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...
A Ban on Hypocrisy
Not long after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., I got into a little argument with a good friend about gun control. I lean liberal,...
IffySwift Justice
Oh boy, here we go again. Last month, a kindergartner carried a gun into a Houston elementary school, and it fired when he was...
Save Our History
It's great to know that the City of Fort Worth does not discriminate when it comes to demolishing historic properties. Cultural resources relating to...
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...
Coming to Terms
So now Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is calling for Texas governors to serve no more than two full four-year terms.
We heard that call...
Goodbye, Fossil Fuels?
“We would like to get to a prototype in five generations,” said Dr. Thomas McGuire, director of the Revolutionary Technology division at Lockheed...
Owning Up
I’ll always love my Great Aunt Flossie. As a youngster, rocking on her front porch in Galveston, I sat enthralled, listening to her yarns...
Whistling Dixie
This is a strange time in American history. I don’t recognize us.
And by us, I mean white people. We seethe with hatred. We’re fed...
Perrys on the Run
Anita Perry was complaining recently in South Carolina that the other Republican presidential hopefuls are picking on her husband.
“It’s been a rough month,” Texas’...
