Jerry Jones is an ego-maniac. A cold-blooded, bottom-line businessman. A ruthless competitor hell-bent on acquiring the biggest, baddest toys on the planet. And, lest I forget, a friggin’ genius. Exhibit A is yesterday’s announcement of the pricing for about 50,000 reserved, season-ticket seats at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in…
On Monday, the state of Texas will begin a series of hearings that will determine what members of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints sect must do to be reunited with their children, who were seized during the April 3 raid of the Yearning For Zion ranch. By that time, the…
Really, this is just a post for the 4-year-old who lives in my house. Alas, though, there is a decent local connection, as Arlington resident and Star Wars Super Collector’s Wish Book author Geoffrey T. Carlton is selling on eBay his Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Game, which he bought to…
PBC minister Joe Barron That was awful quick: Prestonwood Baptist Church has all but eradicated the name Joe Barron from its Web site — and with good reason, as today the Bryan-College Station Eagle has the news that the 52-year-old Barron, listed as a Minister of Married Adult III on…
Days after Farmers Branch voters handed Tim O’Hare a mandate to enforce immigration laws — or at least try — and Carrollton voters replaced Don Henley’s fiancée with O’Hare of the dog that bit you, folks and leaders along Texas’ southern border seem to feel a bit differently. They’re more…
Brian Loncar Editor’s note: When I posted this item this morning, it appeared as though no one was seriously injured in last night’s accident. Clearly, that has changed, as evidenced by the updates I have posted throughout the day, and the tone of the original item is no longer appropriate…
One of Stop Him Now’s features is a cartoon titled “The Oval Office,” in which Barack Obama’s been elected president — a “scary peek,” says the site. Looks like Richard Collins, Dallas businessman and Republican moneybags, has decided to steer his swift boat in another direction: The man who’s poured…
CNN James Lee Woodard, getting a driver’s license after 27 years in prison Speaking of local news stories getting national attention this a.m., CNN follows in 60 Minutes’ footsteps with a story about James Lee Woodard, who was released from prison on April 29 after serving 27 years for a…
We began the week with news of Bryan Adams High School outfitting chronic truants with Global Positioning System monitors, which lead to a heated, inevitable debate over their use. And it hasn’t ended: Yesterday, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation ran a lengthy segment on the devices’ use at…
Where’s Greggo? Would you believe sitting beside Mike Doocy come Sunday night? If you think Terrell Owens was just sooo believable and charming in his sit-com acting debut. If you can’t wait to see Greg Williams again. If you want proof why I became a writer instead of a TV…
Allegedly drunk Parkhill Junior High substitute teacher Thomas Brownlee, meet David Letterman. –Robert Wilonsky…
As mentioned in yesterday’s wrap-up of the big convention center hotel vote, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway made a motion to amend the item right after council member Vonciel Hill’s motion to divide it narrowly failed. Caraway proposed changing the date for final approval of the land purchase from…
Had no idea we were smack dab in the middle of Texas Tourism Week — but, yup, so says Gov. Haircut, who’s sent the missus out to promote the state to the rest of the U.S. and A. with “a mobile, high-tech, interactive exhibit that uses the latest techniques in…
A heapin’ helpin’ of huzzahs and mazel tovs are in order today for two Dallas Observer staffers: Megan Feldman and Alexander Flores. Both are among the finalists in the 13th annual AltWeekly Awards, which will be handed out by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies during the first week of June…
Man, I never thought I’d say this, but I kinda liked Steve Blow’s and James Ragland’s little dialogue on race this past week in The Dallas Morning News. Of course, the bar there is set pretty low — at least they weren’t writing about their love of Luby’s. I’m not…
Steiner + Associates This rendering of Glorypark’s about as close as you’ll get to the real thing for a long, long while. Just nine days ago, the new CEO for the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau — Jay Burress, still a senior veep at Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau for…
Because, really, what in the wide world of sweating is more Dallas than Inspa’s “L.E.D. Sauna Room”? The New York Times on Sunday reviewed the swanky Inspa — better known as “A Funhouse Floating in a Korean Spa,” located in Queens. And why should that peak Dallasites’ interest, given it’s…
Ruth Sharp Altshuler Now, Ruth Sharp Altshuler for the defense. In this week’s subscription-only Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dr. Ken’s missus weighs in on behalf of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s prez, Dr. Kern Wildenthal, who, as you no doubt recall, has been pro’d and con’d to death in the mag’s pages…
One more time for all the old times. I was wrong. And, perhaps for one last night, the Dallas Stars were right on. Stars 3, Red Wings 1 needed its share of luck. Detroit hit a post early and had a goal disallowed via a horrible call. But give Dallas…
“For the Kids!” by Jim Schutze, May 8 Do the Math It would be totally irresponsible to provide additional money for DISD when they can’t provide an adequate reporting of their current financial status. With the school board members having their business mixed in with the district’s business, I have…
There are those gullible enough, stubborn enough and warped enough to believe the Dallas Stars can rally to defeat the Detroit Red Wings. Hillary Clinton. DISD bookkeepers. Guys convinced that chicks actually go to bars with bacon in their purses. For the rest of us—the Stars included—reality and resignation formed…
Fairly mediocre: So last week, D magazine executive editor Tim Rogers and The Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow got into a blog squabble over whether the Morning News is being forthcoming enough in its reporting about city plans for a convention center hotel. Belo Corp., owner of WFAA and,…
