U.S. Army

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.

​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 >>

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.?

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 >>

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.

​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 >>

Blowing Off The Heat

​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 >>

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?

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 >>

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

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

Breach of Faith Redux: Is the Army Corps of Engineers Learning From Past Mistakes?

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

Jerry Fowler's Long, Winding Road from Growing Up in Dallas to Saving Darfur

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

Astronautalis' New Disc Features Sea Chanteys and Patriotic Tunes

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

A Duncanville Soldier Died in Germany; Cause of Death Being Investigated

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

Dallas' Anti-War Vet Gets Dem Presidential Candidates to Blog. GOPs, Not So Interested.

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

Mr. Crunchy Con Speaks|You Cheap Bastards

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

And Now for a Whole Different Kind of American Gladiator Tryout

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

The Shirts Off Your Backs

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

Jim SchutzeThe Trinity River in June 2007On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrote, "The locals had pushed and pulled for a century to get t ... More >>

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

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

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

Plus: Déja Vu, Second Coming, Soldier of Misfortune

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

Events for the week

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