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April 11, 2012
UT Poll: Most Folks Want To Keep the EPA, And What is This 'Fracking' You Speak Of?
Shale gas extracted by fracking deep formations in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere is supposed to be the bridge fuel to the sustainable age, capable of powering power plants and, hell, even our cars. It's become the centerpiece of President Obama's "all of the above" energy plan. In Tex ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Missing Esme: Making sense of loss in the new year
Shale gas extracted by fracking deep formations in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere is supposed to be the bridge fuel to the sustainable age, capable of powering power plants and, hell, even our cars. It's become the centerpiece of President Obama's "all of the above" energy plan. In Tex ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
University of Texas Fracking Study: No Evidence That It Contaminates Groundwater
The University of Texas released the preliminary results today of that comprehensive study on the controversial natural gas producing process known as hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), drawing no link between it and claims of groundwater contamination. "While there have been casing/cement ... More >>
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November 5, 2011
Dallas News Publisher Jim Moroney Talks to UT Students, Profs About the Future of His Paper
On Thursday, Jim Moroney paid a visit to Austin, where he told an audience of University of Texas journalism students and professors: Only The Major Metropolitan Newspaper can preserve, protect and defend democracy ... or something like that. The Dallas Morning News's publisher spoke of rapidly shri ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett Join Impressive Bill for Central Texas Fire Benefit
Just got off the phone with Will Johnson a few minutes ago for an upcoming story related to the upcoming, pretty epic-looking Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase. He's a good dude -- you may recall his, Centro-matic and South San Gabriel's efforts a few weeks back to do what they could to help ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Your Sneak Peek at Most Eligible Dallas
Tara HarperMaybe you recall: About three months ago Bravo sent word that some time over the summer it would debut Most Eligible Dallas, wherein the city "serves as the sexy backdrop for this jaw-dropping docu-series that follows a group of successful friends living it up like only Texas socialite ... More >>
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April 24, 2011
For Your Easter Sunday Listening Pleasure: R.E.M. Sends One Out to the Grads of SMU
Via.Speaking of great shows at Moody Coliseum ...Floating out in the ether, all by its unmarked lonesome, is this resonant echo: R.E.M. at Moody Coliseum on November 18, 1987 -- a stop along The Work Tour in support of that year's Document, the band's fifth and final album for I.R.S. Records. I w ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Foodways Texas and Smoke Let You
Step Out of Your Shell
One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
A Deep Thought for the Late Hugh Prather III
On January 10 of this year The Dallas Morning News ran a lengthy obituary for Hugh E. Prather Jr.: "one of the last surviving icons of the early 20th-century Dallas real estate industry, a former civic leader and a longtime Highland Park resident," wrote Steve Brown. Hugh Jr., who died the first ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Because the Only Thing That Would Have Made Animal House Better Would Have Been Guns
Trey Garrison, a writer I admire and a contributing editor at D, has an op-ed piece in The Dallas Morning News today suggesting that Tuesday's suicide at the University of Texas at Austin makes the case for allowing all students in Austin to pack heat when they go to class. Perhaps from personal ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Is Miss or Ms. Appropriate?
Trey Garrison, a writer I admire and a contributing editor at D, has an op-ed piece in The Dallas Morning News today suggesting that Tuesday's suicide at the University of Texas at Austin makes the case for allowing all students in Austin to pack heat when they go to class. Perhaps from personal ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
For What It's Worth, SMU Gets Its Best Score Ever on U.S News's Best Colleges List
At this late date, there are enough caveats accompanying U.S. News and World Report's annual college rankings that no one would confuse this with science. Buried within the fine print, this is how the magazine answers the why-even-bother question: "You wouldn't go out and buy a computer or a car ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Quick -- Hospital or Hotel?
