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Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky
The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years
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Obama and Me
It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial
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Texas' Peyote Hunters Struggle to Find a Vanishing, Holy Crop
Harvesting peyote is legal for only three people, and all of them live in Texas
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Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County?
While Obama has events going on throughout the city, Clinton is nowhere to be found
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Obama and Me (63)
It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial
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Melodica Festival Self-Indulgent, But Still Positive for Dallas (51)
If a festival happens in Exposition Park and only the built-in crowd shows, does it make a sound?
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Ole Oops (58)
Popular prosperity preacher sues ABC and Trinity Foundation
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Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky (24)
The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years
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Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County? (18)
While Obama has events going on throughout the city, Clinton is nowhere to be found
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When Two Become One
Kamadeva and Psyche need some love
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Landscape Badass
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Coffee Boy
David Sheff signs at Satrbucks
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Red All Over
Eneroth brings Sweden stateside
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Ain't That America?
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Leppert's Big Downtown Plans -- And They Don't Include a Reunion Casino
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Harkin, Is That Picture For Sale?
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If Only Eliot Spitzer Had Met This Former Dallas-Based "Former Independent Escort" First
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Overheard: SXSW Thursday Afternoon
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Motorhead at SXSW
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In Which We Learn That Vampire Weekend Is Totally Worth Our While
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Canine Crusaders
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The Muscle Men
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"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
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Fly Write, Right?
Southwest's James Parker hopes his book takes off
By Sam Merten
Published: March 13, 2008
It's hard to believe it's already been 19 years since Spike Lee made Do the Right Thing, which put Lee on the map and also launched the career of Martin Lawrence. Looking to boost his street cred, former Southwest Airlines CEO James Parker wrote a book by the same name. Parker shares Southwest's secrets to success, including its decisions not to lay off or cut pay for employees and offering no-hassle refunds for customers after 9/11. Parker also slips in some baseball analogies, noting that Ted Williams was a much better player than a manager, and Tommy Lasorda was more successful as a manager than as a player. Is Parker as good a writer as he was a CEO? Is he less white since naming his book after Lee's film? Do the right thing and tell him yourself at Barnes & Noble, 7700 West Northwest Highway, where he'll be holding a book discussion and signing copies of his book at 7 p.m. Call 214-739-1124 for more information.
Thu., March 13, 7 p.m., 2008
