Deion Sanders Is 86 Percent Impaired, Workers Comp Claim Says

Deion Sanders, who has accused other NFL athletes of faking their head injuries for money, is cognitively impaired, four doctors have determined. Sanders has had no problem using his pedestal as a Hall of Famer and television analyst to talk shit about other former NFL players suffering brain damage. “The…

Esquire: The Right Hates Obama Like Dallas Hated JFK

Dallas will never be able to completely escape blame for killing JFK. There’s simply too much documentation of how reactionary hate-mongering gripped the city. Esquire’s Charlie Pierce dredged up one of those documents yesterday, a leaflet distributed in the streets of Dallas on the day of the assassination. Except that…

UT Dallas Is Home to America’s First Muslim Fraternity

Alif Laam Meem — or, for those who prefer fraternities to go by a Greek acronym, Alpha Lambda Mu — first blipped across the national radar this past spring when they attended Mayor Mike Rawlings’ anti-domestic-violence rally outside City Hall. A photo the group posted to Facebook showing members holding…

Gas-Industry Funded Report Says Fracking Made You $1,200 Richer

Is the gas industry mature enough to have a serious discussion with the American public about hydraulic fracturing, one that explores the benefits of domestic natural gas drilling but also carefully considers methane leaks, groundwater contamination, earthquakes and other potential risks that peer-reviewed research has linked to fracking activity? Fracking…

Barrett Brown Agrees to Stop Talking to the Media

When federal agents raided local hacktivist Barrett Brown’s apartment last fall, throwing him in prison for what could wind up being the rest of his life, they succeeded in shutting him up for about a day. Soon, however, he was scribbling letters from prison claiming the FBI had broken his…