by Dawn Mann I really enjoyed watching NASCAR this past Sunday afternoon. I’ll be honest I was really watching to see Ms. Patrick win ;0). The pre-race interviews, commentary and interviews were very informative and entertaining. The race surprisingly went so much faster than I remembered the Indy 500 events I attending in Indianapolis a [...]
Open Letter to the Editor: The Union Bankers Building, located in the heart of what we now know as Deep Ellum, is about to be upended. Sadly, but not surprisingly, it is another in a series of Black heritage landmarks to suffer demolition by neglect. “Demolition by neglect” may be foreign to you, but it [...]
Years ago in Dallas there was a strip of restaurants on I-35/Walnut and it featured The Old San Francisco Restaurant and a number of other high end eateries . It was where you took your valentine date, anniversary date , business deal or just date night on the weekend. Well that was then. Dallas-Ft. Worth [...]
by Michael Hubbard In February of 2012, the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation released a study titled “The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research”. The study outlines how factors such as poor classroom acoustics, no natural light and poor ventilation negatively impact students’ alertness and performance. The report isn’t an [...]
As I watch the President of the United States give his state of the union address, it reminds me of the ground work that has taken place over a period of years for Barack Obama to stand at that podium. The President is in his historical second term and it is a special moment in [...]
“My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life,”…..That’s what President Obama said this past Sunday , according to the Washington Post. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas said , according to the New York Times that the Boy Scouts [...]
Several years ago I had taken my mother to a doctor at St.Paul in Dallas and her health was starting to fail her, but her spirit for life had not failed her at all. I’ll never forget as we walked in the waiting room, there were several other people there and it was around 9am [...]
By Dr. Patricia Nan Anderson (Southwestern Parents) What do you think? Sometimes parents of older children and teens ask me how to get their child to treat them respectfully. They complain that they don’t get any respect from their kids. The answer is that we get what we ask for. Frequently we ask for the [...]
To the DFW Community, Noah…Negroes! KKDA 730 played a lot of music over a 42 year span. The disc jockeys spun plenty of R&B, Blues, Pop and Jazz. Way back in the day they also played some Gospel. In the midst of all the comments and complaints that have flooded my office, one of those [...]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District by James Frisinger A string of sky-blue ponds – surrounded by grasslands – unwinds across the North Texas countryside. Overhead hundreds of cormorants crisscross in and out of formation. This wildscape, nestled just below the historic Joppa Community, is quiet. But there is a lot more [...]
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