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Jacquielynn Floyd

03/09/2010

Jacquielynn Floyd: How long can we stay stuck on the parkway?
Great legacies are not built on knowing when it's time to fold 'em and walk away. Prudence and caution are not the qualities most often associated with stirring accomplishments.

03/04/2010

Dallas County judge may be headed out, but trouble isn't
Voters have extended the vaudeville hook to yank poor, befuddled County Judge Jim Foster off the public stage. Still, he's vowing in the twilight of his tenure to bring the mustachioed villains to justice.

03/02/2010

Formerly elegant Stemmons in desperate need of update
A 50-year-old photo of the downtown skyline I dug up this week offers a gritty interpretation of mid-century urban Dallas.

02/23/2010

Joseph Stack can't be considered one of us regular Joes, Janes
Homicidal crank Joseph Stack deserves a footnote in history somewhere near the bottom of a category headed by Charles Guiteau. If you can't quite place the latter, so much the better.

02/19/2010

Customers say Oncor gave them cold shoulder after record snow
The lights are back on (for the most part) after North Texas' spectacular and wretchedly inconvenient snowfall. It's possible, though, that Oncor still has some repair work to do.

02/16/2010

Texas kids' sex ed programs shouldn't end at 'don't'
Despite my abiding love for this state, there are times when it seems like the house is burning down while we're all out in the yard arguing over which nozzle to use on the garden hose.

02/12/2010

Conversation Hearts overhaul is tough for some fans to swallow
Sometimes it's the lesser tradition – the fruitcake, the dreidel, the Easter basket lined with shredded cellophane "grass" – that infuses the holiday with greater meaning.

JUST WONDERING? SWEET SUGGESTIONS
Does Necco accept suggested sayings for its Sweethearts Conversation Hearts?

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