State Sen. Wendy Davis Endorses Marc Veasey
As predicted in last week's cover story, the new Congressional District 33 election features a runoff between Dallas attorney Domingo Garcia and Fort Worth's...
Sen Chris Harris Gets Eye Full On Facebook
All these changes to Facebook lately are confusing -- and enlightening.
Timelines and other tracking features now tell everybody about what you post, or comments...
New York City!?! Get A Rap
When it comes to picante sauce, Texans say "get a rope" if it's been made in New York City.
When it comes to fracking for...
Saggy Pants Are Just the Start
Are you better off now than you were one year ago? If so, you can probably credit that vague sense of well-being to the...
Who cares about Lockheed’s machinists? Not the Pentagon
A Star-Telegram story from yesterday quoted a defense consultant and Lockheed spokespersons as shrugging off concerns that striking machinists will have any impact on...
Fort Worth Diocese For Romney
It’s looking more and more like the Catholic Church hierarchy in America should register with the government as a Republican lobbying organization: Yesterday, more...
Romney Fears Dubya’s Cooties
This is hilarious: George W. Bush, whose unpopularity in the GOP is second possibly only to Jimmy Carter’s, finally offered his gold-plated endorsement of a...
The Week in Gay Rights
What a month of May it’s been, huh? Let’s recap: Last week, Romney’s openly gay national security/foreign policy spokesman Richard Grenell resigned from the...
Americans Like To Water
The Arlington City Council killed a motion to enact permanent water restrictions after several residents lambasted the idea as "un-American."
The mayors of Fort Worth,...
Bill Howard of Texas Lil Fame Dies Heroically
Bill Howard, a central figure in an alleged arson at Texas Lil’s Dude Ranch that drew national attention, died Saturday while helping a stranger...













