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Newly minted political celebrity Wendy Davis made the rounds of several Sunday morning talk shows last weekend to discuss her now-legendary 11-hour filibuster of...
Hot Water
The two neighborhood activists were worried that high-speed truck traffic and spilled sand from a gas well were creating dangerous conditions along East First...
Weapons of Mass Exploitation
Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, there was frenzied talk about WMDs — weapons of mass destruction. When it was...
Mud Lobbers
Local city council races have generally followed the "Fort Worth Way" as politicos like to call it, with candidates and their handlers playing nice...
Making Laws and Money
The special session that Gov. Rick Perry called on redistricting and other matters got some publicity because most legislators were collecting their $150 per...
Education Is Fair Game
To the editor: Recent articles in a local newspaper portrayed mayoral candidate Cathy Hirt as creating an adversarial relationship with the Fort Worth school...
Payroll Hell
Frances Saperstein is 81 and suffers from Parkinson's disease She taught in the Fort Worth school district for a decade before her illness forced...
Cutting the Economy to Ribbons
Gov. Rick Perry’s press releases have been practically bursting with pride lately, as a Texas Legislature with a heavy Republican majority has passed bill...
The Beast of Old Age
I had a strange, unsettling thought about retirement the other day. I’ve had half an eye cast over the recent French strikes regarding an...
House-Proud
The TCC chancellor owned a home near Houston and swore he'd live there. Hmmm.
By BETTY BRINK
It would have been a long commute.
Four years...
