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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Dad from U.N.C.L.E.
When I was young back in Houston in the ’60s, summer was endless and sometimes dangerous. Boredom hadn’t been invented yet. We didn’t have...
