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Dry Holes
Gas drilling activists knew it would be an uphill fight this year to win any concessions from a conservative-dominated, business-oriented Texas Legislature, especially given...
Watch Those Wells
To the editor: Regarding the March 23 cover story “Dark and Scary Wells”: A growing body of credible evidence suggests that all prudent state-of-the-art...
Leading Molly
Aw, look at the five mayoral candidates. Aren’t they sweet? The play together so nicely! They vowed a clean, friendly race at their first...
Chopping from the Top
“Every time we are asked to make cuts, we start at the bottom, not the top,” said Fort Worth schools trustee Carlos Vasquez. “I...
Clouds of Suspicion
A small storm has broken out in the Fort Worth school district over nearly identical letters sent by two school board trustees to the...
Joe Barton: Not Too Bright
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t hear someone around here complaining about politicians who are ignoring the will of the people or...
Who Pays?
For three decades the United States has conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this:...
Nine Lives for the Trans-Texas Corridor?
As predicted months ago by Static, the Trans-Texas Corridor has more lives than a cat and simply refuses to go away. Governor Slick Rick...
TRV’s Up a Creek
Layla Caraway wasn’t very political prior to the summer of 2007. The Haltom City resident and her husband had purchased a home in the...
Dangerous Dis-Connects
Pertussis, the deadly whooping cough that killed thousands of children in the early part of the 20th century, is making a comeback in Tarrant...