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9/11 Blind
After witnessing the first jetliner crash into the Twin Towers on that Sept. 11 morning, a friend’s wife and 7-year-old daughter fled to their...
Say Neigh to Equine Suffering
There was a time in Texas when horses meant the difference between life and death for people. Horses carried riders, pulled plows, and hauled...
Help for Lyme Sufferers
Phillip Williamson studies ticks, especially those that carry diseases. His research at the University of North Texas Health and Science Center has helped establish...
Ducking Out
I was two years old when, one morning before the rest of the family was awake, I stacked a couple of stools on top...
Wendy Davis stuck her neck out for schoolkids.
It was the last Sunday in May, last day of this year’s regular session of the Texas Legislature, and State Sen. Wendy Davis of...
Stop Digging
When staffers proposed three years ago that the city build a $30 million, 1,100-space parking garage near the Will Rogers Memorial Center, they emphasized...
Be Gentle With Them
Amid the trendy eateries, stylish shops, and upscale apartments of West 7th Street is a new business that at first looks like just another...
Outlaw Tasers
To the editor: The Aug. 3 Metropolis story, “Taser Gets Zapped,” is testament to the need for a moratorium on the use of this...
Hanna Barbarians at the Gate
There’s rock ’n’ roll. And then there’s rawk ’n’ rolllll!, a peculiar species of music-centric living that fills parents’ rapidly graying heads with nightmares...
Revolving Door
Weekly staff writer Jeff Prince recently blogged about the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s head-in-sand reporting style on Tarrant County courtroom issues, specifically pointing out puff...
