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The Scruffy American
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ponder odd things. Usually it happens when my slumber has been interrupted in the small hours by...
House Divided
Angela Smith thought she was doing a pretty good job as the executive director of the Tarrant County Housing Partnership (TCHP), a nonprofit housing...
Paying the Piper
Static is no stranger to large bar tabs. But the Fort Worth Police and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission should really think about the one...
Fumes
To the editor: As I gaze from my sixth-floor window and watch automobiles zipping east and west, north and south, free as the breeze,...
Coming Soon to a Field Near You?
In quite an extraordinary turn of events, Chevron, the oil giant, has ubpoenaed 600 hours of outtakes from the makers of Crude, a documentary...
Eyes on TxDOT
It's looking like a tough year for toll roads in Texas, and no one could be happier about that than Terri Hall, the San...
A Victory for Prevention?
They’re not co-pays or premiums yet there’s no doubt that polluted air and water exact a high price on our health. Still, the arguments...
Over Exposure
Hollywood stars often take a drubbing for their liberal views, but they don’t all lean left. Take North Texan Janine Turner, for instance. She...
Inherited Agony
Ten years ago, when he was 28, Juan Wertz, who was waiting tables at the time, began experiencing swelling in his hands and feet....
Fish or Cut Debate?
After Louis McBee filed to run for mayor against incumbent Mike Moncrief in 2007, Moncrief responded like an elephant with a gnat on his...