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Undue Processnew
Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Cult of Olenew
Ole Anthony anointed himself the watchdog of America's televangelists -- but who was watching Ole Anthony?
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
08-08-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Devil and Doyle Davidsonnew
Did a preacher's obsessions push Dena Schlosser over the edge?
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-23-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Trump-a-Ramanew
When it comes to real estate savvy, The Donald is The King, which is why the Learning Annex is paying him $1.5 million for giving a handful of one-hour lectures at real estate expos around the country.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
02-27-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Lights, Camera, Play!new
They're not exactly Pixar, but a crew of Texas teens find fame -- not fortune -- making machinima movies on the Xbox.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
01-23-2006 |
Movies
Dr. Disasternew
Dr. Paul Pepe -- described by a colleague as "a trailblazer with a machete" -- brought his expertise in emergency-room care to the post-Katrina medical crisis in New Orleans.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
11-28-2005 |
Science
Parents of Unschoolers See Themselves as Guidesnew
The authors' twin nephews dropped out of pre-kindergarten because it didn't offer astronomy. Within a few years, they were reading adult books.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-31-2005 |
Education
Unschooled Children Direct Their Own Educationnew
Some parents are relinquishing their expectations for their children's lives and letting them learn how to learn on their own.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-31-2005 |
Education
A Developer and His Beautiful Wife Have Dallas Buzzingnew
An influential Dallas developer shows up at city events with his gorgeous Chinese wife, who was a bathhouse "masseuse" when he met her.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-03-2005 |
Politics
G.I. Jerks Are as Real as Rambonew
A wave of wannabe warriors claiming service in Afghanistan and Iraq are looking to profit by deception, as one woman learned after moving in with a man she believed to be a career soldier.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
09-05-2005 |
War
Oklahoma (In)Justicenew
Accused of killing a cop's son, one woman learns the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the prosecution.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
07-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Generation RXnew
When 20-year-old Luke Stone died of an accidental drug overdose, his parents realized the landscape of substance abuse had changed. Young people today are adrift in a sea of psychotropic pharmacology.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-24-2005 |
Science
Documentary Takes Aim at a Dubious Diagnosisnew
The film makes a compelling argument that many Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy cases are the result of doctors prescribing powerful drugs, particularly neuroleptics, for infants, and then mistaking the strange side effects for harm caused by mothers.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-15-2005 |
Reviews
Woman Gets Slapped With Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Labelnew
During a custody battle, Dr. Susan Diamond was labeled as having a psychiatric disorder in which a parent fabricates or aggravates a child's illness in order to get attention. But the diagnosis is a controversial one.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: psychiatry
Acquittal of Murderous Mom Inspires Debate Over Insanity Defensenew
Lisa Diaz drowned her "precious babies" to save them from an evil world. Her acquittal, and the overturning of the conviction of Andrea Yates on similar charges, have prompted reexamination of the Texas insanity defense statute.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
01-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
