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More Thoughts on the Olympics
My own first name isn’t exactly common due to its unconventional spelling, so when I see athletes who share my first name at the...
Chick-Fil-A, Not Cruz, Shows Enduring Strength Of Tea Party
For two days, the surprise victory of Ted Cruz was all anybody could talk about. The Tea Party upstart who beat back establishment candidate...
Being A Woman Is No Longer A Pre-Existing Condition
Today, under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare, new and critical benefits for women take effect, according to a press release from...
“Eat Mor Chikin” Sayeth the Lord
Guess what some of the great minds at Fort Worth’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary are focused on today. If you said “contemplating the trinity”...
Little Attention Given To Tarrant Technician Who Ignored Rape Kits
Imagine you're a kid again.
Let's say you were a happy child (this is hypothetical, so why not) who knocked over the vase of grandma's...
Drones Bring US Pilots Closer To Enemies’ Lives
Thought drone warfare was making warfare into a video game?
Not so, according to a front-page New York Times story that flips the conventional understanding...
UPDATED Comptroller Storms Lola’s
For the second time in about a month last Saturday, agents from the state comptroller’s office stormed Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St., 817-877-0666)...
Notes on the Summer Olympics
I don't get geeked up for the Olympics the way I do for the big international soccer tournaments, but I always get sucked in...
Would You Pay To Read The Startlegram Online?
McClatchy, the corporation that owns the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, is on its way to implementing paywalls at its papers.
Don't be surprised to log on...
StewPat: 6 Days That Shook the World
Everything you thought was important right now –– the presidential campaign, the violence in Syria, ongoing weather-related catastrophes –– pales in comparison to the...
