Is it time to see if he can save us? I’m not surprised the Cowboys got their ass kicked today. Doesn’t mean I’m not madder than Mike Singletary about a 21-point loss that felt more like 41. The dismal performance in the Meadowlands doesn’t exactly belong on this list, but…
Patrick Michels Foreign policy, the economy, the Dallas real estate market — there was much to discuss.First Lady Laura Bush teamed up with the Jonas Brothers Sunday, helping dozens of Dallas sixth-graders sort dirt and spread seed at the new Trinity River Audubon Center. The event was a commemoration of…
With early voting wrapping up yesterday, we contacted Kirk McPike, Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s campaign manager and number-cruncher for local Democrats, for the latest on what the party is forecasting. He says Democratic-aligned precincts in general are outvoting the trends in terms of percentage of the vote from 2006 when the…
Yesterday, Vince Leibowitz posted to Burnt Orange Report a flier Republican Bill Keffer sent to would-be voters in Texas House District 107 in East Dallas, in which he attempts to link his opponent, Democratic state Rep. Allen Vaught, to some scary-looking dudes. You can see what Leibowitz brands the “racist…
Josh Howard and the All-Star gala were fantastic. Rest of the night? Bum-mer. Web Ed Patrick Michels has the facts and photos from last night’s big NBA 2010 All-Star Game announcement shindig. Leaves it up to me, I guess, just to fill in some blanks: *For some reason, seeing Mark…
Sam Merten In true lawyerly fashion, Tom Perkins knows nothin’ ‘bout nothin’. If you thought we couldn’t possibly have left anything of interest out of Tuesday’s lengthy post regarding last week’s city council meeting, there’s one tidbit we’ve been following. Turns out Mayor Leppert kept council member Mitchell Rasansky from…
Its passing has thus far gone without much mention, but after 13 seasons, Fox is firing poor ol’ Hank Hill and canceling King of the Hill, created by former Garland resident Mike Judge and set just outside of Dallas, of course, in the fictional ‘burb of Arlen. (Favorite episode? The…
Peter Calvin Laura Miller, planting one on Billy Jack Ludwig way back in the day There was another notable death mentioned in The Dallas Morning News today, though you’d be forgiven for missing it, as it received but a single line in the paid-for obits buried in Metro: Kenneth Ludwig,…
Barack Obama’s already a better shooter than Avery Johnson. Here’s hoping he’s a better leader. Although, I admit, we’d have more fun with Palin As President? – Richie Whitt…
U.S. Geological Survey This map of The Great North Texas Quake of ’08 is referred to as “intensity.” Which is, like, intense. In the comments to the morning’s first cup, former Dallas Morning News-er Bill Marvel suggests the following may be responsible for the morning’s wake-and-shake in Irving and the…
Mark Graham Fred Baron After the jump, Frank Stevenson II, president of the Dallas Bar Association, offers a statement concerning the death of Dallas attorney and Democratic Party fundraiser Fred Baron, who yesterday succumbed at the age of 61 to multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the plasma cell. It…
On Politico.com this morning, Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Matt Drudge’s post concerning the campaign’s giving The Dallas Morning News — along with the New York Post and The Washington Times — the heave-ho from the campaign plane. Says Burton: “We’re trying to reach as many swing voters that we…
See, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I’ve recently received several emails curious in Live 105.3 talk-show host Russ Martin. Not in his “situation” per se – we’ve already covered that from incident to indictment – but more so in the fallout, if any, from his July arrest and…
Patrick Michels If the tall guy stays healthy, this old crew just might have a shot. Jerry Jones is fast becoming the Kevin Bacon of the sports world, laying down intricate, unlikely connections to absolutely everyone who ever made a buck off some other guy throwing a ball. A few…
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Maybe we oughta turn Virtual Coffee — that’s right, isn’t it? — over to Dallas Independent School Board trustee Carla Ranger; this makes three posts in three days, fancy. But you knew this one was coming following last night’s board of trustees vote to…
Over the last couple of days, three of Dallas’s wealthiest GOP supporters have been pumping big bucks into the Republican Party of Texas’s piggy bank in an effort to keep them Dems outta the House. On Monday, Harlan Crow kicked in $50,000 — or half of what Harold Simmons deposited…
Sam Merten Still not sure what I’ll wear for Halloween, but I’ve ruled out this costume so far. The first sip: Happy Halloween — and, speaking of, earthquakes in the DFW? Maybe Irving and Grand Prarie are going as Los Angeles this year. Me, I was thinking of dressing as…
Disgustingly frightful. But no way he cracks our list. Just got home from Rockets 112, Mavs 102 at American Airlines Center. Plenty of ghouls, goblins and freaky occurences at the joint tonight. To wit, Jerry Jones at a basketball game. And the ManiAACs performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson’s…
At the Trinity River Audubon Center, no less. Either that, or I misread the press release we just received from The White House Office of the First Lady. Awfully smoky in here. Nope … that’s what it says — showtime’s at 1:30 p.m. Says the brief missive: “MRS. BUSH participates…
After the jump, courtesy the U.S. Attorney’s Office the story of Dallas’s Freddy Lee Foots, a 51-year-old today sentenced to more than 29 years for robbing an armed car — and using some of the loot to buy a used Mercedes. But the story does not yet have an ending:…
Say it ain’t so. It’s so, ain’t it? Picked up my Dallas Morning News this morning – Went into the driveway and physically picked it up. I’m a dinosaur, ridicule away. – pulled out SportsDay and had a bright idea. For Halloween I will dress as a newspaper. Nothing scarier…
Patrick documented the Giant Beach Balls bounced through downtown over the weekend. But this video just makes it more, I dunno, real. –Robert Wilonsky…
