As expected, Paul Quinn College is making good on its threat to take the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools all the way to federal court for tossing its accreditation. Two days after the SACS denied Paul Quinn’s appeal, the 137-year-old school sued the association in Atlanta federal court, claiming…
Earlier this month, Harvard economic pro Ed Glaeser wrote a series of pieces for The New York Times’s Economix blog in which he argued that a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston wouldn’t be economically viable. (Keep in mind, this was all hypothetical, since the Obama administration’s “Vision of…
Two weeks ago, at the last minute Mayor Tom Leppert — or was it City Secretary Deborah Watkins … or Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway? — added to the Dallas City Council’s agenda several controversial rules changes that were tabled the night before they were to be discussed. One of…
Random thoughts after a roller-coaster, thrilling, frustrating, sweat-stained best game of the Rangers’ season: *From 0-4 to 2-4 to 7-4 to 7-5 to 10-5 to 10-9, seriously, what a damn entertaining baseball game. *Elvis Andrus turns 21 today. His baseball IQ turns 219. *I watched the game at a bar, so…
We end the day where we began the day, if only because we’ve finally spoken with Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning the critical internal audit of the Adult Basic Education Program, funded last year with $3.7 million in grant money. We were expecting to post the audit…
Maybe you recall the story of Thomas Hannon, who was arrested by Dallas police officers in August 2007 on charges of possessing drugs and a weapon at a LBJ Freeway hotel. Hannon, of course, was guilty of no such thing: A videotape that surfaced just as he was set for…
Christopher Moore, the prof quoted in today’s paper about the physics of punting as it relates, to, oh, I dunno, low-hanging video screens in overwrought football domes, offers plenty more info on his blog concerning hang time and kicking angles; rrrrrrriveting stuff. But, for a moment, back to the Dallas…
So, yeah, one of the Jonas brothers was at the W Hotel in Victory Park yesterday guest-judging American Idol’s Dallas final auditions. Can’t recall which one — Joe, maybe? Nick? Gummo? Tito? Doesn’t matter. But this, er, news (?) has me significantly more interested: Reports E!, Neil Patrick Harris “is…
The furry fellow you see at right is Bill, my across-the-street neighbor’s 12-year-old cat who, sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, was chopped in half, his front quarters deposited in another neighbor’s front lawn. In a next-door neighbor’s front yard was the back half of a second cat, this…
How timely. Hours ago, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins rebuked The Dallas Morning News for saying he was “sitting on the sidelines” rather than investigating Dallas County Constables Derick Evans and Jaime Cortes’s “too-cozy” relationship with Dowdy Ferry Auto Service. Then, just moments ago, this invite to a 1:30…
Its been more than a month since word broke that the United States Postal Service was considering — or, rather, planning on — moving some operations out of the Dallas Main Post Office on I-30 to a facility in Coppell. Since then, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Mayor Tom Leppert…
I realize Pudge Rodriguez was brought here with the understanding he’d be a backup. But less than a week into his second coming, scuh-roo that! If starting Pudge throughout the three-game series against the Yankees that starts tonight in New York hurts Taylor Teagarden’s wittle feewings or momentarily thrwarts the…
We’ve said it before: Sooner or later, we’ll own a 7-Eleven location or just work at one. The Dallas-based convenience-store chain’s been making a concerted effort to expand since last summer, and it’s been reaching out to potential franchisees, including the wanna-be boss looking to take over an existing location…
For the last four years, the Texas Department of Transportation and the North Central Texas Council of Governments have been restricting big rigs from driving in the left lane along small sections of I-20 and I-30. And they’re delighted with the results of the pilot program: Dan Kessler, NTCOG assistant…
The Dallas Independent School District’s Adult Basic Education Program is available to all “adult learners and educationally disadvantaged adults in Dallas and Rockwall counties” who want to learn about, well, you name it — everything from English to math, computer skills to parenting skills. So says this 2007-2008 at-a-glance, in…
When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mavericks? The quest is to attach a Dallas/Fort Worth player to every…
On its Web site Friday, The Dallas Morning News ran an editorial concerning Dallas County Constables Derick Evans and Jaime Cortes’s “too-cozy” relationship with Dowdy Ferry Auto Service, which is towing thousands of cars under their watch without keeping track of what happens to them after they’ve been impounded. In…
Maybe you heard: George W. Bush stopped by Mustangs football practice this morning, where he told the team to “win one for Yom Kippur.” Thanks to the SMU media relations department for this end-of-the-day keeper. …
Is what you see above the future of Dallas? Don’t know. Hard to say. But, as we’ve said often in recent months, John Greenan (executive director of Central Dallas Community Development Corporation) and Brent Brown (founder of bcWORKSHOP) are determined to turn a parking lot behind Dallas City Hall into…
In May 2008, Oak Lawn Avenue-based Hambric Sports Management filed a breach of contract suit against pro golfer Anthony Kim, the University of Oklahoma star and Dallas resident who ditched Roscoe “Rocky” Hambric’s firm that very month for massive New York-based IMG. In December, Hambric’s actions more than suggested he…
Turns out, Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell was available to talk to us today, following the news that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools refused to reinstate the the 137-year-old institution’s accreditation. Not surprisingly, Sorrell was defiant in the wake of the decision: “When we went down this…
There are kinks to be worked out, yes. But in Friday’s victory over the Tennessee Titans the Dallas Cowboys showed that their team and their stadium just might be great – if not super – after all. 10. We can criticize Tony…
