Bi-Partisan Inspiration

Personally, I find the idea of running for office exhausting–it’s something about the constant blow-drying, suit-wearing and speech giving. Yet surely there are young women who would love to be the next female political sensation, and it’s a good thing. Last year, the United States ranked 69th in the world…

Gimme Shelter | Addition by Subtraction

“Gimme Shelter,” by Megan Feldman, March 12 No sympathy Cowards. I enlisted before 9/11 and still knew what I was getting into. I have deployed twice, have been in college and taken out of college for military reasons. I have dealt with leaving parents, wife, family, friends, etc.—just like other…

Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada

Just 5 feet tall, with a baby strapped to her chest and a soft, faltering voice, Kim Rivera is anything but soldierly. Yet two years ago she was a Texas private in the War on Terror, guarding a gate with an M4 rifle and frisking Iraqi civilians at a base…

Squirreling Away For The Recession

In these deflating economic times, some of us here at the Observer have been doing our best to, oh, dole out less dough for lunch. Hell with stimulating the economy. One of us announced recently that she’d spent $72 on lunches in one week–and unemployment rates continued to climb.So lunch…

Pop…Without The Cork

If you’ve been slacking on your Valentine’s Day preparations and you happen to be in Addison, the folks over at Yo Pop Etc. are happy to help.The place seems an unlikely spot for romantic sweet nothings given its non-descript strip mall location on Midway Road, not to mention the honey…

How ‘Bout Them Knockers: Roti Grill

Roti Grill 4438 McKinney Ave., Suite 100 214-521-3655 (Ordered through Diningin.com) Promised Delivery Time: 60 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 50 minutes and the driver got lost The Score:Outsourced call center efficiency (only problem was that the Canada-based representative misspelled my street, though the delivery guy figured it out): -5 Over…