On Tuesday, all of the attention will be at the top of the ballot as we watch the election returns come in. But there are dozens of races nationwide that bear watching for the astute political observer. Here are the races I’ll be monitoring Tuesday night. Minnesota 6th U.S. Congressional...
What if all after school sports were banned until the 4th grade? What would our boys do? When my son was four years old, I decided I would let him join a basketball team. He had already played a year of soccer, also known as “kids in pack follow ball,”...
On Election Night, Dallas South, Friendship-West, KRNB, and 97.9 The Beat will host the livest watch party in the city. Guests include Fred Hammond, Don Diego, and Geno Young. Also that night we will have a bloggers lounge set up to cover election returns from across the country online. ...
Join Jazzy and I Thursday night at 10 p.m. for our final Blog Talk Radio Show before election day. Casey Thomas, President of Dallas Branch NAACP will join us to discuss voter protection and recent attacks against ACORN. Janet Morrison who blogs her Community Commentary, and is also part of...
A Dallas medical clinic specializing in laser tattoo removal, in celebration of an election season filled with calls for “change” and “reform”, is offering free treatments to tattooed voters on November 4, 2008. New Look Laser Tattoo Removal is opening their clinic on Election Day from 9am to 9pm for...
10. Bishop Arts Theatre Center The newly renovated Bishop Arts Theatre is a wonderful backdrop for Teco Theatrical Production founder Teresa Coleman Wash’s unique vision. In October, Leonard’s Car played to enthusiastic crowds and rave reviews. Southern Dallas now has it’s best performing arts venue since…since ever. 9. House of...
In Monday morning’s Dallas Morning News, Richard Abshire follows up on the death of Brandon McClelland in Paris, Texas. Two suspects are in custody for running over Brandon and dragging him after a night of drinking. Richard worked on this story for weeks, and though there’s not a lot of...
When I visited Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters last summer, I left with two words on how his campaign was to be run: NO DRAMA. Some of the staffers even had the words posted in their cubes. Looks like the McCain camp could use this advice right about now. CNN is...
This campaign has lasted so long it didn’t seem real when I was in line to vote today. The line at the Duncanville Library was long, it took us about 30 minutes to get through. I can only image what things will be like across the country next Tuesday. High...
All day Thursday, conservative talk was going around saying that a McCain campaign worker was assaulted by a 6’4″ black man who was a Barack Obama supporter. Supposedly the black man robbed her, pinned her against the ground and told her that she will be an Obama supporter from then...
