Quiet on Nukes
If you haven't heard much recently about how the hearings are going on Luminant Energy's proposal to build two new reactors at its Comanche...
Come Clean on Campus Crime
To the editor: Regarding your story about Clery Act controversies at Tarleton State University ("A Fine Education," Nov. 11, 2009): Colleges and universities routinely...
Puttering Around
I was watching the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing on TV when I learned the Theory of Relativity. Seriously. This was probably back in...
New Albums Hitting
Collin Herring is back. On Thursday, (yes, Thanksgiving), the alt-country singer-songwriter who decamped for Austin a couple of years ago is playing The Moon...
Gallery
As the show's title indicates, John Carlisle Moore is trying to execute 40 oil paintings in as many days. To that end, he's rendering...
For Fox Sake
The golden age of kids' movies is upon us. I'm not just talking about Pixar, though they're obviously a huge part of the creative...
Lonnng Haul
Every frame of director John Hillcoat's reverent adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road trembles with grim nobility. "Trembles" might be the key word...
The Frogs Rise Again
It was Jan. 2, 1939, and the Texas Christian University football team was behind at halftime, trailing Carnegie Tech 7-6 in the Sugar Bowl....
Gravitational Pull
The Blue Moon Café is near Eagle Mountain Lake and sits in a space that formerly housed the Possum Lodge barbecue café/store/gas station. Once...
Slammin’ Saturday
If you like watching large muscular men slam each other to the ground, mark Nov. 28 on your calendar. You'll be able to attend...
