Early returns in the Dallas Mayor's race has Tom Leppert leading with 30% of the vote. Ed Oakley is second with 19% and Don Hill has received 14% of the votes so far. If no candidate receives 50% or the votes +1, then there will be a runoff. We'll see...
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The words in the theme song of a popular 1980’s sitcom go something like this: Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name. And their always glad you came. Men on this particular show would fulfill this urge by gathering at a local bar. But the men of...
Black America Web has an article that highlights the 5 years that have passed since R & B singer R Kelly was charged with child pornography for allegedly videotaping sex acts with a teen female. See the entire article here. According to the article, "R. Kelly has had six best-selling albums,...
I thought storm coverage was a priority for local news stations. But as thunder, lightning, and heavy rains rage through Oak Cliff at 1:30 a.m., not a station one has so much as a scroll letting me know what's going on. It must be a ratings thing.
Another young black male has died at the hand of gunfire, this time by a Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police officer. 15 year-old Bobby Walker was fatally shot around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday morning at the Ledbetter Station near the VA Hospital. According to Monday's Dallas Morning News article, the...
Last week on NPR's All Things Considered, Melissa Block interviewed Army Lt. Col. Paul Yingling regarding an article he wrote for the Armed Forces Journal. Lt. Col. Yingling's 4500+ word article titled A Failure in Generalship, offers a stark and glaring assessment of military leadership, and implores congressional leaders to...
I thought about what I would write to describe how disappointed I am with the Mavericks and I decided to take the same approach they took tonight. I give up. Just read my post from last year Confessions of a Mavs Fan (click here) and substitute Baron Davis for Dwayne...
All day Wednesday I was thinking about how the weather folks had predicted rain all week, and we had very little precipitation to show for it. I shared this with my dad who lives in West Texas as I was on my way home. He told me that there was...
