Beth A.
- Location
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Bio
- Journalist. Editor. Bubble popper. Likes long walks on the beach and hand-crafted gym socks.
MY RECENT POSTS
- When the Line Is Blurred
October 21, 2010 10:50PM - When Sorry Doesn't Mean Sorry
June 30, 2010 01:50AM - Timetables and Game Shows
Don't Bring You Love
March 09, 2010 12:29PM - Dear Ben Roethlisberger:
March 09, 2010 11:22AM - How to Give Rick Perry a Run
for His Money
February 25, 2010 08:59PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “In Oklahoma, they DID
show up, but their tires were
slashed
while they
protested.…”
January 24, 2011 04:42PM - “I would vote for Zombie
Ann Richards.
Seriously.”
February 25, 2010 09:11PM - “Thanks Joe! It's always
a treat to read what you have
to
say.
For the
record, I f…”
December 31, 2009 01:00PM - “I'll type slower next
time, and use smaller words.
;) As for
the multi-named
room…”
December 31, 2009 11:42AM - “Lonnie, I want you to
win, even though I actually
got my
subject to eat the
pie,…”
December 30, 2009 11:53PM
Beth A.'s Links
- New list
- The Eleventy Billionth Blog
When the Line Is Blurred
A lot has been written and said about NPR's firing of Juan Williams, so much so that I hadn't planned on writing anything at all.
But then today two things happened: One, I finally got to hear more of the back story from NPR. Two, I had a longtime friend… Read full post »
When I was in fifth grade, I remember standing on the playground one day, near the back of the field, where honeysuckle and this one tree that always spewed sap grew. A fight had broken out, because one girl said another girl was ugly. Not just lowercase ugly, but the upper… Read full post »
Timetables and Game Shows Don't Bring You Love
I tried, really hard, to keep my opinions about the Bachelor franchise to myself. So many of my friends enjoy it, that it seemed like I was taking the whole thing too seriously.
Never mind the fact that I can't comprehend a world that finds getting a mate in front
… Read full post »Dear Ben Roethlisberger:
The first time you were accused of rape, I was willing to kinda give you the benefit of the doubt. You sounded so righteously indignant. The alleged victim had filed suit in civil court, instead of reporting the whole thing to the authorities.
But a second rape allegation? Listen, buddy,
… Read full post »How to Give Rick Perry a Run for His Money
Oh, Kay, I kept waiting for you to really call out your incumbent opponent for Texas governor - Rick Perry. Sure, you poo-poo'd his Trans Texas Corridor project, but you did it with all the useless venom of a lady whispering behind her hand about a companion's scuffed Manolo's.
… Read full post »You Might Not Shoot the Messenger, But the Victim? Fair Game
Monday, a woman left her home for a quick grocery run. It's something that happens every day, and by her own admission, something routine.
But the result of that trip to Whole Foods on Preston and Forest is both unroutine and sadly routine, for now she's being victimized twice -
… Read full post »New Year Resolve
I'm sitting in the office today, watching footage of this horrible, 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, a country that frankly needed another disaster like it needed the proverbial hole in the head.
It's a country that survived multiple hurricanes in the span of three weeks in 2008. It has one of
… Read full post »Live Blogging American Idol: The Audition Edition, Part 1
First, I need to say this: Ralph Macchio wants his head scarf back, Posh. Also, please answer the age-old question: Are you really asking what I think you're asking when, in the Spice Girls work of art, "If You Wanna Be My Lover," you say, "If you wanna be my… Read full post »
Fire A Coach? Check. Run for Senate?
A weird story just got weirder.
Let's face it - the Adam James/Craig James vs. Mike Leach story is weird. Nutty. Enough egg to go on everyone's faces, from the Texas Tech administration to whatever ESPN producer decided it would be OK to give Craig James a bully pulpit.
Bad juju… Read full post »
Kay Bailey Hutchison Didn't Really Just Say That, Did She?
