Here's an Op/Ed piece that I wrote which ran in the Dallas Morning News on Monday. Since then I have heard from a number of people, mostly telling me why they feel the hotel hasn't been built. Momentum seems to be building from all sorts of places, but there also...
Sharon Grigsby and the Editorial Staff at the Dallas Morning News are keeping their word of helping to bridge the gap between North Dallas and Southern Dallas. This morning the entire left page of the editorials is devoted to 10 suggestions to improve Southern Dallas neighborhoods. See "10 Drops in...
FYI from Mike Davis On Monday, there will be a press conference with Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, District 4 City Plan Commissioner Michael Davis, the owners of Big T, and other high-ranking city officials. As you know, inside the Bazaar there was a violent shooting last month which...
There seems to be a lot of hateration in the universe towards black bloggers these days. First it was Michael Biasden, then Stephen A. Smith. Now locally James Ragland has taken on Mike Davis at Dallas Progress. I thought I'd combine my thoughts on two events in one post. ...
Pikahsso of PPT fame is everywhere. Earlier this week I posted his latest video "Faleyah." Now our man on the street is making waves as a militant movie critic. Pik has entered a movie review segment called the "Militant Movie Moment" into VH1's eCritic contest. He is one of 3...
Thursday's editorial section of the Dallas Morning News contained a Viewpoints column by the paper's Deputy Editorial Page Editor Sharon Grigsby. Sharon is leading the Editorial Department's "Closing Dallas' north-south gap" project. As mentioned in her column, we had lunch one afternoon (at Brooklyn) to discuss Southern Dallas. Sharon listened...
Washington, DC – (Wednesday, December 5, 2007) – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson commends today’s unanimous passage of H.Res. 826, a bill that expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for the purpose of intimidation. It continues that under...
I have to say that it seemed like a shaky idea, but the decision to travel to Waco to catch both Skyline and Carter today was a great one. My homie Coop and I loaded our 3 boys up in the van and hit I-35 South around noon. We made...
I am not trained in the ways of journalism, but I have a question for Brett Shipp: When did taking a few pieces of paper from former employees running copies become investigative reporting? I had respect for Brett Shipp's work in the past, but his ambush of Coach James Mays...
The Dallas Observer's Unfair Park reports good news regarding Dallas Boxer Charlie Hatley . Hatley won the Golden Gloves World Championship in the 152 lb. weight class. See Unfair Park article by clicking here. Hatley trains out of the Oak Cliff Boxing Club.
