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  Fair Park Demons Just Never Rest. Some Predictions, Paranoid or Paranormal.

  August 20 at 4 a.m.

  One moment please while I adjust my tinfoil hat. I hate it when the antenna tilts sideways like this. OK, got it. I am coming to you from my special broadcast booth high atop Mount Paranoia. And let me tell you something: Paranoia is a tough job, but somebody’s got...

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  Honor Dead in Italy Bridge Collapse. Demand Bridge Answers Here.

  August 16 at 4 a.m.

  This is not a column predicting that the two cable-stayed bridges jointly called the Margaret McDermott Bridge over the Trinity River near downtown Dallas are going to collapse like the catastrophic bridge failure in Genoa, Italy, Tuesday. But it is a column noting disturbing parallels. First is bridge design. A...

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  Disgraced Councilman Caraway Zapped to Eerie Twilight Zone

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  This is too spooky. They erased Dwaine Caraway. The very recently former Dallas City Council member’s name and image were expunged from City Hall the night after he pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges last week. Name plaque on the horseshoe dais in the council chamber: SCRAPE! Gone! Portrait in...

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  To Those Who Supported Dwaine Caraway So Generously: Gee, Thanks

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  This is a letter from Jim Schutze to: 42 Deep Ellum, LP, Al Rousan & Wared Corp, Clarence & Gina Anderson, Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ashton, Victor Ballas, Jackie Bewley, Mason Brown III, Comerica Inc. Political Action, Louis Corna, Trammell Crow, Dallas Citizen Council, Dallas...

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  Maybe Letter Grades for School Districts Should Be From Greek Alphabet

  August 9 at 4 a.m.

  There must be some ancient instinct buried somewhere in our Cro-Magnon genetic roots that makes people start squealing and whining like they’re going to die if you dare suggest there might be something wrong with their kids. And not just their own kids but kids who are in their care...

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  Council Decides Today on Paying for a Racketeering Defense for Caraway

  August 8 at 4 a.m.

  Today the Dallas City Council goes into closed-door executive session, away from the eyes and ears of the taxpayers, to decide if the taxpayers should pick up the tab for the legal defense of City Council member Dwaine Caraway, who has been accused in a lawsuit of racketeering. Get out...