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You Need Us (Sob)
Put down the video game for a minute and take that thing out of your ear. Do you reaaallly want to know why you...
Put Up or Shut Up
President Barack Obama visited Texas last week for some fundraisers and a speech at Austin’s Paramount Theater.
Gov. Rick Perry, apparently making another run for...
War on Women
In 1980, Dwinna Barker was a divorced mother in Amarillo who had just lost one of her two young children to Reyes syndrome. She...
Logic by Craddick
State Rep. Jim Pitt has the best phrase for how Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, his former ally, thinks of his position: "a divine...
No-Bull
It's so tiresome having to listen to those whiny people who seem all hot and bothered about the loss of civil liberties under the...
Taser Gets Zapped
The Arizona company that makes Tasers, the allegedly “less-lethal” weapons that have killed hundreds of people around the world, has lost another lawsuit. This...
Will the Water Be Unnaturally Blue?
A dirty wind was blowing in from the west last Saturday, but many of those listening to proposals for Gateway Park flood control at...
Not Optional
As the Fort Worth school district struggles with its latest scandal — this one involving Dunbar High School — it’s apparent that some officials...
All the Way Out
A recent Fort Worth Weekly cover story (“Rebels in the Palace,” July 7, 2010) explained how Tarrant County College’s prospects seem to be improving....
Biting on a Dog
We recently reported a story about a dog who was accused of attacking an 84-year-old man (“Mimi and the Man,” Dec. 8, 2010). The...
