Former police Chief Terrell Bolton doesn’t have many people in the media who consider him a friend, but the person on the phone uses that word when describing him. The source, a longtime hard-news reporter, agrees that Bolton is his own worst enemy but follows that by saying he is…
How You Doin’? At 5-foot-8 and 115 pounds, actor Joey Steakley, 23, probably won’t be playing growling hulks like Stanley Kowalski anytime soon. But having a delicate build hasn’t kept Steakley, a Snyder, Texas, native and ’02 SMU theater grad, from landing some heavyweight stage roles. He drew rave notices…
You know you’re thinking it. You may have even said something to your spouse or your drinking buddies. But it takes a particularly insensitive jerk to say out loud what many insensitive jerks were thinking privately after fired police Chief Terrell Bolton broke down blubbering at his news conference last…
Desi-land For the sake of humanity: I was impressed by your incisive, observant and factual reporting (“Across the Great Divide,” by Mark Donald, August 28). I regret to say that talent such as yours is desperately in short supply. Considering the world’s torture and torment today, you and disappointingly few…
The whistle blows loudly. Again and again, the same shrill noise. Bill Parcells doesn’t care. It’s a few days after the first preseason game, and the football-oriented part of practice ended some time ago. Since then, the Boys have been running wind sprints–a new one starts each time the whistle…
Outside, the broiling summer sun had vanished and an afternoon downpour was beating against the office window of Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District teacher/administrator Acela Hernandez Paliotta. With little prompting she began a quiet reflection on the journey that led her into the field of education: She was 13 when her…
Brite Idea Smokers really do have it rough. They’ve been banned from restaurants and kicked out of most other buildings; plus there’s always the chance of lung cancer looming up ahead. But maybe the worst, most irritating time for the tobacco-addicted is when they’ve got a full pack of smokes,…
We could almost pity the poor Dallas Morning News writers covering the investigation into alleged NCAA rule violations at Baylor University that arose out of the murder of basketball player Patrick Dennehy. Them poor bastards got scooped–with a capital OOP–by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and its stellar reporting on the…
Too Damn Scary Deep Ellum blues: Thank you for writing this article! I live and work in Deep Ellum (“Cruising for a Bruising,” by Zac Crain, August 14). I have an apartment on Walton, work at Sol’s Taco Lounge and drive the three to four blocks to work every night…
We here at Buzz central are poor prognosticators. In succession, we’ve put our money on Gore, Iraq and Gigli. Last week, however, we thought we had a sure thing. We bet that readers and media-watchers would be outraged when they read that Dallas Morning News Publisher Jim Moroney had ordered…
The guy barreling this way has been in trouble before. Maybe as recently as five, 10 minutes ago. He’s a handful, 6 feet and change, 200 pounds of biceps and beer belly barely contained by his tight white T-shirt. Which is clearly splattered with blood. The red stain appears to…
Dallas has become known as the city in which they bust racy comic books, a reputation it has earned now that Jesus Castillo’s legal appeals have been exhausted. Castillo, a manager of Keith’s Comics in East Dallas, became something of a cause célèbre in comic-book circles after police brought him…
Crime Bites Why is Dallas No. 1 in crime among big U.S. cities for the sixth straight year? Because of you, you scum. That’s right. According to city and police officials, Dallas residents 1) are more inclined to report crimes; 2) have nicer, more steal-able stuff; and 3) have messy…
Crime City The blame game: While everyone talks about how horrible the crime rate is in Dallas, it seems everyone is pointing fingers (“No. 1 With a Bullet,” July 31, and “Protection Racket,” August 7, by Jim Schutze). Well, add mine to the list, because I point them at the…
Had he not been working off-duty at a T.G.I. Friday’s in suburban Arlington five years ago, he likely wouldn’t be in this mess. But Garry Ragsdale was there when a seedy opportunity knocked. He swung the door wide open. In fall 1997, the square-jawed, big-shouldered Dallas cop was sniffing around…
Though her enthusiastic manner does not suggest it, Margaret Collins, when pressed, admits to a growing frustration. Still, as she sits in her Stemmons high-rise office, the executive director of the Dallas-area chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) dutifully goes about her passion, ticking off her statistical talking points:…
Here’s how Shani George, a 20-year-old intern at The Dallas Morning News, got the biggest scoop in the country last week. Here’s why her interview and subsequent front-page exclusive story caused other journalists to wag their fingers at the News. And here’s why, in the end, it ain’t no big…
Readers of The New York Times were surprised to see that last week’s front-page obituary on Bob Hope was written by Vincent Canby, a longtime Times reporter who died in 2000. In fact, most newspapers write and continually update obits of famous local citizens years before they die, so they…
The Summer of Crime Mayor Miller, please help us: Your article put into words what my family and I have personally experienced (“No. 1 With a Bullet,” by Jim Schutze, July 31). In the three years that we have lived in Dallas (a city that I dearly love), we have…
In this week’s episode of Queer Views for the Straight News, we tune in to find the very straight, very sober Dallas Morning News in a tizzy as it tries to figure out just how modern it is supposed to be. Some background: On July 6, the paper began running…
The pope isn’t Catholic. John Paul II, the man most people believe to be pope, is really an impostor. He’s deliberately plotting to destroy the Catholic Church from within. Catholics have been lied to, and they have been robbed. These are the messages Hutton Gibson preaches in his crusade to…
It’s vacation time. Has to be done. The heat here is unbearable, and the sports aren’t much better–a good time to flee Dallas. A chance to get my head right, a little calm before things pick up. By the time you read this, I’ll be sunning myself on the beaches…
