Those lucky Dallasites who tuned in to KDFW Fox 4’s 9 p.m. news last night got a little something extra, but it wasn’t the exclusive — and entirely banal — footage of Dallas police arresting a Dallas firefighter at his home. It was the tap-dance routine that followed (and which…
It started an hour ago, and it’s continuing as we shudder, with Tweets like the ones above. And he’s right: There are other providers from which poor women can get health care. It’s just that, thanks to him, there’s no money to pay for it. See the whole Twihad below…
Back in January, the Dallas Independent School District suffered some minor self-inflicted PR wounds when it tried to eliminate a policy that bans schools from holding graduations in places of worship, except for in “unusual” circumstances. After the ACLU did the whole ACLU thing — stern press releases, vague threats…
I, the overbylined, hereby solemnly swear that Unfair Park (“The Blog”) will not, under any circumstances, devolve into a sycophantic shadow booster for the long-shot congressional aspirations of Jason Roberts (“That One Biker Guy”), even in the event that one Robert Wilonsky (“Biker Guy’s Cyber-Boyfriend”) returns to the blog after…
With a lingering budget crisis and shrinking enrollment, the Dallas Independent School District has eliminated hundreds of teaching jobs in recent years, and this year will be no different. But in a sharp departure from years past, the district is preparing to part ways with hundreds more teachers for reasons…
The wife and I are house-hunting, looking for something modest and sensible: good school district, open floor plan, lots of windows, pool out back, pool inside, bowling alley, racquetball court, theater, tennis courts, and — this is a must — a conservatory. You know: Your average East Dallas rebuild. We’ve…
Update: Cannon has resigned. More after the original story. Original item: The folks from the Dallas Police vice squad had an interesting Thursday, going undercover at the apparently lovably bizarre King Spa and Sauna. And they netted themselves an interesting fish: Scott Cannon III, a longtime Duncanville city councilman with…
Update: 3:06 p.m.: CNN has a video wherein you can hear the disruption. It’s embedded below. Update, 12:30 p.m.: The flight’s on the ground, but it will need to restock its alcohol supply. Details after the original. Update, 11:23 a.m.: American has confirmed the incident, and says two flight attendants…
Make no mistake: The achievement gap is still a seemingly uncrossable gorge, and minority students in Dallas and across the country are still pretty much hosed. But in a few key areas at least, black and Latino students are slightly less hosed here than they are in other large, urban…
This definitely is navel-gazing, but screw it. This deserves it. You guys deserve it. Plus, it will help these folks sleep. First off: We’re gonna miss the hell out of Robert, both personally and professionally. He is as unique a spirit as I’ve ever met, let alone worked with, and…
Yes, you read that correctly: Robert Wilonsky, the longtime editor of this blog, is going behind the paywall. Or maybe he’s becoming the paywall. We can’t be sure. But we know this: He’s leaving the Observer for The Dallas Morning News, where he’ll officially be known as the digital managing…
Tell that quivering liver of yours to relax: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches on — thanks to a guy who knows a little something about spring parades. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has cut a $40,000 check to the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association to save the parade,…
In my ongoing quest to eat more healthily, I ordered a salad at dinner last night, passing up on the Porch’s well regarded Stodg Burger. This is what I got. I know I only count 18, but come on. There have to be a couple hiding under there, right?…
About 34 seconds after we reported Friday evening that the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day parade was on life support, reader Julie C left the first of 93 comments, and she spoke for plenty of those who followed: “NO NO NO! I live for this every year!” As the news…
So here’s some potentially lousy news: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade, that beloved march of green-tinted debauchery that’s been blowing down Greenville since 1979, appears to be on its deathbed. The concert at the parade route’s end will play on, headlined by Ryan Bingham. The party on Lower…
The wife and I were doing some house-hunting on Saturday morning and, after an unsuccessful showing, our realtor asked whether we wanted to try a new burger place. Being that I edit a blog that’s more or less devoted to chronicling every sizzle produced by every patty of wet meat…
And yes, I flushed the toilet. After I took the photo, obviously. Priorities, friends…
This is the job posting. Tell your friends. But only the good ones. The Dallas Observer has an immediate opening for an experienced editorial art director. The art director is responsible for the overall design quality and integrity of the publication. He/she must be able to conceptualize and produce modern,…
Lawrence Smith has what you might call a bit of a beef with Cowboys great Deion Sanders. And he just took that beef — what’s that phrase? Ah yes. Priiiime tiiiime. A few years back, Smith went into business with Sanders and a businessman named D.L. Wallace on a high-school…
In the ever-lasting debate over whether and how and how well our teachers are living up to their charge — that charge, of course, being simply to save their country from a slow, seamless descent into collective idiocy — a lot of buzzwords get buzzed: evaluations, testing, metrics, merit pay,…
Given Texas’s dicey history with electoral rights, the Obama Administration has expressed concern in recent months about the state’s new Voter ID law, which requires voters to bring government-issued identification to the polls. So the state, naturally, is suing to put the new and allegedly discriminatory law into action. Like,…
We arrived at Wild Salsa a few minutes before our reservation on Saturday night, but the door wasn’t even closed behind me when I realized we wouldn’t be sitting soon. America’s librarians, in town for a big conference, had descended on the downtown cantina in force, and the waiting area…
