As Jeff Mosier points out, the Times architecture critic not only hoses the stadium, he doesn't think much of the neighboring Rangers Ballpark, the area topography, Arlington in general, or, for that matter, any of the rest of us. Geez,...
Y'all will think I'm making this up: The daily chronicle (the New York Times) of the hippest place in the universe (New York) reports today on the enviable trendiness of turning discarded garbage bins into urban swimming holes. It's so...
... and finds the reassuring familiarity of home. A travel-section story today in its popular "36 hours" series offers a whirlwind day-and-a-half in Dallas. Save a few sly, toffee-nosed insults ("No so long ago, Dallas was a culinary wasteland") they...
The NYT is offering a quick-n-handy guide to the difficult business of finding edible cuisine at America's major airports. A gustatory tour of D/FW mentions three barbecue outlets therein. Props went to FW-based Cousin's; a so-so for Dickey's; and the...
Here's a compelling NYT piece on the often fruitless and sometimes counterproductive things people do when they're trying to cut spending. Bottom line: A stress on your resources does not necessarily result in sensible action. As Americans attempt to perform...
Under the heading of Something Else to Worry About comes this NYT story, detailing the hand-wringing some restaurant owners are experiencing over whether to distinguish between male and female diners. Some trendy establishments are consciously abandoning the polite tradition of...
As a tireless complainer about the misery of modern air travel, I was captivated by this up-close examination of flying from the employees' POV. A NYT travel writer chronicled a couple of days-in-the-life of American Airlines flight attendants traveling between...
Hours before it was official, NYT columnist David Brooks made a convincing argument for veteran Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be Barack Obama's veep choice. He cites Mr. Biden's record - save for a few celebrated slips - of honesty,...
I'm surprised this would have escaped Jack's attention, because she's about as big a Dallas Stars fan as ever hitched up her shorts for a hike over to American Airlines Center. But one of the men mentioned in the...
A sad day in the news business. This just in: NBC's Tim Russert has died of an apparent heart attack, his family told The New York Times. Details to come....
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