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Had no idea we were smack dab in the middle of Texas Tourism Week — but, yup, so says Gov. Haircut, who’s sent the missus out to promote the state to the rest of the U.S. and A. with “a mobile, high-tech, interactive exhibit that uses the latest techniques in…

Man, I never thought I’d say this, but I kinda liked Steve Blow’s and James Ragland’s little dialogue on race this past week in The Dallas Morning News. Of course, the bar there is set pretty low — at least they weren’t writing about their love of Luby’s. I’m not…

Because, really, what in the wide world of sweating is more Dallas than Inspa’s “L.E.D. Sauna Room”? The New York Times on Sunday reviewed the swanky Inspa — better known as “A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa,” located in Queens. And why should that peak Dallasites’ interest, given it’s…

Ruth Sharp Altshuler Now, Ruth Sharp Altshuler for the defense. In this week’s subscription-only Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dr. Ken’s missus weighs in on behalf of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s prez, Dr. Kern Wildenthal, who, as you no doubt recall, has been pro’d and con’d to death in the mag’s pages…

“For the Kids!” by Jim Schutze, May 8 Do the Math It would be totally irresponsible to provide additional money for DISD when they can’t provide an adequate reporting of their current financial status. With the school board members having their business mixed in with the district’s business, I have…

Fairly mediocre: So last week, D magazine executive editor Tim Rogers and The Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow got into a blog squabble over whether the Morning News is being forthcoming enough in its reporting about city plans for a convention center hotel. Belo Corp., owner of WFAA and,…

Opponents of a city plan to publicly fund and own a convention center hotel are talking about—but so far not acting on—a last-ditch option to derail the project: Let voters decide for themselves if they want to invest up to half a billion dollars to become hoteliers. Council members Angela…

King Henry VIII was on the throne, working his way through Anne Boleyn on his wife-littered path to notoriety. The village of Scarborough, England, was under siege, not from power-hungry French or Spanish kings but from a virus of unknown origin. Without warning, entire families turned into zombies, gnashing at…

By now, you know you’re the proud future owners of a convention center hotel; the only question left to ask is, would you like a happy ending with that in-room massage? Too soon? Then how about a recap of the day’s events, which concluded with 11 council members agreeing to…

Angela Hunt In a moment, Schutze will be along with something to say about Vonciel Hill — the other council member “who has some brains,” as Jim puts it. But first, some thoughts from Angela Hunt, who also voted against the city getting in the convention center hotel — which…

This just in. At this point, it’s easier to tell you who voted against the city getting into the convention center hotel business rather than who voted for it: Vonciel Hill and Angela Hunt. (Mitchell Rasansky and Elba Garcia had to recuse themselves, as both own Citigroup stock, turns out.)…

All week long, VH1’s been running the Sex: The Revolution mini-series, a doc done in conjunction with the Sundance Channel about doin’ it through the decades. Noted Dallas blues guitarslinger and occasional but always welcome Dallas Observer contributor Josh Alan Friedman was interviewed for the series — and though he’s…

The cover of this week’s Economist. Oh. Wait. So, it’s … official? Because, OK, look. For the past few days, stories have circulated that … um … Tonessica? … are kaputs. Been everywhere — and thanks, New York Daily News, for your morning rumor round-up. Jessica Simpson went on Extra…

Now “it’s a My27 event” — but, sure, who’re we to argue. Because, as you know, Terrell Owens makes his acting debut on The Fresh Flav of Bel-Air tonight at 7. Though, from the looks of two minutes’ worth of footage, I am not sure “event” is the word I’d…

Look at Avi Adelman — all legit and professional. The Barking Dog’s done gone and collaborated with WFAA-Channel 8 on a towing story, specifically one about how Lonestar Auto Services is illegally tacking on a $43.65 governmental entity charge when it hauls off your vehicle. And how’d Avi get on…