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Ethiopia to Camp Bowie
Things seldom come easy for Samson Yosef, a man who escaped the Red Terror in his homeland of Ethiopia and immigrated to the United...
Re-Greening the Shrub
It’s official. Texas’ own Dubya is back, hinting at a dirty joke at a civil rights conference, leading wounded warriors on a 100K bike...
Losing Lon
Being an outspoken liberal is not a good career path in Texas. But Fort Worth’s Lon Burnam has stood toe to toe with the...
Cracks in the Frack Wall
If it’s a blessing to live in interesting times, those of us affected by the fracking debate — that is, all Texans — are...
The Emperor Has No Water
It was almost 10 years ago that Static’s colleague Jeff Prince wrote one of the first stories published in these parts about the toll...
New Lives, New Site?
The Fort Worth school district’s campus for students who either have a child or are expecting one has moved twice in the last three...
The Two Faces of E-(Cigs)
Clyde, a longtime Fort Worth resident, enjoys smoking a little weed, but he’s certainly not one to spark up a fatty in public. So...
Not So Crazy
Mark Cuban is a lightning rod who isn’t afraid to give his opinion on anything from the state of journalism to politics. But he’s...
Raunchy, yes. Funny, no.
Movie critics are hailing Neighbors as this season’s best comedy. A bunch of college kids move into a neighborhood next to regular folks, and...
Leaving Islam
Keys to freedom can take many forms. Samya’s was an iPod, a Twitter account, and a group of North Texas atheists.
Samya is not her...
