Adolf Hitler

The Book Thief Probably Should Have Stayed a Book

Be Proud, Chihuahuas

The little dog is a fine metaphor, if not the best baseball team name.

Haunting Music and Images Blend in Songs for a New World at Uptown Players

Star-Telegram Cites Fake News Story as Proof Graduation Speeches Should Be Censored

When Joshua ISD officials cut off Remington Reimer's valedictory speech, we thought it unlikely that it had anything to do with his mention of God. After all, district officials didn't seem concerned later in the ceremony when another student delivered a prayer, punctuated by a lengthy recitation of ... More >>

Does This JCPenney Tea Kettle Look Like Hitler to You? [Updated]

Oh, JCPenney. The Plano-based department store chain just cannot seem to stop stepping in it, in the weirdest ways possible. Last year, there was Gay Dad-Gate, in which the company pissed off homophobes everywhere by featuring a photo of two gay fathers in its catalog, just after it had the temerity ... More >>

In Uptown Players' The Producers, Springtime for Hitler Goose-steps to Greatness

Clooney to Turn Robert Edsel's Book About Search For Nazi-Looted Art Into Feature

​I've got a call out to Robert Edsel -- founder of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which honors those who've spent decades scouring the globe for art stolen by Hitler and the Nazis -- about news that hit The Los Angeles Times yesterday: George Clooney told the paper he's ... More >>

Captain America Ignores its Roots for Easy Money

And what's with that 3-D?

Happy Memorial Day -- 2011

​Osama Bin Laden is dead. But the fight -- and the hefty price -- to fend off terrorists around the globe lives on. Just yesterday, for example, eight more American soldiers were confirmed dead in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Sad, but let's face it, we've become numb to th ... More >>

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I Have A ... List. Of the Best Black Athletes in the History of Ever

​While a lot of you are off work today, take time to remember and refresh the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The rest of us? Let's commemorate MLK Day with an impossible task: Selecting the world's all-time greatest black athletes. First step, choosing the criteria. Sheer athleticism? ... More >>

The News Has Endorsed Stephen Broden. But What Does the Paper Really Know About Him?

Texas GOP VoteRNC Chair Michael Steele and Stephen Broden​This afternoon, The Dallas Morning News endorsed Stephen Broden, the Republican vying for Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson's seat in the U.S. Congress. Fascinating -- in no small part because Johnson has been the No. 1 purveyor of federal por ... More >>

Top 10 Most Annoying Diet Fads

In a rare unguarded moment, Jared Fogle appears without a pair of pants in his hand.​Grapefruit can change your life. Cabbage soup, too. Balancing the right carbs with the right fats extends one's youth. Smoking shaves off the pounds. Eating only vegetables is ethically right...While Americans did ... More >>

Words On Review

Out is the new safe.​I began to worry a long time ago--1985, more precisely.Not only was it the year an anti-christ appeared in the form of Don Denkinger (google 'worst call in World Series history' if you don't recognize his name), but it was also the first time I heard college students refer to ... More >>

Former Council Member Donna Blumer Defends Cathie Adams; County GOP Chair Neerman Says He's Done Criticizing Her

One month into her tenure as state Republican Party chair, Cathie Adams has caused the party's executive director to resign and took sides in yet another GOP primary race.​Despite the length of our cover story on the GOP gubernatorial primary, my discussion with former city council member Donn ... More >>

Dallas County GOP Chair Jonathan Neerman Says Selection of Cathie Adams as New State Chair "Set the Party Back Five Years"

Searching for a link between President Obama and Hitler? No worries. New state GOP chair Cathie Adams has you covered.If you didn't notice when Texas Republican Party chair Tina Benkiser stepped down last month to join Governor Rick Perry's re-election campaign as a senior adviser, you're forgiven. ... More >>

Night Moves: Setting Sail at Barcadia, Melting Down at Lizard Lounge

Ray and Peter Lek Barcadia celebrated its one-year anniversary last Friday night, with sailor hats, pin-up girls and the tribute band Queen For A Day onstage, and on Saturday, our nightlife crew hit up the Lizard Lounge for their annual "Meltdown: Summer Edition" party. Filo and Peri spun in t ... More >>

Food For Thought 2.11.09

"The real danger to our bodies and our planet, in terms of poisoning the earth and global warming, is the industrial raising of meat and fish. Do I think eating a bowl of pasta is a crime against humanity? No. Do I think eating half a pound of meat is? Yes." (Mark Bittman as quoted in the March issu ... More >>

From Reverence to Rape

Hollywood plunders meaning from the Holocaust—again

Valkyrie

Tom Cruise plots to kill Hitler in his latest impossible mission

Not Making This Up: Hitler's Stuff For Sale Tomorrow at Dallas VFW

A Friend of Unfair Park and M.O.T. forwards us this link to tomorrow's big auction at the VFW Hall on S. Smith Street, off Walton Walker. Looks like Randall Hill Auctions, based in La Coste, is selling off some 1,000 pieces of World War II memorabilia -- including, oh, pistols and medals and bayonet ... More >>

The Top 10 Sports Figures I'd Choose to Spend My Last Hour With

No. 1 in my heart. No. 1 on my list. So, have you used up that extra hour yet? You know, the one we got last Sunday via the end of Daylight Savings Time. Fall back, remember? I could lie and say I spent the extraordinary 60 minutes when 2 a.m. became 1 a.m. volunteering at a nursing home, ad ... More >>

Parenting Off The Grid in The Alt-Family Portrait Surfwise

Culture Wars

The Modern screens a thought-provoker

Moving Pictures

AFI offers the usual slew of sympathetic losers, but a good measure of Zooey

Omigod! This Is Stupid!

Shocking numerical revelations await in Jim Carrey's totally freaking random thriller

Schutze is Lonely. Please Send Him Comments.

Torah! Torah! Torah!

Protocols of Zion takes a hard look at those who fear Jews

What's in store?

Plus: Rescued from the Reich

Star Spanglish Girl

Pick Pico de Gallo for hot comedy with smarts; at WaterTower's Cabaret, the wurst of times

Hotsy Totsy Nazis

The Producers verks up a shvits at Fair Park; gradually moves backward, Betrayal does

Show Tuned

Out Like a Lamb

Downfall chronicles Hitler's last days with an awkward note of sympathy

Bubble Brains

Think a strong mayor is a good idea? See who agrees with you.

Letters

In the Wolf's Mouth

SMU's Bryan Mark Rigg uncovers the story of Hitler's Jewish soldiers

Drip Dry

Mi Piaci is a still-fresh classic

Underneath the Bunker

Blind Spot offers a long close-up with one of Hitler's intimates

Q: "Why Does Hitler Have an Attitude?"

A: Buy the DVD for Full Frontal

Blood Money

Why John Cusack wouldn't do anything till he made this Hitler movie

Max Factors

Writer-director Menno Meyjes asks, "Would a Jew help Hitler?"

Laughter Is the Best Weapon

Charlie Chaplin does his best Little Hitler

Best Local Ski Mountain

Taos Ski Valley

Cloudy Issue

Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

The Kindness of Strangers

Archival footage illuminates a remarkable Holocaust story

Earth Crisis

Harsh words

Window pains

Arthur Miller shouldn't throw stones

Buzz

Jagged little pills

Two poisoners' tales revisit Arsenic and Old Lace with differing results

Renaissance man

Richard III star Ian McKellen may well be the greatest actor you've never heard of

A brilliant life in compromised art

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl confronts one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century