2nd Thought
Let’s Call the Whole Thing “Augh”
DAN MCGRAWOn a trip to Ireland some years ago, my brother and I checked into a hotel in Galway. The clerk asked for our reservation, and my brother said our last name. But when the document was presented for us to sign, the last name was...
Told You So
Gwynne DyerIt’s not nice to say “I told you so,” but … in February I predicted that the United States would seek a one-to-one deal on climate change with China this year. And in late May, the Guardian revealed that...
Fixing TxDOT’s Wagon
DAVE McNEELYIn the Texas Legislature, today’s solution often turns out to be tomorrow’s problem. The latest example is the effort to make changes at the Texas Department of Transportation, which as of press time had passed both...
The Real Builders
KENDALL MCCOOKLiving as I do near downtown Fort Worth, I frequently seek out my friend John and his lawyer compadre Bo for a few drinks and conversation at Billy Miner’s Saloon, across from what was, 20 years ago, the Caravan of Dreams...
Not-So-Suite
Dan McGrawThere’s an interesting tale to a civil lawsuit filed recently in a Tarrant County District Court. Not because of the dollar figures or the cause of action – one business is claiming that another business owes it $60...
A Bit of Armor
DAVE MCNEELYA reporters’ “shield” law that had died in the last two legislative sessions was finally passed by the Texas House of Representatives April 30 and sent to Gov. Rick Perry on Monday.
Tune In
E.R. BILLSA few Sundays ago, my kids and I laid some plastic over the dining room table and broke out the clay. I gave them each a half-pound of clay and turned them loose. After half an hour or so of starts and stops, “Mr. Bill...
Illiberal Education?
DAN MCGRAWWhen I started college about 30 years ago, I moved into a dormitory at a university in Chicago. I didn’t get to choose either my dorm or my roommate – both decisions were made by the school. My roomie was a country ...
Not for Fun and Games
JOSEPH FAUSTI took on one of the toughest assignments of my career last year when I picked up the phone and learned from a reporter that a young boy had been seriously injured while playing on the tracks and trains of our BNSF Railway.
Senior Specials
DAN MCGRAWPBS needs to roll back the age appeal of its programming. In 1970, radio and television comedian Red Skelton was taken off the air by CBS because his audience was getting too old and younger viewers weren’t watching. That...