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 »

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 »

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 »

As we've discussed before, Gov. Rick Perry loves the death penalty. If he could, he'd swaddle it in the softest cashmere blankets and tuck it in every night, close to his hollow chest (where one's heart is usually located) but nowhere near his impeccable hair.

And the King of Texas would prefer… 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 »

I'm wholly unmotivated today, and was so productive this morning that I find myself slac, I mean, pacing myself this afternoon.

Which means you guys get a story.

This one begins late at night, in not Dallas. Everything outside of Dallas is country, you see, for miles. It's like Dallas ends, and/…

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In the span of two days, there have been two reports in the Dallas Morning News of children being neglected and abused by their parents.

Both sets of children were stomach-turningly betrayed by their parents. One group of children were starved and locked in a tiny motel bathroom for hours at a… Read full post »

This morning, via The Dallas City Hall Blog, I was directed to Pete's Place, where Pete Oppel takes on the possibility of expanding a ban on using cell phones while driving.

For one, I'm not sure where the budget deficit the city is suffering and it's need to hire more police comes… Read full post »

Not quite 20 days have passed since the TABC and the Fort Worth police department conducted a joint raid on the Rainbow Lounge, a newly-opened gay bar, on June 28. The raid sent one man to the hospital with a life-threatening brain injury, and left a community divided over whether the… Read full post »

You're going to hear a lot about the death of newspapers. You'll be reading a lot about companies like the Tribune Co. and McClatchy declaring bankruptcy or going into default.

And you're gonna wonder if maybe your college major should be in a more promising career field, like plumbing, Wal-Mart greet… Read full post »