President’s Day Edition [Extra Extra]
- Ken Starr (of Whitewater fame) was just named president of Baylor. Yes, he’s promised to join a Baptist church after moving to Waco!
- Dallas-based Southwest Airlines kicked actor/director Kevin Smith off a plane this weekend, citing his size as a reason. He was very, very displeased about this. Now Southwest is trying to deal with the situation.
- A University of Texas student group has formed to try and save the Cactus Cafe.
- The Sixth Floor Museum releases video amateur footage of JFK/LBJ’s arrival at Love Field on Nov 22, 1963.
- We had no idea that this “hell-on-earth” existed, but we suppose that anyone wearing an Ed Hardy shirt in H-town will want to go drink somewhere. (Bonus: there's a good chance of getting your car towed or getting a DWI if you drive there!)
- Everything you want to know about the making of the new Midlake album.
- It’s now the “Year of the Tiger.”
- A long story from The New York Times Magazine about why it matters to the rest of the US when Texas updates its social studies curriculum guidelines.
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