United’s Rolling Up the Red Carpet

United Airlines’ Red Carpet Club lounge is located in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B, near Gate 30. There, frequent fliers willing to shell out a few hundy for a gratis T-Mobile® Hotspot®, some snacks and coffee and a cash bar can kill time comfortably whilst awaiting their delayed…

Lame Duck Phillips?

Relax, both coaches could be talking to Tony Romo again next season. I’ll serve up a smorgasbord of training camp insights later this morning, but wanted to get to the news of the day first. Contrary to the asinine sentiments of some columnists, this isn’t guaranteed to be Wade Phillips’…

Russ Martin, Back on the Air

Russ Martin, courtesy the Southlake PD Just got a e-mail from an elated Russ Martin fan: “He’s back on the air.” Sure enough. Says David Henry, general manager at KLLI-FM (Live 105.3), of the decision to put Martin back in the air, following his July 18 arrest, “Russ came on…

Belo Bigwigs Mum on Staff Reduction Specifics, Other Changes

I left a message earlier today for Bob Mong, president and editor of The Dallas Morning News, for further details concerning this morning’s announcement that, beginning immediately, A.H. Belo will reduce its workforce by 500 employees spread amongst its four newspapers. Mong, who was relatively forthcoming with Unfair Park during…

Lewis Black Is Angry About EVERYTHING, DAMN IT!

Jesse Hughey Lewis Black built his entire stand-up comedy career on appearing as though he’s about to blow a blood vessel from sheer outrage at world’s stupidity. Years of Daily Show segments and television specials have proven that the closer he comes to suffering an onstage stroke, the bigger the…

Pacman and Prime Time, Car Salesmen

Courtesy Deadspin — which got it from here, which got it from here — a reason to watch local television after all: Adam Jones and Deion Sanders’ Drivers Select ad, which, notes Deadspin’s Clay Travis, features “the most persuasive opening to a commercial in the history of television.” Which is?…

Radio Daze Craze

Obviously you guys get turned on by tuning in. I repeat, I’m not an Ed Bark starter kit attempting to become Dallas’ radio beat reporter. But, then again – in the essence of “the customer is always right” – here’s the latest news that filled my email and voice mail…

Pleasant Grove Is About to Get Much More Pleasant For Shoppers

View Larger Map From GlobeSt.com late Friday came this good-news exclusive: Dallas-based NorthPoint Properties is set to sink $30 million into a sprawling “retail gateway” at the intersection of Samuell and Buckner Boulevards. It’ll be called Buckner Crossing, with the first phase scheduled to open next summer. Notes Connie Gore…

After Posting Another Loss, A.H. Belo to Shed People and Property

You will find here this morning several “arguments why A.H. Belo would be a good investment,” among them “experienced and shareholders-aligned management” (meaning Belo’s chairman, president and chief executive officer Robert Decherd) and its estimable catalog of valuable properties. The analysis comes on the morning A.H. Belo announced a net…

The Human Touch

This just in: No one is flawless. As you read this I’m likely flying to Oxnard, Calif. where – promise – the Cowboys blogging will commence Tuesday morning if not sooner. But first, a little vacation catch-up. While I was braving 80-degree weather in upstate New York and Canada, you…

My, Those Ladies Love Their Lollies

As promised, the first of a few sneak previews from Lifetime’s Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal, which bows on the ladies-only network August 2 at 8 p.m. — set your DVRs accordingly. Course, this is the fictionalized retelling of the McKinney North High School scandal involving the cheerleaders who…

In Grapevine Today, Robert Gates Addressed “The Grim Reality of War”

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Secretary of Defense Robert Gates addressed the Military Child Education Coalition’s annual conference today, held in the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center’s enormous ballroom. Speaking to the fact that three out of five service members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan war zone have families…