Meet Teddy Bear, Dallas’ World-Famous Talking Porcupine

For the stars of viral animal videos, fame can be a cruel mistress. One day, you’re the darling of Buzzfeed. The next, you’re snorting lines of cat nip from a rolled-up eviction notice. Teddy Bear, the talking porcupine, has managed to avoid that fate. Two years after his star first…

The Heroin Dealer Who Helped Fuel Dallas ISD’s Cheese Epidemic Is Prison-Bound

When federal prosecutors announced yesterday that Refugio “Cuco” Ramirez-Garcia will spend the next 20 years in federal prison for helping run a pair of heroin-distribution conspiracies, they gave a shout-out to the local law enforcement agencies who helped bring him down. That’s standard practice. What’s unusual about Ramirez-Garcia’s case is…

SMU’s Student Newspaper Makes CNN for Booze-and-Rape Op-Ed

It’s a touchy subject, booze and rape on college campuses. Emily Yoffe, Slate’s advice columnist, caught hell last month for suggesting that parents and universities need to do a better job warning students of the connection between binge drinking and sexual assault. Yoffe offered a measured argument that is backed…

Terrell Is Taking Its New Buc-ee’s Way Too Seriously

As a general rule, people know how they feel about Buc-ee’s. To some, the Wall Street Journal included, the big-box-convenience-store empire is a decadent piece of roadside kitsch, a symbol of American culture’s ongoing decline. To others, it’s an oasis, a snack-food and novelty-gift wonderland, its Beaver Nuggets offering a…

Texas’ Abortion Law Is Headed to the U.S. Supreme Court

The aftermath of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling last week reinstating the requirement that doctors performing abortions in Texas have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic was swift and sweeping. By the next morning, a third of the state’s abortion clinics had closed…

D-Link, Dallas’ Free Downtown Shuttle, Rolls Out This Morning

For the first time in three decades, Dallas is home to a downtown shuttle. And for the first time ever, the shuttle will not be marked by three-foot high bunny ears and painted-on whiskers, a la the ill-fated “Hop-a-Bus” program. The trademark pink will remain, however, as DART rolls out…