Since the popular mind has been consumed by rising unemployment and the health-care debate, comprehensive immigration reform — and any potential momentum to broker a bipartisan compromise on the explosive issue — has been shoved to the wayside. Yet a network of faith-based groups that have advocated for immigrants is…
Anyone who thought Dallas County Republicans would go quietly into the night just because they got their asses handed to them on the courthouse steps in the 2006 election romp is seriously mistaken. Proof comes in the form of Phillip Linder, who must not have gotten the memo that Dallas…
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi’s probable cause hearing is a week from today in U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez’s court, during which time the Jordanian government wants to be filled in and kept in the loop. But over the weekend, the 19-year-old arrested Thursday for plotting to blow up Fountain Place…
Henderson Avenue developers Marc and Roger Andres were good enough to take us along on a tour of their neighborhood-in-progress, and spoke a little on camera about their vision for keeping the stretch of road unique. As a sidebar to this year’s Best of Dallas market section, Mark weighs in…
Here’s a nice end-of-the-week send-off:I just came across this bootleg of a Bad Livers show in Oregon from July — and, well, I had no idea Mark Rubin and Danny Barnes were back together, especially since Danny’s playing with Dave Matthews these days. Rubin, who’ll be at the Allgood on…
I had big money on the outcome of last night’s Kimball-A. Maceo Smith game at James Jones Field, but now what? Because this morning we got word that the showdown in Southwest Dallas was shutdown by the refs midway through the third quarter. Still not sure exactly what happened, except…
So says former Observer’er Matt Pulle, who shares my obsession with state Senator Royce West. Pulle forwarded along a nice bit of reporting by ESPN’s Elizabeth Merrill regarding the holdout of former Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree, in which West is identified as a member of Crabtree’s “inner circle.”…
It’s not often that world-renowned architects like Santiago Calatrava find their way to Big D, so we pounced on the opportunity to fire a question or two at the man behind the design of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and not-yet-funded Margaret McDermott Bridge. Or just one, as it turns…
It’s been close to a month since last we heard of cats being mutilated in Northwest Dallas, and we thought, well, that’s that — an isolated case, nothing more to see here. Which isn’t the case, not even close: This morning I called Senior Corporal Kimberly Crawford, a detective in…
Normally, I watch Project Runway two, maybe even three times while recapping it. This week, after my initial viewing, I was so flabbergasted, I watched a few other shows, made a mix CD for a friend and went to bed. Also, I wanted to see the Rate the Runway pics…
Megan just returned from the outskirts of a crowded courtroom for the arraignment of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, the 19-year-old arrested and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Smadi asked for an Arabic translator, but one wasn’t available. The public defender assigned to Smadi, Richard Anderson,…
The Wells Fargo bank tower off Highway 183 in Irving, an ordinary office building in a sea of concrete, isn’t the sort of place you’d expect to find a zen-like sanctuary with roots in Gandhi’s India. But that’s exactly what lies on the top floor: Here, Dr. Om Prakash, an…
Speaking of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and thwarted plans …Yesterday, the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma announced that three men, all previously convicted felons, will serve a combined 37 years in prison for having guns and ammo and much, much more in their rental car…
[Editor’s note: Apologies for the morning’s delay and the inability to post comments. Apparently, the hamster fell off the treadmill that powers our server. He’s since been replaced with the chicken at the State Fair of Texas against whom you can play Tic Tac Toe. Now, back to business. Maybe.]When…
Muddy conditions in the floodway prohibited today’s big announcement from taking place near the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (complete with a scheduled “steel signing”), so instead the $10-million donation aimed at converting the Continental Bridge into a pedestrian bridge was unveiled by Mayor Tom Leppert at the office of the…
This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, via press release:James T. Jacks, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Office of the FBI, announced today that Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, has been arrested and…
So, I was on SMU’s Web site looking for something entirely unrelated this morning when I came across this event: Jim Schutze, columnist for the Dallas Observer, will speak on “Inside Dallas: A Muckraker’s Paradise” on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at an event sponsored by SMU’s Retired Faculty Association.His talk will…
After presenting the city council’s Public Safety Committee with the latest crime statistics showing nearly an 11 percent decrease in overall crime from last year, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle this morning addressed the elephant in the room: the police department’s methodology of reporting crimes. Earlier this month, The Dallas…
OK, now that the Dallas City Hall corruption trial has wrapped up and landed in the hands of the jury, it’s time for everyone to weigh in. And, to make it interesting, Robert has generously ponied up a fabulous prize so this isn’t just about fun and yuks. That’s right,…
Kim Nimon, assistant professor in the department of learning technologies at the University of North Texas, is emerging as a national voice on what’s becoming an increasingly common and potentially controversial practice: companies hiring chaplains to minister to workers. In this month’s Annals, the quarterly publication of the American Psychotherapy…
Back in December, we flashed back to ye olden days when The Dallas Times Herald and Marvel Comics would team up to take Spider-Man to the Dallas Ballet or the Hulk to Sanger-Harris (for new pants, natch). One title I completely forgot about: The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair…
Earlier this week, the recently formed Dallas Friends of Public Education PAC announced its endorsements for the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees: Dr. Kyle Renard (District 1), Bruce Parrott (District 3) and Bernadette Nutall (District 9 … no, different District 9). The special election, which pits those candidates…
