Most people arrested and imprisoned in the United States are assigned lawyers to help them navigate the legal process. Not so for immigrant detainees facing deportation. The proceedings are civil, but many people are detained while their cases wend through immigration court. Some detainees find lawyers through nonprofits such as…
Innocence Project Freakin’ incredible: Incredible! Absolutely incredible! (“Chains of Evidence,” by Glenna Whitley, August 2.) No wonder we are headed down a path of destruction. We will soon be a Third World country. If that makes you mad, GOOD! Because you might step up and do or say something to…
A couple of weeks ago, my father, who by all accounts is a reasonable man despite an unusual enthusiasm for pinto beans and windbreaker jackets, was mowing the lawn. It was sunset in the outskirts of the quiet Arlington sub-suburb of Mansfield. My father, a land developer, was dutifully clipping…
A film snippet showing a California preacher boasting about his opulent lifestyle on 20/20 has dunked ABC and correspondent John Stossel in hot water, thanks to Dallas-based religious watchdog Ole Anthony and the Trinity Foundation. Not only was the network forced to air a retraction, the preacher has filed a…
SAN ANTONIO—Yesterday a backup quarterback. Tonight the lead singer. Don Meredith serenaded a nation with “Turn Out the Lights,” Troy Aikman recorded the forgettable “Oklahoma Nights” and we can only assume Roger Staubach hummed some Pat Boone tune while saving babies from burning buildings. But Tony Romo? Never has a…
Usually when I get e-mails about facials, I herd them over to the spam folder and try not to look at any attachments, but I figured the one headlined “24k Gold” was probably safe, unless somebody built the Bionic Man and forgot to tell me. Luxury On Lovers, which is,…
I have translated this page from Portuguese to English, but I fear it will not help. Suffice it to say, it has something to do with Dirk Nowitzki: “Set free Nowitzki to dispute Eurocopa.” As in, The best player of season 2006/07 of the NBA was set free to dispute…
In this week’s Buzz, which should appear online shortly, we take a brief look of some of the “truthy” — i.e. bullshit — arguments being made by proponents of the Trinity toll road. Let’s cut through the crap and get some hard facts, Buzz suggests: If voters reject a highway…
Earlier this year, there were plenty of stories about Hanan Ibrahim and her four children — ages 15, 14, 8 and 5 — being imprisoned at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor. Arrested in November in their Richardson apartment, the Palestinian family was kept in “the prison” –…
Big news this morning from the Dallas Opera: Karen Stone, the general director, is leaving after four years on the job. Why? “To pursue other opportunities,” of course. Though this is what Stone, who came to Dallas from the the Theaters of Graz in Austria, says in the press release…
Local artist Robin Ann Walker’s painting — which, I believe, is titled Skyscape — will hang in a Ritz-Carlton suite. I am officially fascinated (right on the arm, said Groucho Marx). I’ve always wondered about folks who paint hotel-room art, and this morning I’ve discovered one — who lives right…
How did it take so long for this to finally show up? Richie, you wanted video evidence of Tony Romo performing with Metal Skool at The Palladium in June? Well, here it is, crappy audio quality and all. If this doesn’t get you ready for tomorrow night’s pre-season game against…
Effin’ PETA. We’re suckers, really. They always promise naked, but seldom deliver; this is, like, the fourth time we’ve pimped an appearance by their so-called “sexy activists,” and no doubt this time we’ll also get reports that it was nothing but a big ol’ boring nothin’ at all. But we’ll…
So, you wanna know how to get into the 74th Annual Dallas Observer Music Awards. It’s simple: Just show up to the Granada Theater well before 8 p.m. on August 14, and a ticket will be waiting for you at will call. Yes, you. But, see, that assumes we won’t…
Bryan Wakeland just called. First thing he asked: “You remember me?” Well, uh, yeah, sure — drummer for Tripping Daisy and Polyphonic Spree, right? Right. Been a long time since we last spoke, I guess. Anyway, Wakeland was calling with some news of his very own: He’s got a solo…
Chef David Gilbert, late of Luqa Chef David Gilbert is gone from Luqa. The 2007 Rising Star chef follows in the footsteps of Luqa executive sous chef Grant Morgan, who is now executive chef at Hotel ZaZa’s Dragonfly, filling the slot Marc Cassell opened. Word is that Luqa and its…
So, turns out it was Dave Walbert who posted to YouTube all those Deep cuts last week; so said Jeff Liles, and so confirmed Walbert when reached in Austin by Unfair Park. Turns out, yeah, he shot all those now-broken-up bands at all those now-shut-down clubs years back, just because…
For some reason, TMZ.com this morning has a problem with a picture of Erykah Badu, taken during a Sunday-night show in Miami. “Erykah Bad-Do,” get it? But a local springs to Badu’s defense: sure, miss badu is a freak. i live in dallas, and she pretty much does and says…
Can you pick the Spanish-speaker in this public service announcement? Hint: It’s not the two white guys, who seem much more comfortable here. –Robert Wilonsky…
A few sportsy items, in no particular order. First, from that venerable sports authority known as The New York Sun comes this story about how Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson’s job is on the line this season; “Johnson Must Succeed To Avoid Texas Boot,” reads the head, and, like,…
In our ongoing series of embarrassing presidential wanna-bes’ pics, here’s Mitt Romney using Exergen’s infrared thermometer, which has been deemed unsafe by Dallas docs for use on athletes. Last month, The American College of Sports Medicine published a study that said infrared thermometers are no danged good when it comes…
This just in from Perez Hilton: The gossip blogger (and ruler of the free world, or whatever he’s calling himself today) picked up a blog from KISS-FM deejay Billy the Kidd’s official MySpace page. There, the jock talks about what a heinous bitch Avril Lavigne is/was/will always be. So writeth…
