Paved Over Again
Brian Bentley has been sparring with Fort Worth officials for months over a mammoth elm tree that was cut down in his yard without...
Standing with Wendy — Again
Diane Viviana couldn’t believe she was having to do this again. But there she was last Tuesday, in the Texas Senate chamber gallery, elbow...
Pipe Work: “Shoddy”
TransCanada, the giant energy company building the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to Port Arthur, claims its pipeline will...
Caveat Rider
The drinks were flowing on a recent evening at a 7th Street area bar, and at closing time Chad Sessom decided it might be...
Protesting the Drug War
The leaders of DFW NORML, a group that works for reform of marijuana laws, are used to being stereotyped. Some folks figured that their...
Profit and Virtue
Dylan Fox and Zach Herman made their first-ever trip to Texas on April 18. When they checked in at their hotel near Texas Christian...
Nightmare on Elm’s Street
Nobody knows how old the American elm at the corner of Murphy Street and Cleckler Avenue was, but it was mammoth and regal. The...
Steel on Magnolia
On a recent gusty but sunny Saturday afternoon, Magnolia Avenue was teeming with pedestrians. Parents were pushing strollers, dogs were pulling owners along on...
Disabled and Discarded?
Inside a two-story house in the Ryan Place neighborhood on the South Side, Danny Swanson slowly wheeled himself into his den. Awaiting his arrival...
Watching the Door
It’s a truism of the Texas Legislature that killing “bad” legislation is as important as passing the “good” kind. Under that theory, it would...
