Food News: Make a trip to Local Traveler
You can turn into Local Traveler from the ever-contentious Gaston-Garland-Grand intersection if you dare, but you would be missing the best part. The local…
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Eruptions are evident in Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and the angry middle class
Blowing our tops Unstable fissures in the earth, unaddressed fractures in the heart, and unattended factions within society are all of a kind. You…
Something keeps him going, not miles and miles away, but in my sandwich shop
Guitar man It’s rare to find a restaurant that doesn’t have a television, or 10 televisions, blaring sports or news programs. People seem more…
Rick Wamre: How I found inspiration in unexpected places
True grit Most speakers stride to the stage reeking of authority. They are there, after all, to tell the rest of us something we…
Patti Vinson: Take your family on a free neighborhood hike with these expert guides
Walk with a naturalist Nature-Deficit Disorder. It’s a thing. Though not an official medical diagnosis, the disorder is a phrase coined by nature advocate…
Worship: Spring’s joyful hope
The resurrection is a tour de force that carries us with it. Springtime in the Northern Hemisphere coincides with the Christian celebration of Easter….
Rick Wamre: Useless Chatter
We have a plethora of platforms to share our thoughts, but what do we have to say? The most incredible fact of life today…
Worship: Two sports idols take opposite tacks on religion
Idle Worship The Super Bowl this year was a tale of two quarterbacks: Tom Brady and Nick Foles. Both were extraordinary: Brady was the…
The party line: Let’s keep partisan politics out of the Dallas City Council race
One of the things I loved most about serving on the Dallas City Council was that it is a non-partisan body. Councilmembers don’t have parenthetical…
Angela Hunt: Bike shares bring Dallas into a new era of transportation, one ride at a time
Bike ‘litter’ a sign of progress As someone who truly believes that if the world were a just place, Frito pies and chocolate-filled doughnuts…
Rick Wamre: The weird titles that hide in our playlists
Songs to love When I switched to a new phone recently, my iTunes account voluntarily offered up a window identifying how many songs I…
Worship: What happens when religious holy days and secular holidays overlap?
Chocolates or ashes? Clergy like me like to gripe about how culture calendars usurp church calendars. We’ll have to be especially creative this year…
