Subject: U.S. Presidential Inauguration

• Pickens "Encouraged" By Obama -- Or, At the Very Least, By His Energy Plan

  August 4, 2008

• T.D. Jakes Will Speak in D.C. on Inauguration Day, As It Turns Out, Says the AP

  Two days before Christmas, while addressing the controversy surrounding President-elect Barack Obama's decision to have Rick Warren deliver the inaugural invocation, John McWhorter wrote in The New Republic, "Suppose Obama had invited black megastar preacher T.D. Jakes instead." Turns out, Obama has given Jakes a speaking slot on Inauguration Day -- kind of. The Associated Press is reporting as follows:Bishop T.D. Jakes, the Dallas megachurch pastor, will preach at the private church service tha

  January 16, 2009

• SMU Students Need to Pony Up From D.C.

  I would not recommend reading SMU's Daily Mustang for your inauguration coverage. The university sent "a group of SMU communications and journalism students" to D.C. to cover the inauguration. Said last week's media release, "They will have an up-close view of the Presidential Inauguration." Um. Um. This is the most recent posting from Caitlin Myers: I am now back in my hotel room, watching the Inauguration on MSNBC.I walked with three other students around the city for three hours this morning

  January 20, 2009

• Events for the week

  January 9, 1997

• Fry Street Ain't What It Used To be

  January 29, 2009

• BBQ Sauce for the Soul

  When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

  February 24, 2005

• Dubya, We Knew You When...

  With a homeboy headed for the White House, a handful of his Dallas pals have hopes of making their mark on Washington

  January 4, 2001

• Holy Crap, The New Cowboys Stadium Is Impressive

  June 11, 2009

• After President Obama's Speech, Ron Kirk Begs Students To Be Cool and Stay in School

  Photos by Patrick MichelsRon Kirk answers students' questions at Booker T. Washington High School after President Obama's speech this morning.​While President Obama's speech to students met a lukewarm reception at some schools around Dallas-Fort Worth, former Dallas mayor and current U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk made sure the speech played to a full house this morning at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.At a podium in Booker T. Washington's Montgomery A

  September 8, 2009