OK, so that’s a bit of a stretch. Nonetheless, the latest issue of Time attempts to pinpoint exactly when it was Gerald Ford got his religion, and the closest it came come up with is a pre-game prayer service conducted by Gospel Films president Billy Zeoli in Washington, D.C., before…
How did the refs not call the Lakers’ late-game foul committed against Jason Terry last night? Oh, well. At least he didn’t fumble the ball. Rowdy West Coast fans. Banged-up home team playing without a couple starters but with a former MVP trying to lead his team back to the…
A hearty Monday-morning “mazel tov” to a couple of local(ish) legal blogs: Unfair Park faves Grits for Breakfast, Scott Henson’s statewide crime-and-punishment round-up, and Dallas public defender Mike Howard’s The Wretched of the Earth, which deals specifically with the Dallas criminal justice system’s treatment of the indigent. Both were honored…
Here it is: “New York Giants Defeat Dallas Cowboys When It Comes to Abortion.” Say wha? Says here Dallas Cowboys owner, prez and GM Jerry Jones gave a few thou to Planned Parenthood nine years back. Also says there that the Chicago Bears’ owner, Virginia McCaskey, gives dough to anti-abortion…
After the jump, a fan’s reenactment…
Unfair Park officially lays claim to this headline. Also, “Ro-No!” (Note to self: Sober up before posting to Unfair Park in the future.) –Robert Wilonsky…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins says he wants to get innocent people out of jail. Oddly, in Dallas County, this is a novel concept. On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn’t commit. Within…
Teresa Parker: the (former?) principal at Preston Hollow Elementary You remember Teresa Parker, right? She was the principal at Preston Hollow Elementary School — the one U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay said in his November 16 ruling had “unlawfully segregated [students] at Preston Hollow based on race and national origin”…
Word on the MySpace is that a bunch of grown-ups are going to drink tasty drinks (definitely, definitely not “adult” beverages, because that would be oh-so-illegal) in a park on Sunday afternoon and kick a big rubber ball around. Possibly talk some smack, with real curse words. Everything you wanted…
Richard Smith, pictured here with his wife and high-school sweetheart Amber, was killed outside Baghdad on New Year’s Day. He was 20. As we’ve mentioned twice before, on Christmas Day 29-year-old Spc. Aaron Preston, who was from Dallas, was killed in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his…
Earlier this week we had Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong telling Unfair Park that the paper was Rapturing the Religion section into the rest of the paper. Now, per the paper’s Religion blog, comes the adios announcement that will appear in tomorrow’s edition. The farewell, found after the jump,…
Ralph Isenberg is bringing home the missus and their 18-month-old daughter after months in exile, more or less. Former City Plan Commission member Ralph Isenberg called me this week from Guangzhou, China — at 3 a.m. his time– to say that his years-long effort to get a visa for his…
The mayor today named Betty Culbreath as the next chair of the Dallas Housing Authority board. S’gonna be fun. Just got a call from Mayor Laura Miller, who says she has appointed a new chairperson to the Dallas Housing Authority board. And it’s none other than Mayor Laura fave Betty…
You know why the Cowboys should win? Because Seattle has Pete Hunter. Remember him? No? Lucky you. I know what you’re expecting me to say. Something pessimistic yet clever, like, perhaps: Screw the anointing oil; get out the embalming fluid. Not today, Cowboys fans. The sun rose in the west,…
There’s been much mention this week of how well Blockbuster’s doing with its online video rentals; Wednesday, the Dallas-based company announced it ended last year with some 2.2 million online rental customers, due mostly to something called the Total Access program that allows customers to rent DVDs on the Web…
The Seattle Times is, I guess, trying to pick a fight with the city of Dallas; oh, dear God, please don’t tell Steve Blow about this. This morning, Times assistant sports editor Bill Reader pens a piece, in advance of tomorrow’s Cowboys first-round playoff loss to the Seahawks in Seattle,…
Take a good look at Proctor Hall, which currently sits at 1206 N. Haskell. It’s been there since 1921. Probably won’t be there much longer. Awesome. On Wednesday afternoon, Katherine Seale, the interim executive director of Preservation Dallas, sent an e-mail with the subject heading, “Lincoln Hall to be demolished.”…
We’re so over Tony Romo. Yup. We’re all about Josh Howard now. We’re Jomosexual! At least, that’s what I would say to the Miami Heat these days if I were Avery Johnson or Dirk Nowitzki or anyone remotely associated with the Dallas Mavericks. Proof that the basketball gods feel horrible…
An entire city has filed a lawsuit against, among others, Dallas-based Hotels.com and Fort Worth-based Travelocity.com “for back taxes the city claims the companies never paid on hotel room bookings,” reports the Associated Press today. And the name of that city? Why, lookie here, y’all, it’s none other than good…
The latest issue of BusinessWeek features on its cover a story headlined, “How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers,” which says, in short: It’s hard out her for a pimp…pardon, personal-injury attorney. Especially in the state o’ Texas, where, the mag says, well into the 1990s, “Lone Star State plaintiffs’ lawyers…
He’s overdramatic. But also underappreciated. Take it from me and Gordon Keith, he’s a big, easy, Polish target. But today — though it’s about a week late — feels like a good day to praise Norm Hitzges. His football picks are above .500, his NFL Draft board is still legendary,…
Illustration by Tony Bones This is the cover of Zac Crain’s double-disc mayoral fundraiser. Looks everything like him. Our boy Zac Crain, who we in no way are endorsing for mayor till he starts sharing his Star Wars action figures with the 3-year-old who lives in our house, is finally…
