How to Vote
There is a certain irony in the fact that while the Texas Photo Voter ID law is under court challenge by Democrats and 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....
Finding Our (New) Way
Mayor Mike Moncrief's favorite term is "the Fort Worth Way." In general, the mayor uses this vague term to describe Cowtown as a polite...
Dog Days, Cats’ Pajamas
It was a recent weekday afternoon when I saw an old friend of mine at LaGrave Field - one of those "businessman's specials" games....
You Are There
A few weeks ago, my oldest son told me that Afghanistan is probably in his immediate future. It was only a little over a...
Bass-Relief
When I moved here in 1990 from the land where rivers catch on fire, I knew only one thing about Fort Worth: Cowtown was...
Abuse Behind Bars
The scoreboard reads: Texas Prison Officials 1, Justice 0.
A jury decided last week that former Texas prison inmate Roderick Johnson was not entitled to...
Forget Avian Flu
I generally think of birds as flying rats. Some people attract them with feeders and go on trips just to look at birds wondrously...
Tarnish on the Hardware
Those of you not in the journalism biz probably haven't noticed this peculiar little ethics problem local news organizations have been dealing with for...
A Gem in Southeast
As board chairman of the Near Southeast Community Development Corporation, I appreciated Fort Worth Weekly's recent article about the city housing department ("Falling Down,...
