Just arrived in Austin, only to find in my in-box, oh, ’bout a dozen Friends’ links to either Governor Rick Perry’s speech down in Houston or the Burnt Orange Report’s compendium of reactions to said speech. As you may know by now, the governor is saying no to more than…
Yesterday, in the comments to the item about Neiman Marcus’s latest bit of bad news, noted man of letters Rawlins Gilliland deposited a comment intended to gently shoosh those experiencing even the slightest twinge of schadenfreude at the luxury retailer’s misfortune. I had intended only to highlight the essay-in-miniature in…
What you see above is the cover to a slim 1962 tome published by Reinhold in conjunction with the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Clearly, the copy I picked up this week at the Forestwood Antique Mall was a downright steal: $25, or $100 less than the…
The latest non-development in Russ Martin’s assault case in Tarrant County is actually a development. After a couple of time-wasting, docket-management appearances in Fort Worth over the last three months, Martin showed up again this morning and got the word: His trial date is July 27. By that time it will be more than…
Bernie Madoff’s in jail after pleading guilty to all charges. Closer to home, Allen Stanford’s pleading the Fifth. So better now than never, seemed like a good time to catch up with Randy Johnston, a Dallas financial malpractice lawyer and the author of Robbed at Pen Point — and a…
Reason senior editor Jacob Sullum, who has a daughter in kindergarten in the Dallas Independent School District, has a big ol’ problem with, at the very least, this part of President Barack Obama’s speech on education delivered earlier this week:That’s why I’m calling for us not only to expand effective…
And, in other airline news … In April of last year, American Eagle dropped its Kansas City and Austin flights out of Dallas Love Field and opted instead to fly to Chicago’s O’Hare. Only, for now, that too is a no-go: AMR announced today that beginning June 11, American Eagle…
Says Bloomberg this morning, Southwest Airlines may do the unthinkable and … sell food! The Dallas-based carrier doesn’t know what it’ll sell or when it’ll begin selling it, but as the airline industry seeks new ways to make money (cough … charging for checked luggage … cough), Southwest figures that…
Wick Allison’s had some to say in recent days about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’s battle with the county commissioners over a 10-percent across-the-board budget cut the commissioners demanded in order to deal with an expected $58 million shortfall for the next fiscal year. Watkins told the D publisher…
A story yesterday about Dallas-based Blockbuster’s attempt to get its landlords to knock 30 percent off rent (or give them early lease termination deals) leads to this follow-up today, in which some landlords balk at the idea of reduced rent — especially if Blockbuster isn’t willing to open the books…
Till Mayor Tom Leppert decides to talk for himself about his thinking about maybe one day possibly taking over the Dallas Independent School District we’ll see not sure for sure who knows, it’s all one big guessing game. Which doesn’t stop the Dallas mayor’s name from appearing in this morning’s…
“The Fall Guy,” by Jim Schutze, February 26 Start making sense Jim Schutze highlights what was a blatantly ridiculous stance by The Dallas Morning News editorial board. This is, of course, the same board that had a problem with Farmers Branch holding landlords accountable to renting to illegal aliens. Irrational,…
Put your popcorn down, the wicked witch is dead. Late on March 4 Terrell Owens sent a bulk text message that read, simply: “I’m no longer a Dallas Cowboy.” Rejoice, Dallas! It’s again safe to like your local football team. Without the sabotaging, self-aggrandizing receiver who for the last three…
Crazy talk: As much as Buzz would prefer to ignore anything Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow says, it behooves us to respond to his Sunday column in which he basically calls the Dallas Observer’s own Jim Schutze a conspiracy-minded, tinfoil-hat-wearing nut job. It behooves us because when we told…
Just 5 feet tall, with a baby strapped to her chest and a soft, faltering voice, Kim Rivera is anything but soldierly. Yet two years ago she was a Texas private in the War on Terror, guarding a gate with an M4 rifle and frisking Iraqi civilians at a base…
Look, I can be as jaded as anyone. Cynical. Smartassy. Surly. Down right skeptical. Especially – in case you haven’t been paying attention – when it comes to the Dallas Mavericks. But tonight’s last night’s 93-89 victory in Portland, on the heels of Tuesday’s victory in Phoenix, should serve as a…
Mayor Tom Leppert and Anne Raymond of Crow Holdings and Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel made another campaign stop at the Bachman Recreation Center in front of approximately 40 people eager to hear the pros and cons of building a convention center hotel. Although Leppert is always an active speaker…
What you see below is a time-lapse video of Los Angeles-based Steven Lopez painting Erykah Badu’s portrait — something the artist did for his “After Midnight” series that also includes the likes of Tina Turner, Minnie Ripperton and Aretha Franklin. Comes word today, via Paul Levatino, that Lopez and Badu…
On Tuesday evening, Mike Graham, a tall and wiry 50-year-old, hopped off the bus with just his instrument in tow and walked over the red bricks to the corner of Ross Avenue and Market Street. He took the saxophone out and left the case propped against the picturesque streetlamp in…
Yet again, our old friend Justin Cozart has just posted some essential must-sees to the Dallas Urban History page on Flickr — this time, a series of before-and-after photos featuring some of the city’s more recognizable streets and intersections. Among the lot: Blackburn Street and Oak Lawn Avenue (in 1925…
For the first time in a long time – at least away from American Airlines Center – the Dallas Mavericks played like a team that wanted in the NBA Playoffs. And wanted to avoid a first-round matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers. Their reward: With only 18 games remaining in the…
Elizabeth Villafranca entered the limelight in 2006, as Farmers Branch began its illegal-immigrant battle that rages to this day. As we mentioned earlier this week, the Cuquitas co-owner has decided to run for city council in the FB. Unfair Park caught up with her yesterday for a Q&A — during…
