2nd Thought
Surgin’ Generals Warning
JIM FINEThe president, some members of Congress, and several influential commentators have called for the United States to send thousands of additional military troops to Iraq.
Grandma and the Tramp Stamp
DAN MCGRAWBeing the father of a teenage daughter these days is fraught with all sorts of wonderment and melancholy and insanity. We have a nice time when we talk about movies and music and maybe some news issues, but it all goes downhill...
An Open Letter to Mistletoe Heights
Don YoungI live in West Meadowbrook, not Mistletoe Heights, but I am certain that we share many of the same values and concerns for our neighborhoods. No neighborhood is an island. What goes on in one affects the others.
A Como Farewell
JARID MANOSAnd so, after all these years, it’s my last Christmas in Como. This 100-year-old neighborhood, built as a servant city on the virgin prairie back when wolves still howled along the streetcar route to wealthy, new Arlingto...
Losing Our (American) Way
E. R. BILLSThe other day I heard on the radio an industrial-edged remake (by a band called Dissturbed) of the 1986 Genesis pop hit, “Land of Confusion.” It brought back a lot of memories – in particular, MTV footage of a...
The Narrow News of Sports
TRACY EVERBACHThe wide world of sports is more diverse and less overwhelmingly male than ever, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the sports sections of most newspapers.
Bluing from the Bench
DAN MCGRAWIf you want to get into a nasty fight in these parts, mention that Dallas and Fort Worth don’t seem that different. Some old-timers will give you a confused look, like a dog with one ear turned up, and from others youR...
Rethinking Paper Feathers
LAURIE BARKER JAMESMy daughter’s kindergarten class is learning about Indians. This means she made a paper-feather headdress and vest in arts and crafts.
TAKSing Our Patience
E.R. BILLSUsed to be there were only two things sure in this life: death and taxes. Now there are three sure things: death, taxes, and TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) tests. I was never a fan of the first two, but neither...
Memory Loss
DAN MCGRAWWhen young people start in the journalism business, the importance of five W’s is tattooed on their brains. The who, what, where, and when are the easy part. It is the “why” part of the job that’s tough.