A $250 million lawsuit filed against American Idol by 10 black former contestants who got disqualified (including Dallas’ own Akron Watson) has the media asking if the talent show is racist. But considering the success many other black contestants have had on the program, that’s not the right question. In…
It has come to our attention that some people in Dallas are leaving comments on the Internet under a false identity. Our world is thusly shattered. In an investigation published Sunday, The Dallas Morning News revealed that the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has been orchestrating a PR campaign…
We wrote last week about how the Environmental Protection Agency is catching heat from both sides of the fracking debate, for its continued backing away from research suggesting that drilling for natural gas can contaminate drinking water. It’s happened in Parker County, Texas, as well as in the Pavillion area…
The Environmental Protection Agency has a tendency to walk away from its own research suggesting that fracking pollutes drinking water. A Congressional hearing scheduled for today will look into why that is. The hearing, called “Lessons Learned: EPA’s Investigations of Hydraulic Fracturing,” will be held jointly by the House Science,…
The most restrictive part of Texas’ new. controversial abortion law isn’t its ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — only 1 percent of abortions occur after this time anyway. It’s the “ambulatory surgical center” regulation that requires all clinics that perform abortions to become ambulatory surgical centers, which…
It hasn’t even been 24 hours since Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 2, the infamous abortion clinic-killing bill, into law, and three Planned Parenthood clinics are already making plans to shut their doors. The Huffington Post reports that Planned Parenthood clinics in Bryan, Huntsville and Lufkin will close down…
A powerful ex-oil industry executive has proposed a new energy plan for Texas, and it may not surprise you to learn that his plan involves oil. Lots and lots of oil. Leonardo Maugeri used to be a top executive at Eni, a company that has the double honor of being…
Get your tissues ready: Exxon Mobil gives some of its money to charities in Africa, according to a lengthy report in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News. The DMN politely explains that Exxon has a “complicated” relationship with Africa. On the one hand, critics say that Exxon isn’t transparent about where its…
If you want to know what it’s like to be a veteran in John McCain’s home state, stop by the Justa Center in downtown Phoenix. On a Thursday morning not long ago, a volunteer named Twyla stands in front of a group of clients at Justa, a day program for…
