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News
November 15, 2012
Patent Trolls and the War on Innovation
On the front line of the costliest battle in the high-tech world.
Blogs
November 1, 2012
Pumpkin Season Means Good Times and Happy Eating for the Animals at the Dallas Zoo
Yesterday I drove past a pumpkin patch that had at least 200 large round squashes still remaining. Their lonely abandonment made me a bit sad. Would they ever serve a purpose in this world? Last year the Dallas Arboretum told me they send some of their leftover pumpkins to local zoos. So, I called t ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Owner's Looking to Landmark His House, Designed by the Late, Great Harris Kemp
The "Harris Kemp House" at 2822 Maple Springs BoulevardI've driven past this house countless times; it's not far from the office, after all, more or less just behind Maple and Motor on Maple Springs Boulevard. But till I saw the agenda for Monday's meeting of the Landmark Commission, I had no ide ... More >>
News
October 13, 2011
Life's Cheap. Levees Aren't.
Corps of Engineers and city struggle to balance flood protection's costs versus the value of not drowning.
Blogs
May 5, 2011
Yeah, Because It'd Be Just Awful If Dallas Were More Like Chicago or Detroit
Wilonsky just knows how to push my Yankee carpetbagger buttons. He keeps calling to jab me about the charges that Dallas mayoral candidates Ron Natinsky and Mike Rawlings are trading today, each one accusing the other of wanting to make Dallas like Chicago or Detroit. Being a native of that end o ... More >>
News
November 18, 2010
A hallucinogen called ibogaine has helped addicts kick heroin, meth and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?
Blogs
August 19, 2009
When an Art Project Turns Into a Political Statement Turns Into a Web Site Ad
Patrick MichelsWe did catch a glimpse of the posters outside Pete Sessions and Eddie Bernice Johnson's Monday health care jam.Haven't yet seen those Obama-Joker posters -- then again, I clearly haven't been downtown in a few days. At least some members of the Alex Jones street team have been posting ... More >>
Dining
February 19, 2009
Stay Hungry, Live Longer: the Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Diet
An SMU biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.
Dining
December 10, 1998
Pig in a poke
With mostly tasty meat, Texas de Brazil stumbles over swine