Defending Darlie
Like pretty much everyone else who watched the news on Channel 5 that evening back in June of 1996, I was dumbstruck at the...
Grady Spears Last Shot?
Cowboy cook Grady Spears is opening a chicken-fried steak café in the Stockyards next month, and, since the joint holds only about 60 diners,...
Arlington Police: No Justice
On a sunny October day in 2011, Paul Balson watched out the window of his Arlington home as a car with three men in...
Flamed Out
A sign hanging on the fence that surrounds this East Fort Worth property warns trespassers to keep out – it also promises “amazing things.”...
Tequila and Tater Salad
The interior of Will Rogers Memorial Center went dark. A man in black walked hurriedly toward two empty stools that stood center stage. He...
Making the Cut at Colonial
The majestic course with its traps of white Florida sand and slick putting greens glistened in last Thursday's rain, which was coming down harder...
Mourning Dark
When one is in the nosebleed section of the human lifespan, not returning a phone message for days can be worrisome. When I had...
Private Prisons, Public Pain
Reeves County straddles I-20 in West Texas, between Odessa and El Paso. Pecos is the county seat, anchored in cowboy mythology. Tiny homes, many...
Honoring Their Service
These days, everyone knows — or thinks they know — the script for returning veterans. They come back from deployment and try to fit...
Bad Air Day
On a crisp Saturday morning, Delga Park, just north of downtown Fort Worth, was beautiful. The deep blue sky was spattered with cumulus clouds,...
