Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the 21st Century…

From the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed insider trading charges today against Dallas entrepreneur Mark Cuban in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.” The suit — which can be read in its entirety here — alleges…

They really oughta charge for tickets at City Hall this afternoon, where, from 4-6 p.m. (which seems charmingly optimistic) the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee will discuss and likely finalize the proposed smoking ordinance. You know the one: No smoking in bars, pool halls, parks, tobacco shops and your…

By week’s end, there should be nine new houses in Greenleaf Village II, near the original 5-year-old West Dallas development at Hampton Road and I-30. As we noted back in July, this is the week Whirlpool Corporation and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity — and folks who’ve come to Dallas…

Another in a never-ending series of proposed Dallas developments — we call this one “West Love Market.” It’s been a little more than a year since Balcones Realty Partners announced its intentions to build a 37-acre, 365,000-square foot restaurant-retail center near Love Field — at Mockingbird Lane, Maple Avenue, Forest…

Our correspondent for yesterday’s anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there’s but the slightest hint of disappointment…

Fine, so Ed Young’s get-to-screwing sermon may be nothing more than a genius PR stunt. But the accompanying artwork on Fellowship Church’s Web site is pretty fab. “Like Saul Bass and Paula Scher had a baby,” says our art director, the great Alexander Flores. “Doesn’t exactly say ‘Seven Days of…

After the jump, the complete details on how to meetlook at Will Smith on Tuesday, when the formerly Fresh Prince comes to Dallas to not only sneak his latest feelgood redemption story, Seven Pounds, but to help fill the North Texas Food Bank’s pantry before Thanksgiving. The trailer’s also after…

Wired brings what could be big news out of a small start-up in Dallas that has the potential to become a strong player amongst those creating applications for iPhones. Newtoy mays be a new company, but its founders are familiar faces in the gaming industry: As Paul and David Bettner…

The “Jackson” in question is Gary Jackson, concierge at Barney New York’s NorthPark outpost, who was profiled a year ago by our former colleague Ann Zimmerman in The Wall Street Journal. His name pops up today in the Houston Chronicle, where he offers “An ultimate insider’s guide to Dallas.” Because,…

Beth Andresen, in the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library, was kind enough to provide the Friends of Unfair Park with a blow-up of the mystery photo from yesterday. Turns out, yup, that is indeed a guy standing on the roof — but, to be honest,…

Larry James, president and CEO of Central Dallas Ministries, sent out an e-mail this morning directing folks to the second issue of CDM’s online magazine, which is more or less a compendium of videos, all of them worth a peek. Among the contributions is the story of the great Brent…

A sneak peak at tonight’s Very Special Episode of Don’t Forget the Lyrics, hosted by Wayne Brady. And looks like the Mavs’ owner is still dancing with the stars. More highlights after the jump. Far as you know. –Robert Wilonsky…

The photo above is of the planned $300-million “sophisticated, euro-urban” Glen at Preston Hollow development at Walnut Hill Lane and N. Central Expressway, which was announced exactly one year ago and which, at present, looks like a lunar landscape dotted with the random bulldozer and tree. Now, Provident Realty never…

Gird your loins: The conspiracy theorists — by which I mean the truth-tellers, of course — are coming to town. Beginning a week from tomorrow, the Adolphus Hotel will host JFK Lancer’s November in Dallas 2008 confab, scheduled to run for three days to coincide with the 45th anniversary of…

We tried this once before, so here goes again: Can you please, pretty please, help the folks in the Dallas Public Library’s Texas/Dallas History & Archives figure out just what in the heck’s going in this picture? Because, right now, this is all they got to go on: “Crowds of…

No doubt you already know all about Fellowship Church Senior Pastor Ed Young’s sex challenge, which kicks off Sunday. It was first noted in a Religion Blog brief on Monday, but was everywhere come Wednesday. Well, this morning it made its way onto CBS’s Early Show, where Young had a…

On December 10, 2006, 48-year-old Dallas landscape architect Kelly James spoke to his wife Karen for the final time. As you no doubt recall — because it seems like only yesterday rescue workers were searching a storm-bound Mount Hood in Oregon for James and his two climbing companions, Dallas’s Brian…