Posts Tagged ‘political’
Don’t Tax, We Spend
DAVE MCNEELYIn some ways, it’s reminiscent of the 1980s, when competing black Democrats, some who couldn’t stand one another, got in elbowing matches to stand closest to black presidential candidate Jesse Jackson.
James McMurtry
Listen UpFort Worth-born James McMurtry continues to display a wickedly sharp sense of right and wrong on his new Just Us Kids.
Gone to Texas
For once, the presidential election is coming to a neighborhood near you.DAVE MCNEELY and BETTY BRINK
Steve Hollern and Lon Burnam are about as politically opposite as it gets in Fort Worth
Eyes on TxDOT
Activist Terri Hall has TxDOT’s dream of toll roads in her sights.Peter Gorman
It’s looking like a tough year for toll roads in Texas, and no one could be happier about that than Terri Hall, the San Antonio woman whose group is leading the grassroots fight against the controversial pay-to-drive road...
Lou Vargo
Listen UpThese days, a CD titled American Disaster might sound like a political statement.
Barton’s Bad Year
The Mansfield mayor’s sex-offender crusade keeps getting punctured.ERIC GRIFFEY
Fort Worth’s suburban cities seem to have a real penchant for wacky political melodrama — dirty movie wars in Kennedale, endless infighting in White Settlement, an old-folks’ uprising in Haltom City.
Arabesque
The politically aware action thriller The Kingdom has something for everyone.Kristian Lin
The Kingdom is the fourth movie directed by Peter Berg, and it’s obviously his bid to join that elite club of filmmakers whose action thrillers appeal to both the popcorn-eating masses and the socially conscious moviegoers.
The Speaker in Winter
True to his Golden Gloves past, Jim Wright answers the bell for another round.Jeff Prince
Mornings begin with a trip to his spacious office and compiling a list of things to do. Days are spent knocking things off the list — from teaching chores to working on books and articles, to taking phone calls from former co...
Health Scare System
Michael Moore’s latest doc will leave you feeling ill about American medicine.Kristian Lin
Those reports you’ve heard about the new, self-effacing Michael Moore turn out to be more or less true in his latest documentary, Sicko.
The Dems Dig Out
One race does not a landslide make — so why are the local underdogs so happy?Betty Brink
It may still be too early to sing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but some Tarrant County Democrats are daring to hum it under their breath.