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I’m trying to make sense out of a city report, presented to a city council committee yesterday, that driving less will cut greenhouse gas emissions and make this a better place to [...]
12 Jun 2012
As further proof that nothing really new ever happens in life or politics, check out this vintage cartoon the DMN’s Robert Wilonsky stumbled across in the DMN archives. It sh[...]
08 May 2012
I miss writing about the Trinity tollroad. Since Mayor Park Cities’ departure, it has hardly come up. But, bless his heart, Mayor Rawlings has decided to feed my jones. Today[...]
02 May 2012
Robert Wilsonsky with the Observer and Rudy Bush with the DMN have been talking about this latest Dallas Citizen’s Council video, touting all of the great things happening he[...]
08 Dec 2011
This is not surprising. The retail space at the southwest corner of West Davis and Polk is going to be a “beer store.” It looks like there’s still quite a bit of [...]
03 Nov 2011
We’ve already been posting lots of tidbits about the State Fair, which officially opened today. Here’s a round-up of what you may have missed: Editor Rachel Stone linke[...]
30 Sep 2011
The Dallas Morning News recently reported that Houston-based Spec’s, which sells beer, wine, liquor and specialty foods, will open stores in Dallas by the end of the year. Th[...]
28 Aug 2011
Get this: The United Nations World Food Programme has a nonprofit website that features super easy quizzes – for every question you answer correctly, 10 grains of rice will b[...]
05 Aug 2011
So you see a not-so-fun Facebook status update and what do you do? Fast Company has this list of reasons why the social network giant should create a “dislike” button i[...]
29 Jul 2011
It’s been a long week, hasn’t it? Run your mouse over this picture and just sit back and enjoy the pretty colors.[...]
22 Jul 2011
The legendary wizard saga that is Harry Potter has reached its end. Die-hard fans caught the first showing at midnight last night while other showtimes are presumably selling out f[...]
15 Jul 2011
No, I’m not asking how good you are at breaking the law and putting other people’s lives in danger. But the New York Times has an online test designed to gauge your abi[...]
08 Jul 2011
