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May 11, 2012
Texas Cattle Country Braces For Another Hot Summer. But Will Drought Return?
Last summer -- the state's hottest and driest on record -- brought Texas ranchers to their knees. Rains have revived parts of the state, especially the east. But 50 miles west of Fort Worth and further, the drought varies from severe to exceptional. So, what's in store for us this summer? Unfair Pa ... More >>
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March 14, 2012
The Big Electricity Question: How Much Are Dry Nuts Worth?
As Brantley pointed out yesterday, the Texas Public Utility Commission got down to hard numbers last week as it inched further toward what appears to be inevitable -- a huge increase in the current $3,000 per megawatt-hour cap on the price of wholesale electricity during times when demand is high. T ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Sliced Beef, Texas Sausage and Tax Dollars Turned into TV: This Week In Dallas Grubbing
FlickrIt's getting cold out -- cold enough to make Thanksgiving seem welcome, but maybe not cold enough for mulled wine on the stove -- yet. This week we checked out SWIG, a trendy bar-restaurant on Henderson with a cool bar and ho-hum food. I still think the place warrants a visit. You know ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
The Reuben at Coppell Deli: Taking You Back to the Glory Days
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Coppell Deli The Sandwich: The Reuben ($6.29) Bread: Ever so delicately toasted Rye Toppings: Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss ch ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Miracle Guile: Rick Perry Has an Odd Way of Measuring Success
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Coppell Deli The Sandwich: The Reuben ($6.29) Bread: Ever so delicately toasted Rye Toppings: Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss ch ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Take the Road Headed East
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Coppell Deli The Sandwich: The Reuben ($6.29) Bread: Ever so delicately toasted Rye Toppings: Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss ch ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Memories in Paint
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Coppell Deli The Sandwich: The Reuben ($6.29) Bread: Ever so delicately toasted Rye Toppings: Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss ch ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Road Trip: Noshing My Way to Big Bend
The scenery was pretty cool too.According to the cheery student volunteer who gave a short lecture at Big Bend National Park the other day, the desert is delicious: Any resourceful visitor can make a meal of prickly pear pads and pigweed seeds. While the ranger-in-training assured us the fed ... More >>
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December 31, 2010
For a Few Days, At Least, An Austin Judge Delays Vote on Harold Simmons's License to Bury 36 States' Nuclear Waste in West Texas
Annette and Harold SimmonsFor those following along, it seemed all but inevitable that Gov. Rick Perry's appointees to the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission would sign off next Tuesday on Harold Simmons's license application to bury 36 states' nuclear waste out in We ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Sure, Simmons May Bury Nuclear Waste in West Texas. But It Has To Get There Somehow.
Nuke-Free TexasWe've noted a couple of times in recent days that Gov. Rick Perry's appointees to the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission are but days away from closing comment on Harold Simmons's permit application to bury 36 states' nuclear waste out in West Texas. Ah, ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
How Do You Get Texas to OK Burying Other States' Radioactive Waste? If You're Harold Simmons, You Give Rick Perry Lots of Money.
Annette and Harold SimmonsA nuke-free Friend of Unfair Park forwards this morning this just-released add-em-up from Texans for Public Justice, which asks: Can anyone seriously believe Governor Rick Perry or his appointees on the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission are go ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Over The Weekend: The Flatlanders at Sons of Hermann Hall
Better than: Seeing the Flatlanders at the Wyly or the Granada, where they've played their last two shows. The ballroom at the Sons of Hermann Hall is their natural element, as dusty and real as the colorful West Texas characters that populate the band's best songs.Will Van OverbeekThe silver-hai ... More >>
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September 3, 2010
Right on Cue, 8 Ball Zucchini in Season
Photo by Elaine LinerAmong the veggies in season right now at the downtown Dallas Farmers Market (1010 S. Pearl St.) are the adorable 8 Ball zucchini squash. About the size of a baseball, in yellow flecked with green or solid green like the typical zukes, 8 Ball squash are a new hybrid develo ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Ladies sling the booze in Blue Moon Dancing; Circle Theatre has a classical gas with Bach at Leipzig.
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July 7, 2009
What Do T. Boone Pickens, Josh Hamilton, Willa Ford, Craig Watkins, Demi Lovato and Pete Freedman Have in Common?
