putting Grandma out of the nursing home. Texas has the nation's fastest-growing economy, he says, so don't sweat it. What does that mean -- fastest-growing economy? I took a look around yesterday ... More >>

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Why Exactly Does Mexico Suck?

    ​Rick Perry keeps telling me that I shouldn't worry about dumping all the kids out of school or putting Grandma out of the nursing home. Texas has the nation's fastest-growing economy, he says, so don't sweat it. What does that mean -- fastest-growing economy? I took a look around yesterday ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 29, 2005

    Is Screwing Hip?

    We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

  • Music

    April 21, 2005

    World Leader Pretend

    U2's self-invented legacy is a figment of Bono's imagination

  • Film

    July 8, 2004

    The Real World

    The Dallas Video Festival shows all the news not fit for print

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Green Giant

    Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

  • Film

    May 9, 2002

    Made on the Margins

    For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe

  • Dining

    February 8, 2001

    Dry Spell

    At Piccola Italia, the only hooch is in the rigatoni.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Whizzing inside the tent

    ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change

  • Film

    July 6, 1995

    Off the cliff

    Maria Maggenti, the director of Incredibly True Adventure... declares her independence

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    The Crow-Qadhafi Connection

    How a mythic Texas family won the gratitude of a dictator

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