Don Young Is Bad, He’s Nationwide
You've seen Don Young's name in Blotch and the pages of Fort Worth Weekly many times in the past eight years, ever since gas...
Chance To Say Goodbye To Hicks, Hello To Gray
The Fort Worth City Council's only African-American woman, Kathleen Hicks, will say goodbye and relinquish her seat at Tuesday night's meeting.
In 2005, Hicks became...
Speak Out Tuesday Night On Redistricting
Fort Worth's attempt at redistricting is approaching a conclusion. Redistricting gives city officials an opportunity to create electoral districts that fairly reflect the demographics.
You...
Not Everyone Has Fireworks Fubar
San Diego planned a huge fireworks show last night but a computer glitch accidentally set off all the fireworks at once -- five minutes...
Don’t You Forget About Mimir
Due to an oversight, I neglected to mention the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in this week's print edition, so I'm here on Blotch to...
TCU Prof Sees Texas Republican Platform And Is Afraid, Very Afraid
John T. Harvey is a longtime economics guru at Texas Christian University and a blogger at Forbes. His blog Pragmatic Economics tries to explain...
Vinyl Night at Avoca
In my experience, there are two types of vinyl collectors --–– ponytailed fifty-year-old dudes with one earring, jeans, tennis shoes, and original King Crimson...
Halstead Commended in the “Advocate”
Public officials who make stupid remarks about minority groups are often branded with the “bigot” label --- sometimes deservedly so. But the real rarity...
Matt’s Pub Coming to West 7th
In the hot spot of the West 7th corridor sits a mini-hot spot of sorts that we like to call Carroll Corner, a small...
For First Time, Cities Outgrowing Suburbs (FW catching up)
Most of the country's cities are growing faster than their suburbs for the first time in a century, according to Census numbers released Thursday.
It's...