Courtesy UT SouthwesternOK, it's a hospital -- the "new state-of-the-art University Hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas" that the UT System Board of Regents agreed to fund to the tune of $800 million. The 12-story, 424-bed facility will open in 2015 on Harry Hines Boulevard at Re ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Griffin Remembers
Courtesy UT SouthwesternOK, it's a hospital -- the "new state-of-the-art University Hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas" that the UT System Board of Regents agreed to fund to the tune of $800 million. The 12-story, 424-bed facility will open in 2015 on Harry Hines Boulevard at Re ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Megafauna
Courtesy UT SouthwesternOK, it's a hospital -- the "new state-of-the-art University Hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas" that the UT System Board of Regents agreed to fund to the tune of $800 million. The 12-story, 424-bed facility will open in 2015 on Harry Hines Boulevard at Re ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
For Your Weekday Listening Pleasure: David Garza and Friends at Club Dada in '91
Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom. How's that for a flashback?Pardon the musical interlude so early in the morning; blame an overnight missive from Jeff Liles. He sends very advance word: David Garza's getting Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom together for the first time in 20 years at The Kessler on July 17 -- wh ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
SMU, UT Researchers Think They've Found Cause of North Texas Quakes
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
There Goes Scroogey Claus
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
There Goes Scroogey Claus
Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW AirportSMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>
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May 12, 2009
Finally, the UT Co-op Comes to Dallas
Seems we missed this rather significant media release yesterday -- significant, that is, if you're a Texas Ex in need of, oh, I dunno, a PINK University of Texas Bling T-Shirt or a Longhorn Pet Sweater right pronto. Because after opening outposts in Houston and San Antonio, the University of Texas C ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
The Eyes of Texas Are Upon ... Her
Sure University of Texas quarterback Colt McCoy had to settle for the Heisman Trophy runner-up. Sure his Longhorns - despite last night's thrilling Fiesta Bowl victory - are getting screwed out of a possible National Championship. And sure, as one of my alcohol-soaked relatives put it over the hol ... More >>
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December 9, 2008
Bill Murchison Says News Has Lost Its "Personality, Spirit and Flavor"
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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November 10, 2008
Hook 'Em, President-Elect!
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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October 23, 2008
Ad Agency imc2 Subtracts Even More, But You Probably Already Knew That
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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October 12, 2008
Worst. Talented. Team. Ever.
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
What Might've Been, Longhorn Fans
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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August 22, 2008
Yay, SMU! You're No. 66!
In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, former Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison reviews Judith Garrett Segura's Belo: From Newspapers to New Media, published in September by the University of Texas Press. (Segura worked at the paper from 1981 till 2004, and she was, among other th ... More >>
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May 22, 2008
Snoop If You Want
Truth is revealed in materialism
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May 8, 2008
The Sighs of Texas Are Upon Us
Truth is revealed in materialism
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April 3, 2008
Old Hollywood Fashion at Home in Neiman Marcus
Truth is revealed in materialism
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February 14, 2008
No Child Left Behind. Yeah, O.K.
Truth is revealed in materialism
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February 13, 2008
Sure, What's Another Destroyed Dallas Landmark, More or Less?
Truth is revealed in materialism
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November 27, 2007
Oh, and She Loves Ya Like a Sister
Truth is revealed in materialism
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October 2, 2007
The Hardest Way Possible to Get From Austin to Dallas
Truth is revealed in materialism
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September 13, 2007
Happy Birthday, G.
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
Blogs
August 8, 2007
Immigration Judge to Richardson Palestinian Family: Get Out, Now.
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
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August 1, 2007
More Sounds of Deep Ellum
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
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June 6, 2007
A Famous Photo, Explained By the Old Friend Who Took It
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
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January 16, 2007
Radiant Still Milkin' That Kimmel Contest Win
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
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October 19, 2006
Impenetrable
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
Blogs
September 8, 2006
The Battle for Metroplex Mediocrity
Grapefest is finally of legal drinking age!
News
April 27, 2006
Mocking the Draft
Don't look now, but it's sports' biggest waste of time
Calendar
July 28, 2005
The Class Menagerie
Zooniversity offers four-legged fun
News
June 17, 2004
"Nice Kid, But..."
To get into the right college, sometimes you have to be better than perfect
Calendar
June 3, 2004
Highland, Ho
Scottish fest and games offer caber tossing and bonny knees
News
April 29, 2004
He Wants to be a Millionaire
So why did LaMarcus Aldridge put off NBA riches?
News
August 23, 2001
Shallow Impact
Why don't tourists flock to the meteor crater outside of Odessa? Because most don't know a bona fide Texas treasure from a hole in the ground.
News
September 21, 2000
Searching for Gold
Like other past Olympic stars, local gold medal winners often have trouble keeping track of them
News
April 24, 1997
Buzz
Like other past Olympic stars, local gold medal winners often have trouble keeping track of them
Culture
December 22, 1994
Less than fantastick
Theatre Three almost revives a dated, saccharine musical
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