Deep in the Heart of Texxas Jam: Remembering the Wilson Sisters Rocking the Cotton Bowl in 1979

Read MoreHere’s Part 1 of a 3-part series on my remembrance of the 1979 Texxas Jam rock concert at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Read MoreHere’s Part 1 of a 3-part series on my remembrance of the 1979 Texxas Jam rock concert at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Read MoreA few stories from my vault about our veterans on this Veterans Day.

Read MoreOnce upon a time, Dallas had 19 drive-in movie theaters scattered throughout the city. This is the story of the one that created traffic jams on the freeway, ignited court battles, and quite likely was the ground zero of conception for many.
Read MoreToday marks the 56th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Some 19 months before that tragic day, I was born in Dallas. My family lived in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. That’s where Lee Harvey Oswald resided and was ultimately captured after committing one of the most infamous murders in history. Today’s column reveals what life was like growing up in the shadows of the Kennedy Assassination.

It seems like a century ago. I was there in the hall that night at the Dallas Convention Center during the 1984 Republican National Convention when Ray Charles belted out the greatest of all odes — “America the Beautiful.” What a gorgeous melody and memorable moment.
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