Earlier today, when word broke that Donna Micheaux was out the door as the Dallas Independent School District’s chief of schools, I asked Jon Dahlander if there was Official Comment concerning the surprising departure. Because it is surprising, at least on the surface: Micheaux, who was appointed chief administrative officer…
Along with the chart you see above, which celebrates (no, wait, that’s not the right word) our record-breaking 70th day of temperatures at or above 100, the National Weather Service directs our attention to the latest Drought Information Statement issued a few days ago. Long story short: The bad (“blistering…
Anna’s attending tonight’s town hall concerning the proposed zoning for the Sylvan Thirty development at Sylvan and Fort Worth Avenue; should be a good one, given the makeup of the panel that includes Brent Brown from the CityDesign Studio and Keith Manoy, head of transportation planning for the city. Till…
During his storied tenure here, Patrick Michels took a deep interest in the legal doings of Denton attorney Evan Stone, who’s filed dozens of cases in Dallas federal court involving thousands of John Does who Stone says are illegally downloading movies, most of ’em pornos. As Patrick wrote in his…
After a meeting last weekend of school power brokers — including UT president William Powers and OU grand poobah David Boren — it’s clear that Texas-OU Weekend will survive regardless of where the Longhorns and Sooners wind up in this chaotic restructuring of conferences. According to a source familiar with…
Marine Staff Sergeant Thinh Tran is unavailable to speak at the moment; he’s training in the California desert in advance of a deployment to Afghanistan. He is, by all accounts, out of the country often: In October 2009, for instance, he received orders he was to ship out for a…
Longtime Friends of Unfair Park are by now well aware of my lifetime obsession with the Texas International Pop Festival, held during Labor Day weekend in 1969 in a Lewisville field. The roster, put together by, among others, Angus Wynne, was legendary: Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Ten Years…
Yep, the Angels somehow lost to this laughable outfit again last night — Anaheim has given up the division by going 5-9 against the A’s — shoving the Rangers’ lead in the AL West up to 3 with 15 remaining and trimming their magic number to 13. Nelson Cruz should be off…
A week or so back, Politico reported that Rick Perry had reached out to Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one of America’s fiercest illegal-immigration foes and a constant innovator in the competitive field of Being a Total Dick. It seemed like a weird play at first, courting a guy under federal…
In the wake of his infuriating, game-losing Texas two-stub Sunday night in New York, Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo is in the middle of a familiar tug-o’-war. In this corner: Supporters who claim he’s an elite player who simply, spectacularly goofed up trying to aggressively make plays to seal the upset win for…
There are several items of interest and note on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board’s agenda for today, but let’s focus on two for now — the ones on the Operations Committee’s to-do list that’ll impact drivers of cars and riders of mass transit … well, the naughty ones, anyway…
We hear a lot about income inequality these days, as we do about our collectively clogged arteries. But it’s less often that we’re reminded of how one affects the other. A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal does just that, tracking the connection between cardiac arrest and income inequality…
It took Rebecca Rasor, director of the Trinity River Corridor Project, all of, oh, 15 minutes to walk the council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee through that PowerPoint we previewed this morning — you know, the one in which the U.S Army Corps of Engineers is demanding the city pay…
America is imploding, the world is ending, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Our limited mortal power, however, can slow the process by spreading Christianity — at least according to First Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress, who last night launched his 11-part series based on his forthcoming tome…
This just in from the National Weather Service:DFW Airport has reached 100 degrees today. This ties the record for most 100 degree days in a year (69 days). We should easily surpass this record tomorrow.Great. Swell. Awesome. Break out the … well, not water. That’d be a waste. Which reminds…
The council’s Transportation and Environment Committee is meeting at this very moment; tune in if you have absolutely, positively nothing better to do. That said: After our chat this morning, TxDOT spokesperson Cynthia Northrop White said that when she got back to the office, she’d pass along a better look…
While we await some call-backs, here’s a light-rock lunchtime-out courtesy England Dan and John Ford Coley, who all but the longest of longtime locals always seem to forget were W.W. Samuell Spartans before launching the Southwest F.O.B., dig? Seals died in March 2009, 30 years after the duo cut this…
One day Jason Witten will go into the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor. And likely the Pro Football Hall of Fame.But all we needed from him Sunday night in New York was a decent stiff-arm.Without one as a touchdown-generating exclamation point, the Cowboys collapsed in a kick-to-the-crotch, 27-24 loss to the…
Caught the tail end of Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s crime-stats presentation to the council’s Public Safety Committee, a sequel of sorts to his September 1 meeting with the media during which he projected an eighth straight year during which crime will drop in Dallas — a first, he said…
Perhaps you recall: During the NBA playoffs, some locals launched the site DirkSwish.com, where they sold the T-shirt you see at right — a rather popular tee, matter of fact, which sold for $19.99. Got some nice national pub, and the attention on The Ticket didn’t hurt either. Turns out,…
The much-anticipated movie Moneyball opens in theaters next week. Perhaps the Oakland A’s should insert Brad Pitt into their give-a-shit lineup, because he can’t be any worse than what they’re currently trotting out there. Didn’t see a lot of Texas 8, Oakland 1 Sunday because I was fixated on Jets…
Speaking of those new city council committees …This afternoon the Transportation and Environment Committee will meet for the first time since returning from summer break, and on its agenda you’ll find Transportation and Environment Committee Proposed FY 2011-12 Goals and Objectives. And high on the list of to-do’s is something…
