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Kidnap, No Ransom
The drug war raging along the U.S.-Mexico border might seem distant to many in North Texas, but it landed squarely in one Fort Worth...
Crucifixion, Indeed
Surprise and disappointment were tempered with hope this week from local environmentalists lamenting the recent resignation of Al Armendariz. The administrator for the Environmental...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor: I have hope that Fort Worth will at some time decide to go green ("Cowtown's Growing Green," March 11, 2009). I...
Needed: A New Ark
In Texas, shrubs may be the among the first victims of global warming. It's a twist that might have pleased Molly Ivins.
The shrubs in...
Still in The Air
Once the preparations were done, it took only about an hour and a half on Monday morning for Environmental Protection Agency-supervised crews to knock...
No Crown for Kay
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had repeatedly postponed her gubernatorial ambitions while fellow Republican Rick Perry...
Credit, Due
All those kudos for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's recent six-part series on the county's only charity hospital, John Peter Smith, and its multiple failures...
Why He’s Running
Why did the Texas Legislature in 2011 cut $5.4 billion from school funding even though property tax revenues went up?
That’s what Mike Collier, a...
Decision: Deported
When he finally returned home, Mahmoud Alafyouny's life fell into a predictable routine. During the days, he held down a job at a North...
Not for the Faint of Heart
If redistricting weren’t so serious, it would be funny. As Forrest Gump’s momma says about life in the 1994 movie, “It’s like a box...
