Lament for Horny Toad
A friend’s 3-year-old boy is enthralled with toy dinosaurs and carries one with him wherever he goes. Imagine what the tyke would think if...
Auteur de Cowtown
“I’m a good actor, but I’m a much better director,” Bill Paxton told Canadian film critic Jason Gorber in 2011, adding that he wished...
Losing Lon
Being an outspoken liberal is not a good career path in Texas. But Fort Worth’s Lon Burnam has stood toe to toe with the...
Dead Zone
It used to be one of the spring break capitals of Mexico. Tens of thousands of college kids from all over Texas would make...
Doomsday Diversions
The puppy and I have the arms of the couch, with my wife and young son between us. Miles the tiny tortoise is asleep...
The house that Leon built
The buzzing whine of a power saw and acrid smell of sawdust fill the back part of the century-old building on the Near Southside....
Game Delay
It was a spring training for the ages, one that will be talked about for years to come. An infectious virus has thrown a...
Sunshine Week 2019
For a law associated with sunshine, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) hasn’t had much time in the limelight. Long considered the domain of...
Unfolding Wings
As grinding techno beats set the audience seats buzzing, cast members strolled up and down the aisles of Rose Marine Theater, glittery insect wings...
A Film On The Brink
Dee Smith is hardly an alarmist. His erudite, matter-of-fact tone belies the often-frightening subject matter of his recently released documentary series, A World on...
