Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, right, waves adios to all the folks leaving the Episcopal Church because of her. On November 4, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will become the world’s first woman primate in the Anglican Communion. When Schori was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church earlier this year, conservatives…
Lisa Bevere knows all about church ladies. Now isn’t that special? (Sorry.) We all have our church-lady stories. Here’s mine: I knew a woman of Amazonian stature who loudly extolled the virtues of Marabel Morgan’s 1973 best-seller, The Total Woman. Her single unforgettable feature was an enormous brown beehive that…
On October 9 we reported that the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Division has sent Letters of Inquiry to all 77 stations mentioned in the Center for Media and Democracy’s study, Fake TV News, concerning TV stations whose newscasts have used video news releases without identifying them as, well, press releases…
The ugly lawsuit between the owner and creator of the MADI Museum in Uptown has been settled. I know, you can breathe now. Seemed like every day, or every hour, in May we were running items about the federal lawsuit involving artist Volf Roitman and the MADI Museum. Maybe you…
Me, I’ve been opposed to every Bond election since Sean Connery stepped down. But I do think Daniel Craig is an interesting choice. Dallas’ Only Daily is in the midst of running one of its occasional series of stories, with this particular package aimed at explaining (and, let’s face it,…
Dunno if you’ve heard the story about Watauga Department of Public Safety officer Jason Reddick: He was fired in May “for having racial innuendos and sexual content on his MySpace Web page,” says the Fort Worth-Star Telegram, and reinstated on Tuesday due to a procedural error in his dismissal letter…
It was over a nice seafood lunch at Pappadeaux that I was introduced to the world of grills. The specially molded pieces of jewelry worn on the front teeth, popular among Southern rappers for years, were now hitting the big time: suburban malls, I was informed by my dining partner,…
Didn’t even know Dean Karnazes was in town did you, fat ass? I’m talking to you, Mrs. Gawd-I’m-sitting-in-the-Starbucks-drive-thru-for-19-minutes-waiting-for-two-muffins-and-a-triple-latte-prayin’-I-make-it-home-for- The-View. And you, Mr. I’m-stopping-for-a-dozen-wings-and-a-pitcher-of-beer-but-I’ll-text-you-later-from-my-BlackBerry-before-nestling-into-the-butt-groove-of- my-couch-for-three-hours-of-pizza-‘n-Cowboys. Damn, people. Y’all are so busy having seconds and helping Dallas to fourth on this year’s Men’s Fitness list of America’s fattest cities you don’t even…
The sound of gunfire broke the calm of a clear, cold February morning just a few hours before dawn. Rushing through the breezeway of a southeast Dallas apartment complex, the thief yelled in vain for help. The first two bullets struck him in the back, slicing through his ribs and…
Last spring, an idea Jesse Garcia had kicked around with colleagues for months suddenly seemed urgent. Controversy was mounting over a U.S. House bill that would make felons of illegal immigrants and those who offered them services, and President Bush was calling for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. As…
The Reverend Peter Johnson is a civil rights activist and former confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. who spoke at an anti-Iraqi war protest at Bush’s ranch in Crawford. Ken Mayfield is a Republican county commissioner who regularly spars with the lone African-American on the commissioners court, John Wiley Price,…
Missed the Target Don’t shoot the judge: Glenna Whitley does an excellent job of character assassination in her article “Undue Process” (October 5). The only problem: She shot the wrong person. Regardless of any assessment of the strength of his/her case, there is no lawyer in his right mind who…
During the W’s grand opening a few months ago, Craft owner Tom Colicchio gave us this invaluable piece of advice: “Rum in the summer, bourbon in the winter.” Or both, always. Hi, it’s me, your resident TiVo junkie and reality-show fanatic. Yeah, call me shallow, but to my credit, I…
John Carona loves David Dean. And David Dean loves him right back. Seems not everyone’s as appalled by David Dean’s lobbying contract with the city as the mayor and council member Mitchell Rasansky. Today, Texas Senator John Carona posted on Harvey Kronberg’s The Quorum Report a heated defense of Dean’s…
Shortly after we posted the item below concerning the mysterious $20 bill from David Dean that wound up in the city council horseshoe this morning, Mayor Laura Miller responded with her thoughts about what’s turning into a nasty, messy situation. This is what she has to say in an e-mail…
That David Dean sure does know how to stick it to Mayor Laura Miller. First, the lobbyist who’s gotten a cool mil from the city to lobby for the Trans-Texas Corridor since 2004 got his CPA to send an open records request at the end of last week in which…
For some the defining question is, “Where were you when JFK was shot?”; for others it’s, “Where were you when Challenger exploded?”; for others it’s, “Where were you when you lost your virginity?”or even “Where were you when O.J. rode in that white Bronco?” (For the record, my answers are:…
Some dude named Zac Crain, who’s apparently running for mayor (that can’t be right), sends this missive concerning yesterday’s posting about the Republican National Congressional Committee allegedly pulling a million-dollar ad campaign for Waco-area U.S. House of Representatives candidate Van Taylor that was scheduled, or not, to appear on Dallas…
Peter Calvin One of our fave MP3 blogs kinda, sorta suggests today that an old Bobby Patterson song sounds familiar–if you’re a fan of Ethopian soul music of the 1970s. Here’s a local music grab bag for your consideration. Today, one of the best MP3 blogs out there, Said the…
I recently got an e-mail from Quinn Eaker, the subject of my story on the “unschooling movement.” He’s a delightful young man and is always off on an adventure. Eaker, who has lived homeless in Hawaii and learned to dumpster dive, is back in Colleyville, living at home with his…
As the November elections approach, immigration has been pushed up to the top tier of voter concerns and political agendas. (If you’ve been snoozing, Kinky Friedman reportedly said he’d declare martial law on the border, while Carole Keeton Strayhorn said she’d call out the Texas Rangers, though during the recent…
Brad Ball was in charge of selling The Iron Giant. Couldn’t. Then the Iron Giant squished him and sent him to Dallas’ Moroch ad agency. The best movie of the summer of 1999 was The Iron Giant, which about 328 people saw in theaters. It has rightfully accured a reputation…
