Schutze and Merten are off in darkened corners finishing their City Hall corruption trial wrap-up (as in, What does it all mean?), so I’ll refer you to KXAS-Channel 5’s piece concerning the bill for the trial, which, the NBC affiliate says adds up to a whopping $750,000. That’s from the…
Even if European soccer owner Tom Hicks convinced Major League Baseball to inject the same screwy tables that govern soccer into America’s pasttime your Texas Rangers wouldn’t be a playoff team. But, alas, they wouldn’t be relegated, either. If baseball were run according to European soccer standards–top teams earning international…
Maybe you recall the ruckus raised last May, when some folks up in Frisco got upset with the fact the school district allowed for the dissemination of Gideon bibles on campuses. And no doubt you recall what happened a year earlier, when some Jewish kids in Plano ISD were taunted…
Maybe you missed this when we posted it the first time around — back in, um, June 2007, when the Police played the American Airlines Center. So, from March ’79, here’s the band performing (kind of) “The Yellow Rose of Texas” at the original Palladium. (Can’t believe that link’s still…
Can’t believe it — we get to use our “Ugh, More New About the Dallas Movie” slug again, long after that remake died a slow death some time in ’07. Only this time, according to The New York Times, J.R. Ewing’s not getting the big-screen makeover, courtesy John Travolta or…
It’s very hard to turn down an invitation to La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff, but, alas, a movie screening will have me otherwise occupied at 1 p.m. Anyway, here’s what will go down: Carlos Quintanilla has decided to join the list of Hispanic activists calling for the head of…
Earlier this week, federal authorities were in a Dallas courtroom laying out the case against 19-year-old Jordanian Hosam Maher Smadi, arrested two weeks ago for allegedly trying to blow up Fountain Place in downtown Dallas. We didn’t know when Smadi would again appear in court, but moments ago the U.S…
Whenever we post an item about the state of bicycling in Dallas, and the need (or not) for separate bike lanes, we wind up with something like the conversation taking place below. So, following yesterday’s ride to Dallas City Hall, it’s worth directing your attention to tonight’s Cyclesomatic event at…
On Tuesday, Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels said that, well, it is possible that Tom Hicks could maintain a majority interest in the Texas Rangers, despite his efforts to sell the club since April. But how, with all that debt here and abroad? Well … who knows. But you probably…
Flipping through my Avid Golfer magazine this week I came across the most interesting of tournaments. A media tournament. A fantasy media tournament. Who knew? Seems the boys over at Avid couldn’t herd all us cats into actually playing a tournament, so they produced a speculative tournament won by 106.1…
Yes, indeed — when it comes to health care, says the Commonwealth Fund, Texas ranks ahead of only Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. The full study’s here for those looking for context, but for Texans all the bad news is right here — five pages full of charts documenting…
So, while you guys are arguing about who owns the streets, we’ll offer one final highlight from this morning’s ride to Dallas City Hall, courtesy Angela Hunt’s Flickstream. “She was actually quite a trooper, because she’s been sick,” says Hunt of her fellow council member. “She didn’t want to miss…
So, no, Bob’s Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue didn’t go on the auction block September 30, as we said would happen back in mid-August. Legal whatnot delayed the sale of Bob Sambol’s bankrupt eatery. But yesterday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale gave the okee-doke to go ahead…
We first took a long, hard look at Jaume Plensa’s Sho, otherwise known as the 13-foot-tall head that weighs 600 pounds, back in August, when SMU’s Meadows Museum announced its acquisition. But the sculpture rears its lovely head tonight with the official unveiling as the Meadows reopens the redesigned plaza…
I was looking for … something. I forget what now. (This maybe?) But my late-night quest brought me to this book from 1894: Souvenir guide of Dallas: A sketch of Dallas and Dallas county, their resources, business enterprises, manufacturing and agricultural advantages. It’s where this ad comes from, of course…
For a few days in mid-October last year, the 12th floor of the Dallas Market Center buzzed with anticipation over the big new offering from the toymaker Bandai — of Tamagotchi fame, you’ll recall — a short plastic mannequin and a few swatches of fabric, packaged as a fashion design…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
This morning, Angela Hunt made a discovery: Dallas City Hall has no bicycle rack. “It’s nuts!” said Hunt, who was standing with other bikers on a chilly morning in the plaza. “We’re going to get us some bike racks for City Hall if I have to buy them myself.” More…
Not sure how we missed this Monday, but in the comments below, Friend of Unfair Park Enrique De La Fuente directs our attention to the results of a Harris Poll in which people were asked, “Where would you like to live if you were gonna move?” I blame Austin’s coming…
Two years ago, GlobeSt.com took a look at the state of Dallas-Fort Worth’s apartment market and said, in short, Lookin’ good. Occupancy rates were on the rise, as were rents — up to an average of $724 a month. But today, things are a little different: Rates are higher than…
So, yeah, I was only kidding, far as you know, when I mentioned that, oh, maybe I’d try out for The Voice of The American Airlines Center. As you’re no doubt aware by now, Mavs man “Humble” Billy Hayes has moved out of town to tend to personal business, and…
It wasn’t exactly as declarative as when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones injected his all-or-nothing expectations into the season a month ago, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes his team is as good – actually, better – than the one that went to the NBA Finals in 2006. “The feeling…
