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A Fine Education
Tarleton State University officials learned recently that underreporting campus crime could be expensive. The ultimate source of that lesson? Their own journalism students, who...
Spending the Planet
I'm not a big fan of most conservatives. Historically speaking, they are - to put it bluntly - too often on the wrong side...
Hypocrisy in the Air
Static is underwhelmed with the news, reported last Friday on WFAA-TV/Channel 8, that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has discovered elevated levels of...
Wheel Right
Four years ago, Amber Herndon was volunteering at a banquet being held at her church. The event was a fund-raiser for a new program...
Read with Gloves On
To the editor: Peter Gorman's well-documented article ("Sacrificed to Shale," Oct. 14, 2009) is a jaw-dropping report. You need a pair of asbestos gloves...
Plowing in Vain?
To: City Manager Dale Fisseler
Dear Dale, Since my retirement, I have received disturbing information about an initiative we began in the mid-1980s - the...
Home Sweet Studio
"I would love to record my album in a million-dollar studio," said local musician and music producer Zaq Bell. "But why? I can do...
Dirty Dish
In the last few years, since gas compressor stations arrived in the Denton County town of DISH, Jim Caplinger, 61, has developed a nervous...
Approved!
When the Fort Worth City Council last month granted a variance to Chesapeake Energy allowing it to drill gas wells that will be closer...
Back to the Sofa
A few weeks ago, I did something I hadn't done in 25 years. I made my way to a college town to visit someone...
