Summer School
In the summer of 1980, I got a job working for a landscaper for $5 an hour. I was 13 years old. The landscaper...
Our Land
Finally: The times, they are a-changin'.
By Kendall McCook
Local teacher and writer Kendall McCook went to Washington, D.C., for Barack Obama's inauguration, with sons Jake...
Not Impressed
Dragon dominance vs. Parrot perils - whom to cheer for?
By E. R. Bills
Flipping through the channels on cable the other night, I stumbled across...
Omigod — Obama
Holy crap! We're going to have a black president!
If my dad wasn't already dead, that would kill him. (You guessed it: He was extremely...
Literary Villains
I grew up in Cleburne, and the news that a group of parents are calling for the removal of Ken Follett's Pillars of the...
Protesting Too Much
Fort Worth Star Telegram business writer Mitchell Schnurman called it "petty politics" and suggested maybe someone forgot to kiss a certain person's ring.
He was...
Sins of the World
An institution as large and as complex as the Catholic Church presents an enormous target for its critics, especially since its stands often go...
The Pros of Parking
The Weekly's Jan. 9 cover story ("What 'Free' Parking?") on the downtown parking additions made possible with tax-increment financing almost entirely dismissed what that...
Adrift
A couple of months ago I found myself on the verge of drowning in the Gulf of Mexico. The skiff I was in capsized...
Cancer in the Country
There was a time before nukes and progress covered up the pretty places in North Texas.
By KENDALL MCCOOK
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant rests on...
