Dallas

I Dream of Rehab

Heaven and Mel! I long to join celebs Gibson, Britney Spears, Keith Urban et al. in substance-abuse nirvana.
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Heaven and Mel! I long to join celebs Gibson, Britney Spears, Keith Urban et al. in substance-abuse nirvana.

Promises! Promises! Or Crossroads, or even Passages!  read more »

The Walentas Family

David, Jane and Jed Walentas, masters of the DUMBO they survey.
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David, Jane and Jed Walentas, masters of the DUMBO they survey.

Back in 1979, developer David Walentas was hanging around one of his earliest buildings—the Si  read more »

Stagecoach: Is There Such A Thing as an Anti-Western?

Director John Ford in 1947.
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Director John Ford in 1947.

Stagecoach is to American movies what The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is to American literature.  read more »

Lone Star Fund-Raiser

Tonight, Rudy Giuliani continues his national tour with a visit to Bush country for a $1,000-a-head fund-raiser for the Dallas GOP. The Dallas party organization is billing Giuliani as someone who is "widely considered one of the Republican Party's top potential candidates for President in 2008." - Jason Horowitz

Loving, Latter-Day Tocqueville Takes Democracy’s Temperature

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A cultural icon in his native France, the tr

As Bernard-Henri Lévy strolled along the edge of a field in Michigan abutting Highway 94, a p  read more »

Even Roger Staubach

Is there any New York State contractor who doesn't make political contributions? Roger Staubach, the Hall of Fame quarterback and rising GOP star, now runs a Dallas company that manages property. According to figures we were shown from the State Comptroller's office, his company has a $731,000 contract with the New York State Office of General Services to manage unnamed state leases. And, yes, Staubach also chipped in $25,000 to Pataki's reelection campaign in 2002.
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Bloomberg Blinks

Few Mayors have been confronted with the kinds of challenges that faced the newly elected Michael Bl  read more »

Letter To A Young Director

Dear Erica Schmidt,You don't know me, but I wanted to tell you how very gifted you are and, if I may  read more »

Of Sluts, Cuddles And Elusive Art

It was James Agate who reminded us that a dirty mind is a perpetual feast, and that's certainly true  read more »

Sushisay's Last Day: A Petulant Sayonara To Lacquered Sanctum

It was Oct. 25, 2002, the last day of Sushisay.  read more »

Sweet Smell of Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch is not a "cookie filled with arsenic," to quote one of the million quotable lines in  read more »

Sweet Smell of Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch is not a "cookie filled with arsenic," to quoteone of the million quotable lines in  read more »

How Feminine Is Feminine Enough?

What lessons are we to glean from Hillary Clinton's unexpectedly large victory, and where are the wi  read more »

Gramps, Caught in Texas, Ends Up at McMurtry's

Pages from a notebook:Thursday, April 27: I fly down to Dallas with several purposes in mind.  read more »

Time Snubs Humpty-Dumpty, Chooses Amazon's Jeff Bezos

My own personal millennium ended on a high note and a low.  read more »

The Long Haul to Wyoming, With McMurtry at My Side

For the past three summers, Francis has put in five weeks from mid-June to mid-July at the wonderful  read more »

Pre-emptive Prescription: Post-traumatic Knicks Therapy

"If they can't get you on results, they get you on the relationships."–Jeff Van Gundy, before the  read more »