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Gateway to Violence
In the late ’90s, for a national magazine story on the issue of somehow making marijuana legal, I interviewed then-drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey....
Shea Seger Redux
In 1998, Shea Seger was 18 and living in Virginia when she was approached by a British music producer who invited her to England...
Rocking Their World
Jeana Cole’s mother-in-law thought an earthquake had struck their family home in south Arlington on Monday. Wrong — the window-rattling tremors and noise were...
Courthouse Gusher
In August 2008, the Southwest Fort Worth Alliance, a collection of homeowners associations representing about 25,000 property owners, approved a natural gas leasing deal...
Unhealthy Rhetoric
When the healthcare reform bill passed the U.S. House last week by a vote of 220 to 211, it wasn’t hard to find things...
Hailing a Problem
When veteran cab driver Robert Spence stepped into his bright yellow taxicab on a summer morning a little more than a year ago, it...
Heart-Stopping Humor
It had to be the best quote of the last week, perhaps of the year thus far. The occasion was the annual dinner of...
Housing the Homeless
Homelessness is a big problem in Fort Worth, said Mike Wallace, a retired homebuilder who grew up here and still lives here. “And I...
Good Neighbor
To the editor: What a lovely feature on such a local treasure as Barry Corbin (“Good Country for an Old Cowboy,” March 17, 2010). ...
The Real Deal on Fake Dope
It’s 3:40 p.m., and Paschal High School is letting out. The kids scatter, heading home to study or play sports or chill out. But...
