Turkey Awards 2020
We’re not saying we don’t make mistakes. We all do, even the most “woke” among us, even us “lapdog liberals” here at the Weekly....
Public Safety or Over-Policing?
Buttressed between Ridglea Hills to the west, Westover Hills to the north, and Tanglewood to the east and south, the Como neighborhood has served...
Ultra Mandate
I knew we were going to fight about it.
“It’s one o’clock, Anth,” my wife said. “You’re drinking already?”
You’re damn right I’m drinking, lady, I...
A Whirl of a World Series
Well, Major League Baseball pulled it off. They completed the shortened 60-game baseball season that culminated in the World Series.
The strange and historic 2020...
Forgotten Halloween Hero from Texas
To say that Texas and Texans have had a memorable imprint on modern history and culture would be a grievous understatement. Texas heroes —...
Voting on the Commish
Before the tumultuous year that has been 2020, county commissioner meetings drew minimal public attention. Held at the county administration building downtown, the four...
Houses Divided
All I heard was “something something Trump something.”
I was on my way to my open garage after a passeggiata, or after-dinner walk, with my...
Walking for Justice
Leon Reed Jr.’s steadfast devotion to social justice issues is fueled by several influences. As a criminal defense lawyer, he sees the results of...
Defunding Texas
Nothing says “Texas” like rodeos, smoked ’cue, and underfunded government services. When public services are cut, Texas always goes big, and the poor suffer...
Battered but Unbroken
Minutes before class started, Adisson Grant was preparing booklets and organizing special LEGO pieces for the day’s engineering lesson.
“We are teaching foundational engineering using...
