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Act II
Static loves the smell of democracy in the morning. As the June 15 runoffs draw near, the drama of the three undecided races is...
Drums Along the Nile
Editor’s note: Water fights in Texas and elsewhere in the United States are gettting serious, but the furor building in Africa provides a taste...
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...
Victims of the Registry
When Allen and his girlfriend moved into their Austin-area house, a woman down the street passed out fliers warning neighbors that a monster had...
Round up the Usual Suspects
Static is working hard on a new filing system. For example, the file marked “Not At All Surprising But Still Disappointing” is filled with...
Less Fighting, More Fear
Imagine for a moment that all the wars of the world have come to a peaceful conclusion. Most violent crime against people and property...
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...
Dog Days
Fort Worth’s Chuck Silcox Animal Care and Control shelter is a drab white cinder-block building in an industrial part of southeast Fort Worth. You...
Unfunny Keystone Capers
The southern leg of the Keystone Pipeline came this much closer to being a done deal when owner TransCanada brought in a trackhoe last...
Dear Editor
Hydraulic Hypocrisy
To the editor: It seems a bit hypocritical the way the government is presently handling natural gas drilling. Just a few years ago,...
