/tags/commentaries Commentaries en-US Copyright Fri, 13 May 2022 14:00:00 GMT /commentaries/2022-05-13/commentary-linda-coffee-and-the-roe-v-wade-decision A recent leak of a draft opinion from a Supreme Court Justice suggests a majority of justices may vote to overturn the historic 1973 decision. Commentator Lee Cullum looks back at the two women who won that case. Fri, 13 May 2022 14:00:00 GMT /commentaries/2022-05-13/commentary-linda-coffee-and-the-roe-v-wade-decision Lee Cullum /arts-culture/2020-11-13/theres-really-no-one-box-to-put-hispanic-people-in-student-journalist-reflects-on-identity Student journalist Brandy Ruiz set out to explore what "Hispanic identity" actually means. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:00:12 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-13/theres-really-no-one-box-to-put-hispanic-people-in-student-journalist-reflects-on-identity Brandy Ruiz /commentaries/2020-07-29/commentary-remembering-dallas-arts-leader-richard-brettell Rick Brettell, founder of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at the University of Texas at Dallas, and a mainstay in many ways of the cultural… Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT /commentaries/2020-07-29/commentary-remembering-dallas-arts-leader-richard-brettell Lee Cullum /commentaries/2020-05-06/commentary-keras-lee-cullum-remembers-roger-horchow Editor's Note: Tributes have continued this week for Roger Horchow. The businessman and theater producer died in Dallas over the weekend at age 91. Here… Wed, 06 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT /commentaries/2020-05-06/commentary-keras-lee-cullum-remembers-roger-horchow Lee Cullum /commentaries/2020-01-31/commentary-keras-lee-cullum-remembers-jim-lehrer Editor's note: An outpouring of tributes has followed the death of journalist and longtime PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer last week. Remembrances… Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:00:53 GMT /commentaries/2020-01-31/commentary-keras-lee-cullum-remembers-jim-lehrer Lee Cullum /commentaries/2019-09-20/commentary-placido-domingos-sexual-harassment-allegations The Dallas Opera has dropped singer Placido Domingo from its March gala following sexual harassment allegations now under investigation. One complaint… Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:40:00 GMT /commentaries/2019-09-20/commentary-placido-domingos-sexual-harassment-allegations Lee Cullum /commentaries/2019-01-22/commentary-remembering-herb-kelleher The staff of Southwest Airlines will gather today in Dallas to celebrate the life of Herb Kelleher. The co-founder and longtime CEO died January 3rd at… Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:30:00 GMT /commentaries/2019-01-22/commentary-remembering-herb-kelleher Sam Baker /commentaries/2018-06-01/commentary-a-2001-graduate-looks-back-on-santa-fe-high-school-and-the-gun-debate Governor Greg Abbott's recommendations for increased school safety stems from the May 18 deadly shootings at Santa Fe High School near Houston. The… Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:45:00 GMT /commentaries/2018-06-01/commentary-a-2001-graduate-looks-back-on-santa-fe-high-school-and-the-gun-debate Aasim Saeed /commentaries/2017-10-20/commentary-confederate-monuments-debate-suggests-unfinished-business-with-the-past As Dallas considers changes to monuments, streets and schools named for Confederate leaders, the city of Austin has joined a growing movement to change… Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:52:58 GMT /commentaries/2017-10-20/commentary-confederate-monuments-debate-suggests-unfinished-business-with-the-past Jodi Campbell /commentaries/2017-09-18/commentary-what-dallas-really-needs-now-that-the-robert-e-lee-statue-is-gone After more than 80 years in the park in Dallas that bears his name, the city has removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A city task force… Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:20:00 GMT /commentaries/2017-09-18/commentary-what-dallas-really-needs-now-that-the-robert-e-lee-statue-is-gone William Holston