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Monday, July 14, 2025

Re-Greening the Shrub

Legion of Doom-kopfs

Cracks in the Frack Wall

Ebola’s Grim Math

2nd Thought

2nd Thought

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...

Trail Trouble in River City

While I haven’t covered all 40 miles of Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, I’ve biked the lion’s share of that meandering ribbon. My all-time favorite...

Open-Armed, Despite All

What if China, flush with its new wealth, opened its doors to mass immigration? It would make sense from an economic and social point...

The Meaning of Paris

After French policeman Ahmed Merabet was killed outside the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris last week, his brother Malek said, “My brother was Muslim,...

Let’s Call the Whole Thing “Augh”

On a trip to Ireland some years ago, my brother and I checked into a hotel in Galway. The clerk asked for our reservation,...

Terrorism Equation

“We will not be cowed by these sick terrorists,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron after ISIS produced a grisly video of the mass...

Less Fighting, More Fear

Imagine for a moment that all the wars of the world have come to a peaceful conclusion. Most violent crime against people and property...

Cancer in the Country

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant rests on a concrete-dome-penetrated hilltop a few miles above Glen Rose, which was described in a Fort Worth Weekly...

Chilling Effect

As part of his continuing effort to deter women from having abortions, Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston has gotten the Texas Senate...

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...