Dirty Business We’re trying: I also know of a white man about 20 years old who went to the car wash at lunch to wash his car (“SAFE as Hell,” by Jim Schutze, December 14). The police came and harassed him, telling him he was only there to make a…
Now that divorce is common and kids often grow up being shuttled between two houses, it’s easy to become disheartened about the chances of finding true love, but for the hopeless romantics among us, no challenge is too great when it comes to finding The One. Which is why, if…
T.O. must go. Because the only justification for stomaching Terrell Owens is a championship. And, after another egregious home loss in which their egocentric receiver dropped another key pass, the Dallas Cowboys aren’t going to win the Super Bowl. Selling your soul to Beelzebub for an NFL title is a…
On an early December afternoon at the offices of Malpaso Productions, Clint Eastwood’s four Academy Awards have been placed into thick velvet carrying bags, while that famous poncho—the one Eastwood donned for the entirety of Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy—is being carefully loaded into a large shipping box. But that doesn’t…
Downtown office-to-loft rennovations are getting real-estate investors all giddy about the market. Least they’re not turning them into parking lots. Dallas is a hot commodity, real-estate-wise. Says so right here, in Commercial Property News, where Meridian Capital Group managing director Alex Katz insists 2007’s shaping up to be a very…
www.drive-ins.com Those of us born and raised here remember well the good ol’ Gemini Twin Drive-In theater at the northeast corner of the North Central Expressway-Forest Lane intersection. The self-proclaimed “world’s largest drive-in” with 2,000 parking spots — which is where the Raquel Welch movie One Million Years B.C. was…
Adios, John Danks, we hardly knew ya. No, seriously. We don’t even know if this is a picture of John Danks. We’re just taking a shot in the dark here. I’d swear during baseball’s winter meetings earlier this month I heard Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels say something to…
Aurora Maison de Cuisine is among AAA’s Four Diamond eateries. I don’t think the Metro Diner placed as high, which is a travesty. Never get behind a car with a AAA sticker on its bumper, at least if you wanna get to where you’re going sometime that week. That said,…
Carrie Underwood’s the latest pop star to be linked to the Cowboys’ QB. Hasn’t he ever seen The Slugger’s Wife? Aw c’mon — Carrie Underwood? Really? But, yeah, that’s the latest pop star to which the name “Tony Romo” has been affixed. But by whom? Well, it comes from no…
Flip Benham’s still at work, preaching about how much God loves you by insisting He can’t stand everyone else. In July, we mentioned how Flip Benham led his locally based Operation Save America to Jackson, Mississippi, where they protested the only abortion clinic in Jackson — by which I mean…
Till yesterday, I was going to suggest you visit these folks to fill any post-Christmas gift needs you might have missed; nothing says ho-ho-homer better than a “Romosexual” T-shirt. But after yesterday, no way does that seem like a good idea. The Cowboys QB played like the big-league rookie he…
Illustration by Craig LaRotonda For those looking for a little light reading during this slow news week, here’s the entirety of the lawsuit filed today against Farmers Branch. Thanks to Estuardo Rodriguez at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund for providing the document. The suit was brought by…
Radiant’s got big plans on New Year’s Eve. You? Didn’t think so. Looks like watching Jimmy Kimmel Live can actually pay off. Jesse Hopkins and Levi Smith, two members of local rockers Radiant (whose sensitive, shimmery, orchestral songs and cute-boy haircuts makes the ladies swoon) were idly watching Kimmel’s late-night…
See ya at Club Blue Sunday night, right, mayor? On Friday, the city of Dallas finally responded to the federal lawsuit filed in October by the owners of Club Blue, who accuse the city of violating “rights, privileges and immunities secured to it by the Constition of the United States.”…
You just knew this was coming: Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (the folks who brought you that lawsuit against Preston Hollow Elementary School) filed a lawsuit today challenging Framers Branch’s new law outlawing landlords renting to illegal immigrants. They claim the ordinance,…
Were he not having elbow operated on Thursday morning, Angus Wynne would be attending James Brown’s funeral — not as a fan, but as a friend. Wynne, who began accruing his local legend in the mid-1960s as a show promoter who brought the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan…
Bill Parcells takes the blame for last night’s loss to the Eagles. Takes a big man — a very big man. Lemme see…nope, not there. Um, not there either. Maybe…uh-unh. Look for a shred of positivity from yesterday’s game at Texas Stadium, and you’ll come up emptier than Terry Hornbuckle’s…
Two weeks ago, attorneys representing seven former Holy Land Foundation and Development officials — who’re awaiting trial in federal court here on charges they funded terrorist activities — asked U.S. District Judge Joe Fish to dismiss the government’s charges against their clients. They claimed a November ruling by a federal…
This is Chrissy Haley with her kids. She talked to us before Channel 11. Just don’t tell Channel 11 that. They’ve got the “exclusive.” Yeah, right. Fine. OK. Whatever. Call me The Grinch if you must, but after watching the news last night I’m compelled to spread some Christmas jeer…
From the all-you-need-to-know-department: “DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones named Terrell Bolton as the county’s new police chief Friday afternoon.” Good. Luck. With. All. That. –Robert Wilonsky…
Today, the Washington, D.C.-based National Fair Housing Alliance issued a report, Still No Home for the Holidays, that outlines “the housing discrimination that hurricane [Katrina] survivors continue to face this holiday season.” It deals specifically with allegations that two apartment complexes — one in Florida, another right here in the…
It did not take long for U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer to rule on the immediate fate of jailed DISD teacher Miguel Arango, who was indicted last month on charges he touched a 6-year-old girl’s vagina in front of his class in October. Less than 24 hours after Arango and…
