Murder-for-hire sting nabs soldier, ex-Army officer
Former Army Lt. Kevin Corley proved just how deep he’d be willing to dive into the brutal world of narco-trafficking this month when discussing a murder-for-hire plot with an undercover agent posing as a Los Zetas cartel operative. According to newly unsealed court records, the former Fort Carson Army officer told the undercover agent he’d…
Stylish Art for Everyone at “Glam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am” for CAM
On Saturday afternoon, artists Bryson and Holly Hein Brooks showcased their work at “Glam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am” for Contemporary Art Month (CAM). The stylish event, hosted at John Speegle and Leandra Hernandez’s urban San Antonio Riverwalk Space, featured iconic artwork ranging from $50 to $5,000—with a twist. The silk-screen and fully-painted works of Marilyn…
Why the New NFL is just the same Old Politics
American politics and the NFL have a lot in common. They both pit opposing teams against each other in the public arena and they both have their own inherent ideology used quite often to cover up one singular fact: that in the end – it’s always about the money. Rich, old white guys control everything…
Interview: Ezra Miller of ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
In director Lynne Ramsay’s 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin, actor Ezra Miller (City Island) plays title character Kevin Khatchadourian, a high school student whose unaffectionate and ambiguous relationship with his mother (Tilda Swinton) leads to a horrific massacre at the hands of the young man. During an interview with me, Miller, 19,…
San Antonio girl beats rare PPB cancer
You couldn’t tell just by looking that this healthy, energetic five-year-old spent most of her life fighting cancer. And, not just any cancer. At 18 months, Lauren was diagnosed with one of the rarest cancers in the world — Pleuropulmonary Blastoma or PPB. Only .01 percent of children who are diagnosed with cancer have PPB.…
Judge Biery’s ‘non-Kumbaya’ moment
On Monday Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery again struck comedic gold in the contentious Medina Valley prayer-in-school case. In an order filed Monday titled the “Non-Kumbaya Order: The Homo Sapien Saga Continues,” Biery orders Medina Valley school officials to apologize for disparaging remarks they’ve made over the past month about a family that sued…
