Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
Rule of Law: The Other Casualty
GRAYSON HARPERThe recent New York Times article describing Barack Obama’s “Kill List” made for a bumpy read. It’s not your standard Norman Rockwell fare: the president and his picture-perfect family seated at dinner, heads bowed, rec...
New York Times Reveals Gas Drilling Hocus Pocus
Jeff PrinceThe natural gas industry is compared to Enron and the dot.com bust, characterized as a Ponzi scheme, and said to be built on shaky economics in this well-researched New York Times article and this follow-up over the weekend. Th...
Red Light Cameras Promote Unsafe Driving
Jeff PrinceA recent article in The New York Times warned readers about speeding, saying police citations can increase your insurance payments by double digits. The story included the following nonsense: “So you might want to slow do...
NY Times Echoes FW Weekly
Jeff PrinceSee, we at the Fort Worth Weekly aren’t the only ones worrying about the natural gas industry and the environmental shortcuts they take and the pollution and problems they cause. The New Y0rk Times, a major news voice of ...
“NYT” Hits the Fort
Jimmy FowlerIn case you’re curious what The New York Times would recommend about Fort Worth during the Super Bowl, the answer is – “the West 7th district.”
With Friends Like BP, Who Needs Serial Killers?
Jeff PrinceFor weeks now, BP has been airing commercials featuring friendly employees looking into the camera oh so earnestly and talking about how they grew up in Louisiana and how their employer is going to restore the Gulf coast “...
Pipeline Baron’s $9 Billion Untaxed
Jeff PrinceThe New York Times shares this story about a Texas guy who made billions by burying natural gas pipelines, and then died this year and avoided estates taxes because of the generosity of President George W. Bush and Congress. Th...
Texas Sheiks in the Times
Anthony MarianiIn a newish podcast, The New York Times interviews blues guitarist Geoff Muldaur, who discusses the Texas Sheiks, a traditional, old-timey blues super-group of sorts that several months ago put out an eponymous album (with cove...
TCU Player Featured in New York Times
Anthony MarianiHere’s a relatively small, glowing NYT profile about TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes. The 6-foot-3-inch 257-lbs. senior is projected to be a first-round draft pick next year. Go, Frogs.