The Best and the Bums: Who’s Doing Good and Who’s Not in These Crazy Times
From Mattress Mack to that Austin guy who pushed a park ranger into the lake, the pandemic is bringing out the best and worst in people.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
From Mattress Mack to that Austin guy who pushed a park ranger into the lake, the pandemic is bringing out the best and worst in people.
By Dan Solomon
The question is making its way through the courts, after Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed a state judge’s ruling.
By Dan Solomon
The latest rant from the ‘Infowars’ host triggers a fear we didn’t know we had.
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But the release of the track resulted in some drama anyway.
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Research suggests Governor Abbott’s statewide stay-at-home order was slowing down the coronavirus’s spread. What will happen now that he’s lifted it?
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Because there’s nothing to watch.
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Sure, why not?
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The redheaded stranger is socially distancing—thank you for your concern.
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The legendary Houston stand-up was a more conventional comic before he grew up on stages across America.
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Attempts to make sense of the spread of the virus can lead to some misunderstandings.
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A modest request for Kyle Chandler in quarantine.
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Some of the precious commodity spilled onto the interstate as the truck and cargo burned—the driver was uninjured.
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The promising start to the league is one of the endless disappointments of 2020.
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It’ll never match the live experience, but maybe it isn’t supposed to.
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The grocer started communicating with its Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)
By Dan Solomon and Paula Forbes
A Dallas family goes viral once again.
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The national treasure is even headlining an online benefit concert this evening.
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The team traded away their star receiver for a running back and a second-round draft pick.
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Two beloved Texas institutions team up in a moment of crisis.
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These are tough questions to answer right now.
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Young people took jobs they thought would help turn Texas blue.
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The writing had been on the wall, and now it’s official.
By Dan Solomon
The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.
By Dan Solomon, Cat Cardenas and Emily McCullar
There is important stuff happening in the world, so let’s just get through this quickly.
By Dan Solomon
Jessica Cisneros is the latest AOC-backed, Bernie-style candidate to fall short.
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Dear candidates: Please stop with the pandering.
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Suspending the festival amid coronavirus fears would be The Big One for Austin’s economy.
By Dan Solomon
Nearly all of the new early voters in Collin County participated on the Democratic side, and blue vote totals were up across the state.
By Dan Solomon
It’s part of a bigger plan to make the North Texas city a destination.
By Dan Solomon
A new poll asks the question that previous ones strongly suggested.
By Dan Solomon
Baseball has its own way of enforcing the rules.
By Dan Solomon
Idealistic young people in the Bloomberg campaign believe they'll stay in Texas through November. But that's not what top staff are saying.
By Dan Solomon
An imbroglio aboard an American Airlines flight has divided our nation. Let us instead unite in accepting the inherent awfulness of flying coach.
By Dan Solomon
A former McKinney North pitcher’s lawsuit alleges that the sign-stealing scandal ended his career.
By Dan Solomon
The booming suburbs of Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio could change the distribution of power in the state.
By Dan Solomon
The post-McConaissance period has been rough, but the actor’s turn in ‘The Gentlemen’ would have fit into that golden age.
By Dan Solomon
The face of the Houston Texans says he achieved a ‘lifelong dream’ in hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.'
By Dan Solomon
Two burning questions answered in one post.
By Dan Solomon
There’s been no shortage of hype and huge names in Texas college football, but there’s only one Mahomes.
By Dan Solomon
The Vermont socialist looks surprisingly strong in the Lone Star State.
By Dan Solomon
Lizzo and Gary Clark Jr., who each took home three awards, delivered searing performances along with Demi Lovato and Tanya Tucker.
By Dan Solomon
Lilly the capuchin monkey got loose following a burglary at home—and there are conflicting reports on her fate.
By Dan Solomon
Alto is betting that if a safer, more expensive ride-hailing service can turn a profit in Dallas, it can do it just about anywhere.
By Dan Solomon
The Wall Street Journal investigates what happened to the snowballs people froze after a historic 2004 snowfall.
By Dan Solomon
Baseball will break your heart.
By Dan Solomon
Who put H-E-B and Whataburger in the same division?
By Dan Solomon
Yes, it's really a thing. Here's what we know about champagne sabering.
By Dan Solomon
As a man of the people, he belongs on the airwaves—not on mediocre cable games.
By Dan Solomon
A modest proposal for new leadership.
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Iowa and New Hampshire don’t look like the rest of America, while Texas is a microcosm of the nation.
By Dan Solomon