Free Lunch and a Show at City Hall

Because an intern’s always up for a free meal, we sent ours to that PETA lunchtime giveaway in front of Dallas City Hall — where, from the looks of things, meatless weenies were quite the draw. Another two looks on the other side, with, no kiddin’, a slide show to…

Three Years Later, Dallas ISD Trustees Appear Ready to Ditch Minimum-Grade Policy

About two months back, Dallas Independent School District trustee Carla Ranger blasted the district’s no-grade-lower-than-a-50 policy (again), this time by insisting it violated state law. Ranger’s comments followed a ruling by State District Judge Gisela Triana-Doyal, who slapped down 11 Houston-area districts’ similar min-grade requirements. Three years after the district…

Let’s Now Cut to the Chase

It’s getting close to that most wonderful time of the year — when the fall teevee season commences. Later today we’ll post a few peeks from Hal Samples and my visit to the set of Lone Star, the so-far-so-great (based on the pilot, at least) FOX series currently shooting all…

Pardon Our Technical Difficulties

Well, seems we’ve had a significant server crash that has made posting impossible till now. And some of you may have noticed comments posted this morning have disappeared. I assure you — they haven’t been deleted, though they do, for the moment, seem to have taken up residence in the…