Are you trying to lose the race for Texas governor, or do you really want to know if we'd like government-issued GPS units in our cars that can not only record "taxable miles" (whatever the what that is), but also give the state a whole lot of other information it… Read full post »
The First Time, It Was All Daddy Issues
Settle in, folks - it's storytime.
A long time ago (but not that long ago, because I'm not old at all ever no), my father sat down to watch a football game at approximately the same time my mother needed to go to the grocery store.
I was five, and… Read full post »
Texas Tech's Mike Leach. Where to start? I could start with the hairstyle that even Vince Gill, the originator, gave up several years ago. I could start with the insane pirate thing he came up with, or the "fat little girlfriends" comment.
But all that is quirky and harmless. But… Read full post »
Wherein a Vaguely Nauseous Feeling Settles In
I will admit - I have been a fairly vocal critic of the Dallas Morning News, the paper of record for my city. But I've never really talked about why, but today - upon learning something that left me with that day-after-four-Mambo-Taxis feeling - I feel as if I must.
… Read full post »Going To The Chapel
Last night, voters in Maine were narrowly in favor of repealing a law permitting same-sex couples to marry.
Ga
… Read full post »As we've discussed here before, Rick Perry is pretty damned insistent that he did not kill an innocent man. For a millisecond, it seemed like he might be right, because Cameron Todd Willingham's ex-wife said he confessed to her.
But she's a liar. Other places won't say it, but I will.
… Read full post »So it's like this. Bill Lively, president and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl 45 Host Committee, has this insane amount of money to raise. Like, $30 million.
And he and the rest of the committee members have been hitting the bricks for several months now. And they're really leaving
… Read full post »Today, we learned that the death penalty, on average, costs about $10 million more per year per state than life without parole, according to The Death Penalty Information Center.
So let's talk finances. Texas now has an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, a 22-year high. As people move
… Read full post »You'd think that someone who was once Texas' Attorney General would continue that tough on crime stance once he hits the majors. But Senator John Cornyn proved yesterday that cronyism and party mean more than justice.
For a little background, about four years ago KBR employee Jamie Jones was gang-rap… Read full post »
And the King of Texas would prefer… Read full post »
So...About That Death Penalty...
If Texas had eyes enough for all the blackening it deserves, surely one of those myriad swollen and discolored orbits would be its lengthy and greedy love affair with capital punishment.
So far, between 1982 and 2009, 440 people have been put to death. So far, 17 this year (we peaked… Read full post »
Now It's Just Getting Ridiculous
A buddy in the blogosphere just nudged me and asked why I hadn't posted anything about the newest proverbial twist in America's knickers - Obama's planned live address to students on Sept. 8.
In truth, it has a lot to do with the fact that I've been trying to adequately put… Read full post »
Not many people know, but Dallas is kind of fond of tearing buildings down. Some of them are crapholes, and should be torn down. Seriously.
Others, however, are allowed to become crapholes, and are demolished by neglect. And one currently being allowed to decay is a place that sh
… Read full post »I've been watching the health care debate unfurl in its myriads
of ugly ways, as we all have. People are screaming, that's clear -
but do they know what they're screaming about - or if the screaming
is necessary?
I understand - truly - the frustration. But I also know… Read full post »
Little-known fact: I like me some baseball. I do. I have been known to be a colossal pain in the ass to sit next to during a baseball game, because I tend to behave as if I could physically help propel a runner toward a base just by jerking my body… Read full post »
And so, we migrate.
Beth A.'s Favorites
Catherine Forsythe
Nick Carraway
Elizabeth Ross-Harrison
Alyssa Harelik
Lonnie Lazar
Judy BermanUpdates
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Celebrity Double
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Texas Court Rules There Is Probable Cause to Believe Former District Attorney Violated State Law in Michael Morton Prosecution
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Komen’s Nancy Brinker Should Explain or Step Down
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Stealing Rachmaninoff
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Chipotle bans customer on Facebook for having opinion
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Hit record
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Once Upon A Time, Fostering and Adoption
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Tick, Tick, Tick
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