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9:44 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Storm pics, videos collected by DFW media

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A tornado near Watherford on May 15.

Northeast Texas was spared from the worst of last night's storms, but to the west, the North Texas communities of Granbury, Cleburne and Ennis suffered devastation and, in Granbury, deaths.

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Opinion
9:33 am
Mon May 6, 2013

Zombies, Slowhand and the weight of the years

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John Mark Dempsey

Lovely wife Tricia and I have attended more than our share of music events lately.  So much that a friend of mine commented on Facebook, “You are really hitting the nightlife!”

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Opinion
11:30 am
Tue April 30, 2013

Smile when you say that (call “Beaver” unrealistic), podna

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The "Leave it to Beaver" house on the Universal lot.

The 1950s are a litmus test for our political views; love the ’50s, you’re likely conservative; hate the ’50s, you’re likely liberal.*

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Opinion
11:15 am
Mon April 29, 2013

JMD on Washington and Mt. Vernon

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Screen capture from a Mt. Vernon walkabout tour.

I went to Washington, D.C. recently for an academic conference – one of those conclaves where you present your brilliant scholarly insights to a room of 15 other Deep Thinkers.

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