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The Man Who Killed Halloween
Fifty years. It goes by in a flash. Timothy Mark O’Bryan was 8. I was 7.
It was Halloween, 1974. On a Thursday, a school...
Stalwarts and Legends
Over the last 18 years as a food columnist, I’ve watched restaurants come and go. What makes a concept successful for the long haul?...
Script Censorship?
At pretty much any other 817 school district, students and parents, and their friends and supporters, might show some grace to trustees greenlighting theatrical...
Reset
It was almost two years ago exactly that we announced the arrival of Dr. Angelica Ramsey, who was the lone finalist in Fort Worth...
Imagine Texas Sane
Imagine, just imagine, we were no longer saddled with a rogue’s gallery of plutocrazy, far-right Trumpists dominating our state government. Really, visualize this. All...
’24 Local Voter Guide
If you’re a sentient being existing in the country right now, you’re probably aware it’s election season. You may even have noticed this particular election...
Welcome to Best Of 2024
“Best Of”s and listicles are everywhere these days, but remember our Best Of dates back to 1996. You can reasonably say our institutional knowledge...
Anti-Rainbow Coalition
An embattled metaphysical shop on the North Side is under attack again.
A far-right North Texas coalition plans to “peacefully” march outside 3-year-old Higher Purpose...
Draining
There’s never been a more stressful time to be a teacher. I say that as someone who worked in K-12 schools for more than...
D&D Night
This happened the other day. Tham, the adventuring party’s blue-skinned, ram’s-horned tiefling rogue, succeeded, against all odds, in two consecutive, improbable feats. Despite his...
