Politics
Poor David Wants Oswald Stone Returned
Jeff PrinceDavid Card, the irascible owner of Poor David’s Pub in Dallas, is bound and determined to get a family possession returned, and he’s turning to social media for help. He’s created a new Facebook page: Return T...
Still Time To Sign Up For Tomorrow’s EPA Meeting On (cough, cough) Clean Air
BETTY BRINKThe Only Hearing in the Nation on EPA’s Proposed Weakening of Toxic Air Pollution Standards for all U.S. Cement Plants :Thursday August 16th-9 am to 7 pm –Arlington City Hall-101 W. Abram St. Downwinders’ At Risk...
Help Clean Fort Worth’s Polluted Air on August 16
betty.brinkThe Only Hearing in the Nation on EPA’s Proposed Weakening of Toxic Air Pollution Standards for all U.S. Cement Plants When: Thursday August 16th-9 am to 7 pm Where: Arlington City Hall-101 W. Abram St. Fort Worth’s...
Mass Shootings? Sure, But Did You Know To Run Away?
Andrew McLemoreCould there be a better sign of how accustomed to mass shootings we have become? We no longer view these atrocities as surprising. We actually expect them. What else can be concluded from a six-minute public service video, pr...
Chick-Fil-A, Not Cruz, Shows Enduring Strength Of Tea Party
Andrew McLemoreFor two days, the surprise victory of Ted Cruz was all anybody could talk about. The Tea Party upstart who beat back establishment candidate David Dewhurst for the Texas Senate was the biggest sign yet of the enduring — a...
Being A Woman Is No Longer A Pre-Existing Condition
betty.brinkToday, under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare, new and critical benefits for women take effect, according to a press release from the secretary of health and human services. For starters, under most ...
Drones Bring US Pilots Closer To Enemies’ Lives
Andrew McLemoreThought drone warfare was making warfare into a video game? Not so, according to a front-page New York Times story that flips the conventional understanding of drone attacks. The story suggests that drone warfare, in which mili...
Mission Accomplished: Bush Makes Bozo Of Himself Again
Jeff PrinceBig D resident George W. Bush has kept a relatively low profile during retirement after mucking things up for eight years. He’s back. Quick question: If you were writing a historical novel that included an ex-president as...
Breaking News: Air Is a Public Issue
Jimmy FowlerIt’s hard to think of a more Orwellian name for a state entity than the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which has apparently been insisting that breathable air is not an issue of “environmental quality” down h...
Rick Perry Helps Us Get Healthy
Kristian LinWell, our genius governor is at it again. Rick Perry announced yesterday that he’s refusing to implement the Affordable Care Act in Texas, joining a list of Republican governors who are trying to act all tough since the S...