Surviving Their Raising
Could we make this the last generation of racists?
By E.R. BILLS
A few weeks back, a 7th-grader who hangs around the neighborhood told my kids...
Losing Our Voices
A media monopoly is about to gobble one of the last voices of press freedom in the United States - but is that really...
Denial and Tragedy
When I heard about the Nov. 5 shootings at Fort Hood, I packed my bags for Killeen. As a former military wife, a military...
Getting off the High Horse
After a tough day, you’re decompressing, shutting out the world, checking out the lightest of internet fare. You come across a video with a...
The War on Sunshine
A war against open government is being fought in Texas. Cities and public officials — including some in Arlington and Hurst — are using...
Johnny Got His Pills
After U.S. Army Sgt. Douglas Hale, Jr. finished 15 months in Iraq for his second combat tour, it was obvious that things in his...
Lessons From the Trenches
Hi, students. Welcome to Participatory Democracry 101. Please take a seat - and remember, it's OK to use money, lies, or intimidation to convince...
The Grass Is Always Taller …
To some people, the front yard at Eastside activist Don Young's house looks like an overgrown bunch of weeds badly in need of a...
Republicans, We Hardly Know Ye
I’m curious — what has happened to the Republican Party? After all, these are the people who like to tell Americans they are the...
The Binge Conundrum
When I started college, I was 17 - had to wait three months before I could drink in bars near our campus in Chicago....
