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The Real Ground Zero
On Feb. 9, 2001, two American civilians (no doubt big George Bush presidential campaign contributors) were permitted to take the USS Greenville (a 7,000-ton...
Wilkes-Barre the Door!
Journalists at the The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre breathed a misguided sigh of relief when Fort Worth's Richard Connor and a group of investors...
Grasshopper, Clubhopper
A famous Zen proverb says: "You are where you are." In Clubland, a similar adage holds true: "The party is where you are."
Seriously. With...
Super Target
A blue-collar neighborhood that has long been fighting against the Cultural District’s upscale development boom won a round at City Hall recently. Just as...
Loss of (Money) Down
When the We-Love-You-Jerry proponents of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington made their case for sales tax dollars to be used for the...
Lionizing Lone Star Art
At first glance, it’s simply a painting of a black gardener in overalls and floppy hat, tin cup dangling from his fingers, a gentle...
Sayonara to SAM
When Southside Area Ministries shut down at the end of May, all of the office furniture was donated to Berry Good Buys, where it...
Hold That Call
There is not one ounce of longing for the good old days in my head. Because when I think back to Pacer cars and...
Doggin’ the Cats
Baseball is as American as apple pie, assuming the pie is stuffed with ster-oids, amphetamines, and gold-digging groupies in addition to apples. But how...
Cell-Blocked
For Tarrant County Commissioner J.D. Johnson, receiving about $15,700 in campaign contributions from one group over the last three and a half years ain’t...
