Plano Councilman Tom Harrison: Jahannam No, He Won’t Go

Plano City Council member Tom Harrison, after listening to his united council colleagues call on him to do the “honorable” thing and resign for publishing anti-Islamic posts on his Facebook page, delivered a short, simple reply: “I will not comment about anything on the advice of my attorney, but I…

Meet Norway, the Least Shithole of Nations

President Donald Trump says we should be importing more immigrants from Norway, rather than spots like Haiti or Africa and other places he diplomatically called “shithole countries” (allegedly). The obvious question, besides “Oh, God, is he really going to be in the White House three more years?” is, “What makes…

Jim Schutze Live: The Replay

Michigan’s favorite son and Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze was on Facebook live Wednesday afternoon, responding to readers’ questions about politics, Dallas’ future, biting dogs, The Dallas Morning News’ Texan of the Year and a whole bunch of comments about whether he’s a Texan. (Hint: He doesn’t like okra. Enough…

Amy Ero Is Leaving the Observer, but She’s Not Going Away

Amy Ero, the Dallas Observer’s advertising director, is leaving us for a gig as managing director of a Dallas-based design and consulting agency. It’s not so much a “goodbye” as a “see you around” — she’ll continue to collaborate with the Observer at her new job developing digital marketing for…

Signs of a Bat-Killing Fungus Found for the First Time in Texas

A lethal fungus that has driven some bat species to near extinction across the eastern United States has been found for the first time in Texas, researchers say. Biologists from Bat Conservation International and Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Institute of Renewable Natural Resources spent…

Werner Herzog Is Ready for Your Questions, Perhaps

The Antichrist, the embodiment of evil, manifests itself in the internet. The wired world isolates humans, ruins them mentally and physically and releases their darkest impulses, yet humanity has grown so dependent on it that one good solar flare could be enough to fry the ‘net and civilization along with…

The State of Texas Marijuana

The old cotton gin on the west edge of Gunter seems an odd place to launch an economic boom. A breeze blows through broken windows and holes in its rusting, corrugated metal walls. Inside, a half-dozen or so squat machines that once separated cotton from seed sit corroding in a…