T. Boone Pickens Is No Longer a Billionaire, Forbes Says

You don’t hear T. Boone Pickens talk much about wind energy, once the cornerstone of his plan for U.S. energy independence. It’s not so much that he’s given up on the idea of wind as a key component of the country’s future energy portfolio as that his recent forays into…

Dallas’ Cell Phones Are Among the Most Spammed in the Country

It should probably go without saying. If you get a random text message saying you’ve won a cruise, or telling you your debit card has been compromised, or offering discount Viagra, you should probably ignore it, unless, of course, you happen to be in the market for some under-the-table boner…

Thieves Strike Texas Worm Ranch, Murder Thousands of Innocent Worms

The Texas Worm Ranch, a fixture at local farmer’s markets and producer of the Observer’s reigning Best Worm Doo-Doo Pee-Pee, is in crisis. Yesterday, they declared a “worm emergency” after its five commercial air conditioning units were stripped of their copper wiring, rendering them inoperable. When The Dallas Morning News…

Why Do Men Rape? CBS 11 Settles it Once and For All.

Coverage of the serial rapist targeting South Dallas has dominated local news for the past week. First came the revelation of the attacks, then questions about the speed of the police department’s response, then the search for and capture of a suspect, Van Dralan Dixson. All of the major local…

Craig James, the “Latest Face of the War on Religious Liberty”

Craig James, former SMU running back and failed U.S. Senate candidate, has managed to alienate an impressively broad swath of humanity, including but not limited to Texas Tech fans, sex workers, the entire LGBT community, Republican primary voters, and the executives of now two major sports networks. The second of…