U.S. Army

The Washington Post Suggests that America Boot Texas From the Union

Obama's reelection last year prompted a lot of talk over whether Texas should once again secede from the Union. Except for a few die-hard secessionists, though, few considered it a serious proposal, more like an opportunity to make Texas jokes. So the debate just kind of fizzled out. But the Washin ... More >>

There's a Design Contest to Connect Downtown and the Trinity River. You Should Sabotage It.

When I read a story in The Dallas Morning News this morning about a contest for ideas to link the Trinity River to downtown and saw that the contestants were required to include the city's stupid underwater proposed toll road on top of the river in their submissions, my first temptation, of course, ... More >>

The Trinity Toll Road Just Keeps Rolling on the River

The highway between the levees is the Christopher Lee of bad ideas.

Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall Defeats Super PAC, Tea Party, Old Age and the Sky

All you need to know about U.S. Representative Ralph Hall's decisive win in the 4th Congressional District Tuesday night is that he went skydiving on Memorial Day. He wore a jumpsuit printed with undulating American flags and fell from the plane, plummeting briefly in free-fall, his arms flapping sl ... More >>

On Fracking and Building Roads Along the River, Who Are the Real Conservatives?

So today I put aside my morning paper after the customary two-minute encyclopedic read, and I think, "OK Lawners, you tell me." You work it out. I can't. I'm tired. So you give me the answer. Who is the "conservative" here? On the one hand I have former City Council member Lois Finkelman in report ... More >>

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate — where's the military when the chips are down?

Dallas-Based Leaf Trading Cards is Suing Andrew Luck to Keep Selling This Card

Officially, Andrew Luck won't become a pro until Thursday, when he and his golden egg arm are snapped up by the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Draft. But as a lawsuit filed Friday in Dallas County Court reminds, Luck has been a commodity for years. Courthouse News unearthed the lawsuit, which pits L ... More >>

In '07, Peter Burks Was Killed in Baghdad. Now His Photo's Being Used to Sell Dating Website.

​Peter Burks, as you can see here, was the very model of The American Hero: a Trinity Christian Academy and Texas A&M graduate (he was also president of Pi Kappa Phi) who, after stints working for, among others, the Dallas Desperados and FC Dallas, decided to join the U.S. Army in 2006. Accord ... More >>

Act of Valor Wants You.

Local Anti-Gas Drilling Activist Catches Execs Pushing PSYOP to Deal With "Insurgency"

​Last week, during an oil-and-gas drilling confab at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, execs turned their attention to a very touchy subject: how to get folks decidedly against gas drilling on their side. At which point, according to audio first obtained by CNBC earlier this week, gas-drilling spo ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Das Racist, Danny Brown, Despot and Fat Tony at Sons of Hermann Hall

Das Racist, Danny Brown, Despot, Fat Tony Sons of Hermann Hall October 29, 2011 Better than: losing your buddies at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Brayden OlsonDas Racist​ The three members of Das Racist stepped up to grace Sons of Hermann Hall's' blue-curtained stage at just about ... More >>

City Attorney, City Manager Insist They're Not Hiding Trinity Project Docs From Us

Dallas City Attorney Tom Perkins​Just spent 20 minutes getting an earful from Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and City Attorney Tom Perkins, who insisted, over and over, that the city's lawsuit over those Trinity River records has nothing whatsoever to do with our request to see "all the individual ... More >>

Are Latin Americans' ghosts and goatsuckers made in the U.S.A.?

Nineteen Years After His Escape From Iraq, Army Translator Files Suit Claiming He Was Beaten By Dallas Police Officers

Sgt. Mark S. RickertLateef Al-Saraji, his wife Teresa and her daughter, Sgt. Kristin L. Cruikshank, were profiled in an Army magazine in 2003.​An Iraq-born U.S. Army translator and his wife have filed suit against the Dallas Police Department and a local nightclub, alleging that the husband was be ... More >>

Texas Tribune Catches Up With Laura Miller

​It's quite the reunion this morning: Ex-Dallas News-er Emily Ramshaw, now at the Texas Tribune, sits down with ex-Dallas Observer-er and former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, now director of projects for Summit Power, which is in the clean-coal (big) business. Miller, who hasn't done many sitdowns si ... More >>

Restrepo: Capturing Men at Work at War.

Blowing Off The Heat

Local Activists' Response to Egypt's Ban on Gaza March: We're Going Anyway

Roger Kallenberg and Diane Baker of the Dallas Peace Center​On Tuesday, the Egyptian foreign ministry warned activists planning to march across its border into Gaza to mark the anniversary of last year's conflict that they'll be "dealt with by the law." But that isn't stopping Roger Kallenberg ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Wish You a Very, Very Merry Christmas

U.S. Army/Bob McElroy​Members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were in Korea last night -- the United States Army Garrison Humphreys, to be precise -- bringing some ho-ho-ho to more than 300 troops, civilians and their kinfolk stationed there. Check out the Official Slide Show for some US-oh! Hi ... More >>

Is the Reconquista Spreading to England?

The Men Who Stare at Goats: Did Aliens Abduct George Clooney's Sense of Humor?

At Life in Deep Ellum, Help For Iraqi Refugees Tackling Life in America

Megan Feldman Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, are partnering with area non-profits to help Iraqi refugees in the DFW area. ​Earlier this year, Southern Methodist University graduate Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, began importing handicrafts made by female Iraqi artis ... More >>

The Hurt Locker: A business suit for what might be the worst job in the world

Food For Thought 6.9.09

Last week I wrote about slipping standards of service. Most readers blamed lax management and training. But we also received a number of, shall we say, interesting comments from people claiming to be wait staff or former wait staff. Their take? Diners are to blame.Before I point out the obvious, her ... More >>

Somewhere, Jim Schutze is Off Doing a Happy Dance

Sam MertenMayor Tom Leppert and Kevin Craig of the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersMayor Tom Leppert reluctantly addressed local media this afternoon regarding City Manager Mary Suhm's earlier announcement that the Trinity River levees will be rated "unacceptable" in 34 of 170 areas by the U.S. Army Co ... More >>

Family of Fort Worth Officer Killed in Explosion Sues Ford Motor Co.

There's More of the Same in Mario Kart Wii, and That Just Might Be Plenty

Army to Step Up Recruiting Among Local Latinos -- Using Robots and Video Games

Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

What Happens in Iraq Doesn't Stay in Iraq For Some Local Immigrants

Mr. Crunchy Con Speaks|You Cheap Bastards

And Now for a Whole Different Kind of American Gladiator Tryout

The Shirts Off Your Backs

Innocence Project|Jail to Inmate: F You|Katrina Waves

Windy Fourth

Hear wood and brass fireworks at the Meyerson

Threat Level: Killer Tadpole

Korean box-office monster emerges to Host slime-ball fun fest

Back to Iraq

Patriot Acts

Far from his Kurdish home, Adnan Kirkuki seeks out soldiers to defend his new one in the United States

Secret Justice

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

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

The Truth About Harriet

Plus: Déja Vu, Second Coming, Soldier of Misfortune

Letters

Toy Soldiers

Computer game designers in Bedford re-create the greatest generation online

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up while the U.S. blows up Iraq

Hell and Back

Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors

I Got Skillz

The Mavs were scouring Hoop-It-Up for real players. Look no further.

New Model Army

Can the big-brain boys of the defense community change the way America fights?

Cold bore

It's big and loud, but this Peacemaker is still a dud

Nerds of a Feather

In the competitive world of pigeon racers, it takes one fast bird to deliver the coo de grace

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX