07/11/2008

Kids' tragic deaths serve as grim reminders for parents, caretakers
Most families have stories, favorite tales about near-calamities that happened when an energetic child slipped off the parental radar for a few minutes. Most families are lucky. A very few aren't.

07/12/2008

JACQUIELYNN FLOYD
Most families have stories, favorite tales about near-calamities that happened when an energetic child slipped off the parental radar for a few minutes: That Time Bubba Fell Out of the Fishing Boat, or The Day Mom Lost Me at the Mall.

07/08/2008

Jacquielynn Floyd: The spin in Lancaster ISD is getting tiresome
The official line from the Lancaster Independent School District is as peppy and upbeat as a feel-good Broadway musical: Everything's great! It's all good! We're on a rocket-called-Achievement to a planet-named-Excellence, and nothin's gonna stand in our way, 'cause (big finale) it's all for the children!

07/07/2008

The spin in Lancaster ISD is getting tiresome
The official line from the Lancaster Independent School District is as peppy and upbeat as a feel-good Broadway musical: Everything's great! It's all good! We're on a rocket-called-Achievement to a planet-named-Excellence, and nothin's gonna stand in our way, 'cause (big finale) it's all for the children!

07/03/2008

Enough about patriotism; we have real problems to fix
Could we please shut up about patriotism for a little while? Can't we just, for crying out loud, give this poor, tortured word a quiet and hard-earned rest for the day?

07/01/2008

There's plenty of blame to go around among drivers, cyclists
Patti Dean, like many readers I have heard from in the last few days, had an anecdote underlining the tension between motorists and cyclists on Dallas-area streets.

06/30/2008

Plenty of blame to go around in cyclist safety debate
Dallas Morning News columnist Jacquielynn Floyd has received dozens of anecdotes since writing last week about what seems to be a smoldering anger between Dallas-area motorists and and bicyclists.
Tell Us: Can motorists and cyclists co-exist on the road?
Drivers, cyclists could use etiquette training

06/27/2008

Dallas officer shot during SWAT raid to be released from hospital
For a couple of minutes during Lt. Carlton Marshall's last full day in the hospital, we all cried like little girls – me, the Marshalls, possibly even the hospital PR guy sitting over in the corner.

06/26/2008

Dallas officer shot during SWAT raid to be released from hospital
For a couple of minutes during Lt. Carlton Marshall's last full day in the hospital, we all cried like little girls – me, the Marshalls, possibly even the hospital PR guy sitting over in the corner.

06/24/2008

Dallas drivers - and cyclists - could use some training in etiquette
A pal of mine – a benign, good-tempered, live-and-let-live sort of person – turns unexpectedly irate at just the thought , believe it or not, of bicyclists.
Tell Us: Can motorists and cyclists co-exist on the road?