Dallas, An “American Icon”

On Christmas Eve afternoon, radio-radio’s Julia Barton stopped by the offices to interview Schutze and me for an episode of Public Radio International’s Studio 360, which is hosted by Kurt Andersen. Barton had been tasked with doing a piece on Dallas as part of the show’s “American Icons” series, which,…

Dallas PD: No Racial Profiling Here

City Hall and most other municipal facilities are closed till Tuesday, furlough day and President’s Day and all. Which means council briefings normally posted on Friday night went live last night, including this one that’ll be presented to the Public Safety Committee on Tuesday: 2010 Dallas Police Department Traffic Contact…

Race to the State’s New Census Map

IFRAMES not supportedThe U.S. Census Bureau sent to the state Legislature today the map you see above, along with details about the latest population count intended to assist with redistricting — including numbers related to racial make-up and voting age.Per the latest tally, since the 2000 Census was taken the…

Harry Shearer Swings By the Texas Theatre

If you’d driven by the Texas Theatre oh, ’bout an hour ago, you’d have seen this scene — the great Harry Shearer standing out on W. Jefferson, bracketed by Jason Reimer on the left and Barak Epstein. Random, right? Not really: Shearer was at The Thin Line Film Fest in…

On the Scene at Burger Street Shootings

By now you’ve no doubt heard: Two men were killed and two more were arrested last night following what appears to be a drug-related robbery outside the Burger Street on E. Mockingbird, between N. Central Expressway and Greenville Avenue. Officers were called to the scene at 10:16 p.m, writes Dallas…