The future of Love Field–well, the Wright Amendment, anyway–will be discussed in D.C. on Wednesday. On Wednesday, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will meet to discuss “Reforming the Wright Amendment.” (Actually, it’s the Subcommitee on Aviation hosting the hearing that begins at 1 p.m. C.S.T. in the…
I was saddened to read this morning in The New York Times about the death of rock critic Paul Nelson, a writer who had an estimable impact on, among others, Bob Dylan, as the man himself recounted in the 2005 Martin Scorsese-directed documentary No Direction Home. He worked for Circus…
This billboard, on IH-35 and Inwood Road, has spawned many like it across the country. Two months to the day after Grassfire.org planted its first 48-foot-wide go-home-illegals billboard on Stemmons Freeway near Inwood Road, the Iowa-based “conservative, pro-family and pro-faith” organization’s the subject of a piece in today’s Los Angeles…
Dan Rather is now working for Mark Cuban, though oddly not as a point guard. Today’s Washington Post breaks the news that Dan Rather will indeed be working for Mark Cuban, specifically his HDNet high-definition network. The 74-year-old former CBS newsman will announce this week to TV critics, during their…
When you read the letters of Herb Stark in The Dallas Morning News, keep in mind the man from Massapequa, New York, isn’t just a fan of the hometown paper. He’s a fan of every newspaper: Says here in today’s New York Newsday that every morning the 76-year-old wakes up…
Earlier this year, Lance Armstrong and a local promotions company went to war over millions. The result: more doping allegations and a bunch of cash. Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times contained a 4,359-word story that can best be summed up this way: Some bicycle racers say Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs…
So, just got off the phone with a spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission about this story from today’s New York Post. Turns out I was one of two reporters to bug the dude in D.C. today; the other was from Reuters. We wanted to know the same thing:…
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve wished I could combine a grocery shopping trip with a visit to the doctor’s office. Well, luckily I live in Dallas, where some time later this summer we can all go to the new Carnival flagship store in Oak Cliff and not…
UFOFU: Or, two guys from Secret Machines and one from the Polyphonic Spree, which made it a supergroup in reverse. Sooner or later, I will get back to that history of Dallas music project I started in late May. Got sidetracked, to be honest–not to mention the fact that thing…
As the public information officer for the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, Don Peritz did the two things his job requires: He was honest with the press, and he didn’t leak–at least not to me, and, judging by the lagging coverage of the department in The Dallas Morning News, he wasn’t…
One of the most famous skyscrapers in downtown, worth some $62 million, is now owned by a California real-estate investment company. Looks like somebody really believes in downtown Dallas: In case you missed it, and there was a mention of it Monday in The Dallas Morning News, it says here…
I just returned from Marathon, where I was a finalist judge at the 2nd Cowboy Chili Cook Off hosted by the Chili Appreciation Society International and sponsored in part by the Gage Hotel. Most of the chilies were good, yet surprisingly the most common weakness in the least striking bowls…
Tamika Catchings is one of Richie Whitt’s favorite ball players, and not just because they went to the same high school. She might not be the best women’s basketball player in America, but she’s officially the most popular. And the coolest thing about Tamika Catchings? She hails from good ol’…
Everybody knows why Laura Miller’s not running for mayor. And everyone knows who’ll take her place. Yeah. Right. Fine. Whatever. It’s not surprising to read this morning so many takes on Mayor Laura’s announcement yesterday, first to KTVT-Channel 11’s Sarah Dodd and then later to The Dallas Morning News’ Emily…
Marquis Daniels is no longer a Maverick. Wait, he was still a Maverick? Since when? Obviously Marquis Daniels was on the way out. But didn’t we think something better was on its way in? Because of his fat contract, a lackadaisical style that often irked coach Avery Johnson and the…
Former Dallasite Patrice Pike did well on Rock Star last night. So we hear. Heh. Stop weeping already. I know you wish you hadn’t missed last night’s inaugural episode of Rock Star: Supernova, but it’s cool; I got your back. The girls offered the heaviest competition; most of the guys…
Not an hour after Richie posted his item below about Terrell Owens’ forthcoming book T.O.–the guy’s second, following 2004’s Catch This!: Going Deep with the NFL’s Sharpest Weapon–I got an overnighted copy of the tome from Simon & Schuster, and a cursory glance reveals a few more tidbits the Philly…
One day, likely in the near future, Jerry Jones will look at this picture and say to himself, “WTF?” Just in time for training camp, just like you knew it would, Terrell Owens’ tell-all book is about to hit stores. Some folks in Philly snagged an advance copy of T.O.,…
I am gonna go out on a limb and say Melinda Gates is the only St. Monica and Ursuline grad ever to appear on the cover of Time with Bono. I might be wrong. In other Extremely Rich People With Dallas Connections Mentioned in The New York Times News, there’s…
This condo on McKinney Avenue is where Enron’s Jeff Skilling lived sometimes. Not anymore. It says in The New York Times today that the death yesterday of Enron’s Ken Lay will likely keep the government from seizing his real estate and financial assets, thus sparing his survivors financial ruin–and, one…
It’s 8:37 a.m., do you know where your drunks are? Nope, not sleeping one off down at Lew Sterrett’s joint. They’re right here, at The Londoner pub in Addison. Even at this ungodly hour on a Saturday they’re packed shoulder-to-shoulder, painting their faces, downing pints of room-temperature Guinness and chanting…
Officer Allen Hill was on motorcycle patrol writing traffic tickets on the suburban streets of North Richland Hills, just northeast of Fort Worth, when a call came over his radio: Available SWAT team members were to report to the station immediately. It was an answer to his prayers. Brawny and…
