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Raining on the Water Board Parade
Was that the sweet fragrance of democracy that Static detected at a recent question-and-answer coffee klatch about the plan to build a half-billion-dollar lake...
A New Drill
After months of meetings, citizen outrage, industry resistance, and relatively little official action, the next few months could bring about sizable changes in government...
Behind on the Bills
Fort Worth City Council member Frank Moss and city housing official Donald Cager were taken to the woodshed twice last week — in both...
DISH Water
Clogged filters, low water pressure, and test results alternately confirming and disproving the presence of harmful chemicals in their private water well have led...
Parsing the Record
The Texas Railroad Commission didn't respond in time to get their comments in last week's cover story on environmental threats and strategies in shale...
Detours on a Super-Highway
Four thousand miles of smooth blacktop. Six open lanes of road with never a traffic jam.
Four lanes for trucks to keep the 18-wheelers from...
Shock and Awe
To the editor: Thank you so much for allowing me to grace the cover of your newspaper ("Weapons of Choice," Dec. 23, 2009). It's...
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Two Six-Packs
Six old friends decided to get together last week and attend a Texas Rangers game. They'd all grown up in Arlington in the 1970s...
Trinity River Mirage?
To the editor: According to press reports, scores of officials from Tarrant County descended on the state capitol last week to tout a range...
Tasers: Homicide Vehicles
A well-earned tip of the hat to Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani, whose long-awaited decision on the April 18 cause of death of...