Hard to Swallow
We’re here to celebrate eats and drinks, but the governments in D.C. and Austin are making it really hard to do anything other than...
Male-fare State
Notice how frustrated people are these days?
Pissed off, ticked off, irritated? Stressed out? Anxious, impatient, manic?
Before, it seemed like it was just old white...
Army Legacy
Moni Washington enlisted in and attended the U.S. Military Prep school in 1986 as a private, and the next year, she was accepted into...
Stronger Together
“You think if you’ve got no uterus and no breasts, you’re still technically a woman?”
Gender-policing conservatives may think that this quote is describing a...
Cultural Cowardice
A little while back, I did a 6 p.m. appearance/signing in Houston and decided I wouldn’t drive all the way back to Fort Worth....
Discrimination, Inequality, and Exclusion
As much as so many people associated with MAGA seem to hate acronyms designated for programs designed to actually make America great — or...
Frogzilla
When she moved into her home on Sandage Avenue 12 years ago, Tim Latta said she had no idea she would be surrounded by...
The Red Zone
I recently re-read Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Dead Zone.
Great book. Great movie (the one with Christopher Walken, I mean).
But there was a line...
Nanny State on Patrol
The blank wall says a lot. Measuring just a few feet, this portion of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth seems conspicuously empty....
Them Inaugural Blues
Two weeks ago, sleet drummed on the skylight above me as I tapped on my keyboard. The late Jimmy Carter, the first president I...
