All the Fluff That Fits
Perhaps you heard a few weeks ago that more than 100 journalists accepted buyout offers from The Dallas Morning News. Maybe you said, gee,...
Evolve, Please
The best aren't necessarily found at the top of the heap - and vice versa.
On George W. Bush's first day on the job, thousands...
Waiting Impatience
Due to my wife’s recent medical problems, I’ve become an expert of sorts on doctors’ waiting rooms. This niche ecosystem is filled with a...
Leasing Our Lives Away
So you've signed a gas lease. Congratulations: You've been taken for a fool. Certain material facts were kept from you that, had you known...
Losing (Climate) Control
My youngest daughter is 17, so she will have lived most of her life before the worst of the warming hits. But her later...
Surviving Their Raising
A few weeks back, a 7th-grader who hangs around the neighborhood told my kids that Barack Obama was a stupid Muslim terrorist and that...
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...
Five Measly Pieces
When I go out to eat, I'm not a difficult customer. Having worked in so many restaurants - in front dealing with demanding customers...
A Matter of Life
Two years ago, in August, 2004, the board of the John Peter Smith Hospital system took a step that set it apart from public...
Their Texas
The Tea Party had limited success challenging Republican incumbents this election cycle, as business groups finally started fighting back to avoid a repeat of...
