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To Keep Guns Off Campus, School Cops Count on Students and Social Media

When it comes to reporting weapons in schools, kids are often each others' best watchdogs. In light of the recent Washington high school shooting, and the school shootings in recent years at Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and Columbine, police departments across the country are constantly brainstorming ... More >>

Ex-Marine, Accused of Plotting to Kill Laura Bush, is Suing Over Expulsion From SMU

On March 22, 2011, SMU officials issued a safety alert to students and staff advising them to be on the lookout for Daniel Hux, a recently expelled student who had been barred from campus. The fliers didn't go into detail about why Hux wasn't allowed at the university, and SMU Police Chief Richard ... More >>

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson Said There Should Be More Guns in Elementary Schools, Which Are a "Target-Rich Environment"

In the wake of the massacre of 27 people, 20 of them children, at a Connecticut elementary school today, Texas officials behaved with remarkable decorum. Attorney General Greg Abbott, a noted gun lover, sent a muted press release urging parents and students to be vigilant about school safety. And G ... More >>

Brek Shea and the Making of an American Soccer Star*

*If there's even such a thing.

From the Dept. of Awesome: A UT Dallas Researcher Has Designed a Robotic Jellyfish

Before I get to the lame joke that's required by my job description, here's something really cool: Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have designed and built a robotic jellyfish powered by dissolved gasses. No, really, they have. They have video of it swimming in a ... More >>

Columbine, Hollywood, and the National Obsession That Never Ends

Thirteen years and a hundred school shootings later, why is Hollywood still obsessed with this one?

Concealed Guns on Campus a Fait Accompli?

Boxing Gym: Frederick Wiseman's Doc Scores a Knockout.

Redskins 26, Cowboys 24: From the Couch

Lotta this going on yesterday. And today. Likely the rest of the week. Everee-Day is like Sunn-daay! Random, irrational thoughts from my 8 hours of Sabbath on the couch. With a lap full of pizza. And a belly full of … Diet Dr Pepper? 10 a.m. – Saturday's leftover: ’Splain this to ... More >>

Funny With Bubbly

Chamillionaire

Ultimate Victory (Chamillitary/Universal Motown)

Collective Blow

Use Your Illusion

Slayer's leader talks spirituality, slaughterhouses and Simon

R. Kelly

Double Up (Jive)

Russell Fish Has Worst Idea Ever. Ever.

And you thought I didn’t have any right-wing friends! Russell Fish, education gadfly and high-tech inventor extraordinaire, has organized a little effort aimed at teaching the kids at Virginia Tech not to be such wusses next time. In Russell’s view, it is not the American way for men-folk, eve ... More >>

Pure Evil

I will never forget the first major crime story I covered. The images never go away, and maybe they aren’t supposed to. They snap me back to realities about my world. A Seattle-area man had murdered his wife and kids, then traveled south to Tacoma, where he gunned down his in-laws. Then he killed ... More >>

Back to Basics

Once again, we spotlight what's important: football and, mostly, Gonz

Final Score

Plus: Dumb Muggles; Tom U.

The Pride of Napoleon Lewis

A veteran principal brought hope and self-respect to South Dallas' Lincoln High. But even some of his loyal followers say it's time for him to step down.