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The SoupMan & the Makeshift Mayor of Homelessville...

That's a Hollywood headline for a really basic yet compelling story of selfless sacrifice and humanity. I do think that some of our readers are posing smart questions about what may ultimately happen to Mack Choice, who had been living...


New York and the bum's rush

In Dallas, we built The Bridge to deal with our homeless problem. In New York, they're using The Airport. A NYT story today has details on an amazing program that gives give one-way plane tickets out of town to homeless...


Homeless man in Sunday story is found

Richard Antwine has been found, and he was right where you feared. Antwine, 47, was featured in a Page 1 story on Sunday because he illustrates so well the plight of the chronically homeless. These people, who suffer from...


A promising push for the homeless in Texas

Two cheers for Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and other big-city poobahs for lobbying state lawmakers for more funds to aid the homeless. Money quote comes from Leppert, who told lawmakers in a letter faxed to Austin on Monday that they...


Give Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert a hand

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert deserves a pat on the back for his philosophical approach to addressing the homeless problem in Dallas and beyond. Give him credit. But also give him a hand, will you. As the mayor said in his...

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