Nathan Berg: UTD professor and protest singer We’ve mentioned University of Texas at Dallas associate economics professor Nathan Berg twice: in November of last year, when he co-authored the report Access to Grocery Stores and Food Security in Dallas for the J. McDonald Williams Institute; and in March of this…
On Tuesday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega is scheduled to drop by Thomas Jefferson High School — go, Patriots! — with a Very Special Guest, former President Bill Clinton. Looks like Noriega’s feeling pretty good about his chances against John Cornyn, who’s starting to sweat a little bit as…
Look what Tina Brown’s Daily Beast dragged in under the headline, “Governor Ann Richards has the last laugh.” –Robert Wilonsky…
Harold Simmons Took a while, but Harold Simmons finally got the nasty bang for the $2.9 million bucks he spent on those ads linking Barack Obama to William Ayers. Isn’t that right, Governor Palin? You betcha. And, as evidenced by The Daily Show only last night, former KXAS-Channel 5 weekend…
If, by chance, you’ve been withholding your vote till Esquire’s endorsement issue, then you’re in luck, as the November issue’s out now with its who-to-vote-fer list covering all 482 races nationwide. Among the locals getting a nod from the magazine: Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who, despite not having a “major-party opponent,”…
Richie discovered this photo over on the Dallas Stars’ Web site, and it irks him — something to do with Derian Hatcher, who wore No. 2 way back when. Richie’s also made the Mavericks jersey joke. Which just leaves me with this lousy headline. I’m totally fine with that. –Robert…
This is, alas, likely our last Rep. Jeb Hensarling item of the week, as, but an hour or so ago, the House of Representatives approved — and President Bush signed — the juiced-up bailout bill by a margin of 263 to 171. The Dallas Republican, who voted against the bill…
Patrick Michels New guy Patrick Michels went down to the Fairmont Hotel this morning, where, at 9:30 a.m., protesters began massing to cheer and jeer Gov. Sarah Palin, in Dallas today to raise money for the GOP. Three hours later, the pros and cons were still there, their shout-down separated…
Jeb Hensarling casting his vote against the $700 billion bailout bill. If you thought last night’s blowout victory in the Senate meant the bailout bill was going to pass the House without a fight … well, you probably didn’t, actually. Which is why this USA Today piece on Dallas’s Jeb…
Merrie Spaeth This morning, Salon, like every one else, is offering Joe Biden and Sarah Palin advice about how to conduct themselves during tonight’s vice-presidential candidate debate. Only, Salon’s quoting a local with substantial experience: longtime Republican operative Merrie Spaeth. As Salon notes today, the Dallas-based GOP strategist helped prep…
A mustache-loving Friend of Unfair Park sends along this note upon his return from lunch: I just sat near Karl Malone at Houlihan’s in Addison for lunch. Trying to figure out why he’s here, I came across this article about a possible comeback in Boston. With training camp ramping up,…
You say this is not Sarah Palin? Hunh, coulda sworn. This time around, the Canadians have asked SMU political science prof Cal Jillson — the print journalist’s go-to guy for all things political — for his preview of Thursday night’s veep debate, wherein Joe Biden will try not to say…
Rep. Jeb Hensarling By now, you’re no doubt aware that the House voted against the $700-billion bailout, with several prominent Texas Republicans voting against the president. Among those leading the charge: Dallas’ Jeb Hensarling, who, as the debate began on the House floor, called the plan one that would put…
State Rep. Tony Goolsby, former Unfair Park-er Matt Pulle just called you a chicken, because you refuse to debate Democratic challenger Carol Kent. And because you and your people won’t call Matt back — which, when you think about it, “makes sense,” Matt writes. “If you’re afraid to be seen…
Two days before Washington Mutual became the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, board member Tom Leppert received more than 2,000 shares of WaMu stock, increasing his holdings to more than 21,000 shares. The price listed on the SEC filing — from yesterday — of $3.20 per share valued his…
But, seriously, who’ll be his running mate? Randy Galloway? The BBC News blog Talking America today has an interview with James Meredith, the first black student ever to enroll in the University of Mississippi back in 1962. The reason for the interview is that Ole Miss is located in Oxford,…
Today, Penguin Press will publish Pulitzer Prize-winner Barton Gellman’s Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, which, according to the Washington Post writer’s Web site, “describes a man of deep conviction and remorseless will who reshaped his office and his times.” Last night, Gellman was on The Daily Show, and he recounted…
Kimberlee Hewitt The Washington Post said it would happen, and it did: Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued Dick Cheney, insisting that the vice president comply with the Presidential Records Act that demands he release his all records, including his rare collection of klezmer 78s, following the…
Not to get too politicky on you today, but a couple people have breathlessly asked me, “Didja see Palin’s speech?!” In a word, notevenonesecond. But I did watch Venus vs. Serena and Rafael Nadal outlast Mardy Fish at the U.S. Open. Why? Because I’m more than a tad skeptical that…
Kay Bailey Hutchison For those who missed it yesterday, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy joined MSNBC’s Chuck Todd for a little Sarah Palin bashing they thought was off-mike. During their chat, Noonan, Ronald Reagan’s former speechwriter and a Wall Street Journal columnist, called John McCain’s decision to run with Sarah…
Cal Jillson Cal Jillson, political science prof at SMU, must have a Batphone in his office — that, or a cell-phone implant. Man’s quoted more often than the Bible, Mark Twain and The Big Lebowski combined. Just this week you can find him talking about local law enforcement groups’ endorsement…
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Took a while to find a Dallas connection to John McCain’s freshly announced running mate, first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but, bless The Wall Street Journal, there it is at the very bottom of a lengthy, just-posted profile: Gov. Palin’s judgment was called into question by…
