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  Here’s Why Dallas Is Finally Gaining Recognition as a Food Destination

  October 22 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas is enjoying a wave of national recognition for its blossoming food scene, highlighted by a feature in Bon Appétit magazine naming us the restaurant city of the year. The local reaction to all that attention is starting to reveal an interesting divide. In my experience, most diners and younger...

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  Only Thing Weirder Than a Trump Rally Is the Pre-Show

  October 21 at 4 a.m.

  Big-time political rallies, more than anything, are about waiting. Doesn't matter if the crowd is there to see a Republican or a Democrat, the president or the next big thing, they're going to wait. To park, to get to the door, to get through the door and security, to find...

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  Your Guide to Getting Caught Up on RHOD Season 4

  September 18 at 4 a.m.

  Happy hump day. It is Wednesday. The third episode of season 4 of The Real Housewives of Dallas airs tonight. Isn't that exciting? Have you seen the first two episodes yet? A bunch of white women get mad at one another and they drink and do funny stuff. Oh, man...

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  Dallas Writer José Ralat Talks about His New Gig as Texas Monthly Taco Editor

  September 10 at 9:30 a.m.

  In 2013, Texas Monthly ignited a culinary revolution — and created national headlines — by hiring Daniel Vaughn as a full-time “barbecue editor.” Now they’re doing something similar again. José Ralat, the Oak Cliff-based taco writer who’s contributed to the Dallas Observer, D Magazine, Texas Highways, Eater Dallas and Cowboys...

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  Violence in Media: The Longtime Scapegoat for Society’s Failures

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  For someone who enjoys saying he's not just another politician, President Donald Trump sure sounds like one when he talks about violence in movies and video games. He cites it as a contributing factor to gun violence, dating back to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. "We must stop the...

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  Newfangled Magic: Time-Based Media at the Dallas Museum of Art

  August 28 at 4 a.m.

  Suppose that you are standing before a painting hanging on a wall. Perhaps you’ve been observing the painting for ten seconds and you’re about to move onto the one beside it; perhaps you've been entranced by the painting for ten minutes, maybe even an hour. It does not matter. Regardless...