One of the benefits of opening up the DSN Newsroom at the Southside on Lamar is the number of interesting people who live, office, and work in and around this area. Last week we interviewed Texas House candidate Eric Johnson who has set up shop in the building, and this...
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Didn’t have a lot of time today as I got the call from CNN this morning to discuss Town Hall behavior. I was already working on a Rant for Inside Texas Politics so it was an easy transition. For once I’m happy with...
For the last 9 months the economy has trumped all discussions with regards to news. Every since John McCain decided to leave the campaign trail to go fix Wall Street, the economy has been at the top of the run sheet for news producers. But imagine, the market saw it’s...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. unemployment rate was virtually unchanged for the second straight month, down .1% from June to July. The 9.4% unemployment rate fir July is identical to May, but another 247,000 jobs were lost during this period. The African-American unemployment rate declined...
On Monday, Dallas County Community Colleges District celebrated the opening of the Eastfield College campus in Pleasant Grove. Leaders and citizens alike were excited about the new campus at 802 S. Buckner Blvd. Not only will the campus be used for educating Dallas citizens, but it will also house the...
At 1 PM Eastern on Thursday I’ll be participating in a panel discussion titled Transitioning Journalists to Careers in PR and Journalism. I thought I would post my Talking Points online rather than printing handouts. Since this session with Rev. Al Sharpton is on at the same time, maybe some...
Former U.S. Bill Clinton & North Korean leader Kim Jong-il Photo – REUTERS Do you know what Americans should be saying? “Thank God Bill Clinton went to North Korea and secured the release of two American journalist who violated that country’s border.” Do you know what I’m hearing less than...
Pin a few dollars on his lapel under his flag pin, President Obama turned 48 today. Check his belly button was he really born though? If so, he couldn’t have been born in the U.S……maybe Hawaii. So to President Barack Obama, I say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY….wherever you were born. Photo: Alex...
“Charlie gives this talk, ‘We do something special at Notre Dame,’ and (the players) get up and they do this little cheer … this little fa**** dance.” University of Hawaii Head Football Coach Greg McMackin [Had I] been the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would...
Well the Marvalus One decided to slow it down this week, going with an Old School Friday theme of First Date/Love Song. So I go back to the days of puppy love, breathing on the phone saying nothing, and 3 month relationships. The song that always comes to mind when...
