Over the weekend, Newsweek and ProPublica co-published a piece that says, in short: The $6 billion the U.S. government has spent since ’02 training the Afghan police force has gone to waste, and the entire program — which has involved “buying weapons, building police academies, and hiring defense contractors to…
A month from tonight – that’s right, tonight – the NFL Draft will commence in prime for the first time. Currently with the 27th overall pick, what will your Dallas Cowboys do? A safety? Perhaps Southern Cal’s Taylor Mays or Texas’ Earl Thomas? An offensive lineman for when, not if,…
Just drove past this snow messiah, complete with crown of thorns, risen in front of Preston Hollow United Methodist on Walnut Hill Lane. Thought I’d share before He Is Melted…
My wife thinks Pete Delkus needs to lay off the Twitter, to which he posted an hour ago: “oh my gosh!!! the world is ending!!! snow in march in texas!!” No, Harold Taft would not be amused. Still, he had his revenge. The boy, incidentally, wanted to take some photos…
The Kessler Theater has yet to offer it formal how-do’s to W. Davis — remember, tomorrow night it throws open its doors — but already Jeff Liles has assembled an impressive concert calendar. And for this work week’s adios we need look no further than next Saturday’s Kessler lineup, featuring…
I’ve just returned from Dallas International Film Festival HQ, where, at this very moment, they’re discussing the sprawling Opening Night takeover of the Angelika Film Center, putting the finishing touches on panels and finalizing the ever-evolving guest list. That said, the fest has posted the complete (more or less) screening…
Our own Elaine Liner had a whole different flavor of Theater Jones moments ago on southbound John Carpenter Freeway near the Regal Row exit — right across the street from The Fan’s HQ, matter of fact. (And, no, it wasn’t Richie, far as I know.) As she remains stuck in…
John Lewis and Kevin Dean were among the first two to plead guilty, both to one count of extortion, in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption case — Lewis in March of last year; Dean, in June. When Lewis pleaded guilty, his attorney, Clint Broden, told Unfair Park his client…
Whilst researching something entirely unrelated this morning, I came across a lawsuit filed in Dallas federal court this week: Lacy v. Dallas Police Department. The complaint is entirely self-explanatory, save for the part about how DPD is now in possession of a time machine…
Last Friday, it was Jerry Bruckheimer’s The Chase shooting in and around Woodrow Wilson High School. This Friday, it’s Marc Webb’s Midland — the FOX pilot starring Adrianne Palicki (as the wife of a double-life-leading husband) and Jon Voight (as her everything’s-bigger-in-Texas paw) — taking over the neighborhood till at…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit held an employees-only Census 2010 rally yesterday, during which the agency’s president and exec director, Gary Thomas, told workers: “If we do not get a good accurate count from the region, funding local transportation projects will miss out.” At which point DART officials unveiled one of…
It was but 10 months ago we first told you about Edwin Cabaniss’s efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theater on W. Davis Street in Oak Cliff. How time flies, as tomorrow night it makes its formal bow with, among other events, James Bland’s A Photographic History of Music in Dallas…
Good Lord. Was it only last week that Conan O’Brien announced he was coming to McFarlin Memorial Auditorium on May 13? Feels like four years ago. Anyway. Didn’t take long for the 2,386-seat venue to sell out — a few hours, tops. Which doesn’t mean you can’t catch Coco at…
Thanks to Larry James, I just spent the better part of an hour getting better acquainted with the 8-year-old Process Access Dallas, a coalition of thousands of physicians and more than a dozen hospitals — and many, many more working under the auspices of the Dallas County Medical Society –…
We knew at the end of the last episode that this week’s America’s Next Top Model would start off with some nakedness. So it was really no surprise when silver-haired “TV personality” Jay Manuel told the girls to choose one article on the mannequin and be prepared to sell it…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have directed our attention to the WFAA weatherman’s latest forecast, sent via his Twitter account less than an hour ago: “snow is back in the forecast!!!! i’m not kidding!!!” Clearly, as evidenced by gratuitous use of exclamation points. Nonetheless, his tweet caused quite the four-lettered…
Los Angeles-based new geographist Joel Kotkin has long been high on Texas — and Dallas in particular. Maybe you saw, most recently: Back in September, he included Dallas and Houston on his list of World Capitals of the Future. Among the reasons, “these energy-rich cities have actually added jobs, spurring…
At last, the full schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival — which kicks off three weeks from today, so better late than never. We’ve already taken sneak peeks at the first 22 titles, which include Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money,…
OK. So, I just spoke with Maura Gast, head of the Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau, and sorry, but there won’t be any T-shirts or bumper stickers or posters available bearing “The Last Tailgate Party” logo. “I’ve got more bubble gum than I can chew,” she says, meaning: She’s busy…
My bracket’s still perfect. Yours? By tonight I can almost guarantee a blemish or three. If you want to talk trash, compare notes or buy me a pitcher of beer and some wings, come out to Hooters in Frisco tonight for the first of my six-stop March Madness tour…
Yesterday, The Orange County Register reported that a manufacturer of automotive fan clutches and transmission oil coolers is moving from California to Texas — Grapevine and Lewisville, to be exact — which will impact close to 100 workers, a majority of whom will be offered an opportunity to move to…
Impossible to retrace the myriad steps that led me here this morning: to The Official Texas Stadium Implosion Web site, where you’ll find a lengthy video shot inside the joint during Tuesday’s media show-and-tell. I must say: This is a logo I can get behind: The artwork’s playfully retro (like…
