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Monthly Archives: May 2011

High-Tech, Low Approval

It’s not your typical seventh-grade English class: Some kids sit at tables in a classroom, while others lie or sit nearby on an area...

Fair and Balanced at Trinity Tavern?

Late in the afternoon a few days ago, I went looking for a place to have a beer and a sandwich. The obvious choice...

Zippy’s All-American Comfort

In a cozy corner at North Main and 20th streets near the Stockyards sits Zippy’s All-American Grill, a no-nonsense restaurant that was located downtown...

Lola’spalooza-time, Missile Men

As always there are a lot of shows this weekend. However, all of the cool kids, and many not-so-cool non-kids (ahem, me and my...

Is Perry a Pinko Now?

Rick Perry has his panties in a wad over the federal government. Again. What did the Obama administration do this time? Surely they took...

Tea Party; Local Brew

On an early spring evening, inside the Elks Lodge meeting room on Fort Worth's West Side, about 75 locals — most of them older...

Bin Laden’s Geronimo Code Name Questioned

Native Americans are understandably pissed off after the U.S. military used "Geronimo" as the code name for Osama bin Laden during the raid to...

Clear as Mud

In what can only mean more grief for Fort Worth schools superintendent Melody Johnson, a Texas Education Agency audit report released last week concluded...

Happy Couples (More or Less)

Wedding season is upon us. Can you stand it? After the big blowout nuptials in London dominated our TV screens last week, we have...

Ballet Frontier’s La Sylphide Shines

Ballet Frontier came of age last weekend in Scott Theater with a striking new production of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. In just a few...