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We Now Know the Middle-Income Job Is Basically Extinct, But What Do We Do About It?

There's a big Associated Press story making the rounds now, based on work at MIT and elsewhere, all about the permanent loss of many high and better paid jobs like meter reader and travel agent, gone forever because those posts have been filled by robots and software. Good jobs are gone forever and ... More >>

Second Annual Texas Oklahoma Red River Barbecue Shootout Coming to Main Street Garden

Cliff Payne has had nearly a year to bask in barbecue glory. Last October the pitmaster from Cousin's Bar-B-Q took home the title in the Texas Oklahoma Red River Barbecue Shootout. Payne beat out Leo's BBQ of Oklahoma in an annual event hosted by the DRG Concepts in Main Street Garden. Justin Bitne ... More >>

American Airlines Is in Shambles, Says Pretty Much Everyone

Scott McCartney, the Wall Street Journal's veteran (and Dallas-based) travel reporter, recently offered a word of advice to the literate public: If you or a loved one is considering stepping onto an aircraft in the foreseeable future, make sure it's not one operated by American Airlines. "American' ... More >>

The White Rock Lake Boathouse is Just the Latest Attack on Inner-City Dallas

The lesson of the Highland Park Party Barge is the lesson of Winfrey Point is the lesson of 30 years of history in East Dallas. At key rubber-meets-the-road moments, City Hall becomes the single worst enemy that inner city neighborhoods can confront. Forgive the Parkies, for they know not how goof ... More >>

Vegetables are Good, but Doughnuts are Better

Sara KerensJonathon's Oak Cliff​This week, RedFork regained momentum, Denton students got healthier options, and one writer decided that doughnuts are tasty. City of Ate Can a restaurant with a minuscule kitchen and forgettable beef burger really be all that good? Scott Reitz pretty much said ... More >>

Robert Jeffress Insists the World Will Not Come to an End Saturday. Book It. (More or Less.)

​We saw one of Family Radio's end-o'-the-world billboards Saturday whilst driving south on IH-35. Man, if only. Anyway. Over on the CNN today, First Baptist Dallas's Robert Jeffress has posted his thoughts on Harold Camping's Rapturous ad campaign and says: Don't you worry. Camping's been wrong be ... More >>

Observer's Unofficial Visitors Guide to Dallas Stuff or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Super Bowl

House of Blues Brings Back Hash and Gospel

​A scaled-back version of the House of Blues' gospel brunch, which was mothballed in August, is set to return to the West End restaurant next month. According to featured performer Lady Diamond, who starred in the weekly hallelujah-and-hash show until January 2010, "Gospel Sunday" will be a m ... More >>

Werth It? Doing the Rangers' Math as Fat Contracts Swirl Around MLB Winter Meetings.

Photos by Sam MertenDamn. If Jayson Werth commands a seven-year, $126 million deal, how much is this guy worth?​Prior to the beginning of baseball's winter meetings yesterday at Walt Disney World Resort, a flurry of activity resulted in big-name players dealt and fat contracts inked. Predictab ... More >>

Why Your Texas Rangers Must Sign Cliff Lee

​I know he was miserable in Game 1 of the World Series and mediocre in Game 5, but the Texas Rangers wouldn't have been to the Fall Classic in the first place without pitcher Cliff Lee. As baseball's winter meetings start today at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, lots of talk a ... More >>

Further and Further Inside the New Parkland

This just in from Parkland: Bank of America Charitable Foundation is contributing $1 million toward the $1.27-billion new Parkland Hospital, which held its groundbreaking, oh, about a month ago. Which is nice, but it reminds me: Yesterday the mailman delivered the Winter 2010 issue of Columns, AIA D ... More >>

Good Eating: Charitable Events at Restaurants This Week

Restaurant bent on doing good could just donate food to local non-profits. But what's the fun in that? Various Dallas eateries have dreamed up more creative ways to help their community: Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings. ​

News & Notes: Kunkle Gets New Gig, Cortes Loses His & Irving Needs People

I think we can all agree: We will miss this picture.​A few follow-ups with which to begin the day:Sam went to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's retirement wingding in the Cedars yesterday, where the commish announced he'd be consulting for and teaching at the W.W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute at t ... More >>

Party! Walt's Bringing The Ice

On The Road Again

On The Range: Machacado Con Huevos

​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>

On Its 37th Anniversary, We Remembered One Thing: Spaghetti Warehouse Is Still Open!

Kimberly ThorpeIf you haven't been to the Spaghetti Warehouse in a while, it looks exactly as it did the last time you were there.​The Spaghetti Warehouse celebrated its 37th birthday on Wednesday with an all-day draft special and a Beatles cover band -- and, if you were born in 1972, a slice of c ... More >>

Le Cordon Bleu Announces First Graduating Class

Wonder if anyone has ever lost an eye to one of these things on its descent? Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Dallas announced its first ever graduating class yesterday, so con-grad-ulations (sorry) are in order to the newest crop of future Food Network stars,,,and corporate sous chef ... More >>

Nyah, Nyah, Nyah: We Told You the Trinity Project Wouldn't Work

To Look For America

Light & Sie hosts Eberle and Parot

Mickey With Strings

The DSO takes on Disney classics

Avoiding Grief in Grace Is Gone

A Marine mom dies in Iraq, but don't let Grace Is Gone get to you

Silent Treatment

A comedy knockout from The Boxer at FIT; a sucker punch from Sugar Bean Sisters

The Silent Treatment: Or, Notes from the Festival of Independent Theatres

This Klutz Comes up a Winner

Kidding Around

Summer break fun is everywhere

Speed Stix

Royal Chopstix is visually vibrant but less than exotic

Taco Meet

The REIT Stuff

That's Incredible

Your Friends & Neighbors

Will Clarke's Lord Vishnu's Love Handles goes familiar places

My Home, the Hospice

Plus: Green Seeks Greene

Disney Chicken

Grand Lux Cafe is tasteful like Vegas

Michael Jackson

The Ultimate Collection ( Sony)

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

L.A. Law

If the talk doesn't rock, then you must walk

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up while the U.S. blows up Iraq

Planet Hawaii

Roy's holds the cheese and does Hawaiian with style

Muddy Waters

Mayor Miller rafts down the Trinity in search of truth

SNAFU

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

Confess Yourself

Air dreams dirty on 10,000 Hz Legend

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 8

Tears of a Clown

The Eyes of Tammy Faye teaches us that garish televangelists have feelings too

Born Again?

Tammy Faye Bakker's back, but don't be afraid this time

Strategic withdrawal

A tax-subsidized marketing firm backs out of politics -- sort of

A better mousetrap

The wonderful worlds that Walt built are rendered at the Modern in Fort Worth

The house that Mickey built

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

Night & Day

March 19-25, 1998

Wish Woman

She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.