Caught in the Dragnet
On the night that Shahed Hossain left his family’s house in Haltom City to drive to Laredo, his mother, Habiba, cooked dinner — chicken...
Aggie Secrets
The gently rolling ranchland around Stephenville provides a natural backdrop for Tarleton State University and its emphasis on agricultural studies. But it’s more than...
Whistle, Stopped
In my 21 years in FWISD I have not worked with a finer AP than Joe Palazzolo. Mr. P is hard-working, on the job...
Playing for First
Gary Patterson looked deflated during the press conference following Texas Christian University’s final home game of 2010. “I guess I should just cheer up,”...
We’ve Been Plucked!
Hi, doc. Thanks for seeing me this week — it’s that time of year, you know, when I start feeling so exposed, so...
H2Ow
“Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over.” — attributed to Mark Twain
“People are drawing a line in the sand,” Marie Day said.
What...
Bad Blood in Flower Mound
What do phallic vegetables, narcotics passwords, butt-pinching, and gas drilling have in common? They’re all related to a bizarre political melodrama unfolding in the...
How Vernon Fisher Came to K-Mart Conceptualism
Fort Worth artist Vernon Fisher figures he escaped the bland certainties of a traditional rural Texas life through a crack in the façade between...
The Power of Belief
On some mornings, Concepcion Arellano wakes up feeling unable to breathe. “My heart races and my body shakes,” the 86-year-old said. She calls the...
Kickin’ and Screamin’
An hour southwest of Fort Worth, Glen Rose isn’t exactly Mayberry — there are more tourists, plus those dinosaur tracks, and a nuclear power...
