Daily Archives: December 30, 2004

Daddy’s got them Deep Ellum blues

You know how some people have fretted that traffic cameras would lead to less privacy? This is the sort of thing we worry about. Dallas police have joined with private businesses in the city’s Deep Ellum entertainment district to watch … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in The great state of Texas | 2 Comments

Public Citizen calls for Justice inquiry on Westar

This pretty much speaks for itself. Public Citizen is writing to provide the Department of Justice with significant new information regarding possible violations of 18 U.S.C. §201 (“Bribery of public officials and witnesses”) by current and former Westar Energy, Inc. … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 1 Comment

No more milk cartons

Schoolkids are saying sayonara to milk cartons. Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic bottles, a growing number of schools are ditching those clumsy paper half-pint cartons many of … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Food, glorious food | 5 Comments

Reviving football at UTA

I never knew that the University of Texas at Arlington had ever had football, but they did, up until 1985. Now they’re talking about reviving it, and this Star Telegram article details the story. A couple of bits to comment … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Other sports | 4 Comments

Weekly Standard on Abramoff

Tom sent me an email with a link to Andrew Ferguson’s article on Jack Abramoff in the Weekly Standard. I’d seen the link before, but the getting around to reading and blogging about it part got lost in the holiday … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 1 Comment