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Did Fort Worth blow it?
Some people think so. They say the 817 scene now isn't what it was as few as a couple of years ago, when Flickerstick,...
A Texan Walks into a Bar … (Coughing)
Sometimes it seems like the only reason to keep living in Texas is that it's so exciting to think about how we could improve...
Cross about the Crossing
Most folks who live near railroad tracks grow weary of getting blasted by train horns day and night. So when Fort Worth's railroad projects...
Under the Weekly Microscope
To the editor: The May 27 cover story on the funding of the medical examiner's office ("Dissecting the Evidence"), by Peter Gorman, was a...
You Are There
A few weeks ago, my oldest son told me that Afghanistan is probably in his immediate future. It was only a little over a...
Live from the Stockyards
It was 1998, and Tom "Buffalo" Kinzer, a Texas rodeo cowboy by way of California, was in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on business.
Kinzer, who lives...
After the Shrub is Gone
Remember when war protests down in Crawford were as common as George W. Bush mispronouncing words like "nucular" and "subliminibal?" Now two of those...
Small Help for Small Wind
The idea of harnessing wind energy conjures up, in many people's minds, visions of sweeping West Texas plains filled with massive windmills perpetually spinning...
Let’s Call the Whole Thing “Augh”
On a trip to Ireland some years ago, my brother and I checked into a hotel in Galway. The clerk asked for our reservation,...
The South(side) Rises Again
Sitting in the foyer of Fort Worth architect Bob Kelly's office, Eddie Vanston doesn't look like a big-time real estate developer. He's slumped in...