Patrick MichelsOur music editor in action ... Well, none of them are building wind farms in West Texas. Two have known the soft touch of Mike Modano. Three are former or current Disney Channel stars. All are enamored of copious amounts of free publicity. Two have posed nude. And all have been named ... More >>
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May 31, 2009
PCB or TYA: Those Hudson River Carcinogens Are Finally Rolling Into Texas
Back in February, Alexa wrote about the pending transport of Hudson River sludge to West Texas, where Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons's Waste Control Specialists will turn one state's trash into one man's treasure. That trash in question are millions of cubic yards of PCBs -- or polychlorinated bi ... More >>
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March 2, 2009
Road Trip: On the Set of Local Filmmaker Tom Huckabee's Carried Away
Patrick MichelsFort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee's first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly mil ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
On The Range: West Texas Enchiladas
The first of a series documenting Chris Meesey's personal quest for authentic Tex-Mex. But we'll let him tell you more... I'm a genu-wine Texan, born and bred. In fact, I began life at Nix Hospital, San Antonio--less than one mile from The Alamo, the acknowledged epicenter of the Texas Universe. ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Calling All Ghosts
See the sculpture of Pard Morrison
Blogs
December 5, 2008
"West Texas Puro Tango Blast" -- Not As Much Fun As It Sounds
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>
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October 21, 2008
Twenty Seven Years Later, Williams and Sears Are Still Serving Up Tuna
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>
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June 26, 2008
Is The Answer "Jesus"?
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>
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June 19, 2008
Won't You Be My Neighbor? No, Not You.
Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>
Culture
June 12, 2008
Coot Trick
Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall
News
May 29, 2008
Pix of a Polygamist Smooch Is Worth a Thousand Icks
Oldest Living Graduate didn't do enough homework; Drowsy Chaperone wakes up the smile muscles at Fair Park Music Hall
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May 15, 2008
On The Border
See Greatness at South Side
News
May 8, 2008
Kids Rule
See Greatness at South Side
Blogs
December 27, 2007
Searching for Melton Barker
See Greatness at South Side
Calendar
May 17, 2007
Sewing Wood
See the art of a Hooker
Blogs
April 19, 2007
Mrs. "Strong Arm" Takes a Bow
See the art of a Hooker
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April 19, 2007
The Right Way
See the art of a Hooker
Blogs
February 26, 2007
The Doom Patrol
See the art of a Hooker
Music
December 21, 2006
Cooder Graw
Saturday, December 23, at Gilley's
Music
October 28, 2004
Explosions in the Sky
Friday, October 29
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Reason to Leave Humming the Scenery
Randel Wright, scenic artist
News
May 20, 2004
The Polygamists Are Coming!
Nervous West Texas townsfolk brace for the arrival of a sect of Mormon fundamentalists and their many wives
News
April 15, 2004
How Now Mad Cow?
For Texas cattle ranchers, "What's for dinner?" is a touchy question
News
December 11, 2003
History Teacher
Elmer Kelton is likely the best Texas author you've never heard of
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Salsa
Ozona Grill & Bar
Music
April 11, 2002
Explosions in the Sky, Fridge
April 12
Dining
September 6, 2001
Naked Buddha
Fishbowl-zen den is a lot less clever than it thinks
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
July 5, 2001
Run Over
Small towns in the Big Bend area brace for an onslaught of Mexican trucks rolling their way thanks to NAFTA
Dining
November 30, 2000
Yippy Ky Yay
Darn close to the real thing
News
November 23, 2000
High Spoons
Bare breasts, a bowl of red, and bad blood among the chili brethren in the Big Bend. Texas doesn't get any better.
Culture
June 17, 1999
Banter
Bare breasts, a bowl of red, and bad blood among the chili brethren in the Big Bend. Texas doesn't get any better.
News
August 6, 1998
Rocket man
Former NASA engineer Tom Moser dreams about launching the next generation of spacecraft from Texas soil
Film
June 27, 1996
Joe Bob Briggs
Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX
Music
August 24, 1995
Dust and wind
Joe Ely sends a sad, beautiful Letter to Laredo
Music
May 18, 1995
West Texas waltz
Pop-rockers return from the dark side of the Moon Festival
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