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    July 19, 2011

    As Federal Grand Jury Begins Calling Witnesses in JWP Case, the Past Collides With the Present

    ​I have been looking back at the federal corruption conviction that forced the late Al Lipscomb off the Dallas City Council in 2000. That conviction was set aside two years later by a conservative panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. We have lessons, people. Lessons. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Leppert Potentially Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of Two South Dallas Churches By Telling Audience Members to Vote No on Props 1 and 2

    Sam MertenMayor Tom Leppert did not mince words Sunday: "Vote no on Proposition 1. Vote no on Proposition 2."Mayor Tom Leppert and wife Laura spent yesterday worshiping at churches in South Dallas, where services were interrupted so the mayor could give his convention center hotel sales pitch and in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    A Game of Chicken: Sheriff Valdez Demands an Apology from Cannaday

    Sam MertenMayor Tom Leppert did not mince words Sunday: "Vote no on Proposition 1. Vote no on Proposition 2."Mayor Tom Leppert and wife Laura spent yesterday worshiping at churches in South Dallas, where services were interrupted so the mayor could give his convention center hotel sales pitch and in ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    That's an Osgood: Thursday Night With CBS' Sunday Morning Man

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Color Code

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's honeymoon is about to end, if white, black and Latino officers have anything to say about it

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's honeymoon is about to end, if white, black and Latino officers have anything to say about it

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's honeymoon is about to end, if white, black and Latino officers have anything to say about it

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Life in the Slow Lane

    This Bush's summer home is a long way from Kennebunkport, but the folks in Crawford think that's fine

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    The Gay Priest Thing

    The conference of bishops ignored "the elephant in the sacristy"

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    A Hole in Every Pot

    A city gone shabby yearns for a mayor to put things right

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    SNAFU

    Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Divided She Stands

    Is controversial DISD trustee Lois Parrott a champion of the little guy, or the bitter core of the board's infamous civil wars?

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Rich Man, Poor Man

    Dallas architect Tom Stanley crafted buildings that endure on city skylines across the country, but his fortune and family wouldn't survive their own shaky foundations

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Fatal Perfection

    Don Crowder was obsessed with being the best--as a lawyer, family man, and friend. So why did he kill himself?

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Tawana meet the new Al Sharpton?

    New York's rabble-rousing reverend announces he's ready to take on Dallas

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Buzz

    New York's rabble-rousing reverend announces he's ready to take on Dallas

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Mr. Mellow

    John Wiley Price, the man who once toted a bullhorn in protests outside Mayor Ron Kirk's home, learns that it helps to have friends in high places

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Saint Al

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    Letters

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

  • News

    July 31, 1997

    Too Many Chiefs

    The only center Dallas has to help Native Americans is mired in ineptitude and tribal politics

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    Losing Faith

    Dallas Area Interfaith wants to give the city's poor and disenfranchised a voice in politics. But all critics see is another grab for power.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Love is a Killer

    The brutal murder of Adrianne Jones has left Mansfield teens feeling dazed and betrayed

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Charity Gall

    Crippled children are the latest fund-raising ticket for a controversial Palestinian foundation

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    Leave it to Keever

    DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Buzz

    DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Somebody say amen!

    The Rev. Sheron Patterson brings the word to black singles

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    The Last Days Of Mickey Mantle

    Booze, baseball, and broads: A tarnished hero's deathbed regrets--and final redemption Exclusive Observer excerpt from David Falkner's new biography

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    BeloWatch

    Booze, baseball, and broads: A tarnished hero's deathbed regrets--and final redemption Exclusive Observer excerpt from David Falkner's new biography

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    BeloWatch

    Booze, baseball, and broads: A tarnished hero's deathbed regrets--and final redemption Exclusive Observer excerpt from David Falkner's new biography

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