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Fast Times at Southwest High
With the temperature pushing 100 degrees, marching band members practiced inside the air-conditioned band hall at Southwest High School on a recent afternoon. About...
The Podcast Movement
“I’d like to thank the Academy.”
One hand nervously in his pocket, the other gripping the podium, Danny Peña looked down at a room full...
Bern-ing Love
Thanks to Citizens United and lax rules governing political action committees, we all might as well get comfy and enjoy another seven-times-70 years of...
Baylor University Has Cross to Bear
Is it naïve of Static to expect more honesty and forthrightness from universities that call themselves Christian? Baylor University wears its cross on its...
Stockyards Shorty
Fort Worth’s growth has spurred development at the speed of the Game of Thrones theme. Natives have marveled at new shops, houses, restaurants, hotels,...
Paging, Harris Methodist Hospital (UPDATED)
UPDATED: Aug. 27, 2015: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Not So Bad After All
Fort Worth Weekly’s Static column on Aug. 19 reported findings from...
CASA: Helping Children but Needing Help
Mick Rowland first met them two years ago. A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister.
“The boy was getting abused by his dad, who wasn’t...
Writer, Interrupted
To paraphrase Steve Earle in his ode to the late, great Townes Van Zandt, what’s a poor Fort Worth boy to do?
It’s a muggy...
We Want Change
She was crying, lying on the steps of a police station in Mumbai. Not any older than a few days, the little girl was...
Dan Jenkins Rips TCU
Fort Worth’s most famous writer is well into his 80s, but he hasn’t exactly mellowed with age. The other day, Dan Jenkins raced to...
