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Who’s in First?
What do you call thousands of people who enter Texas illegally, when the people who live here don't want them here?
What do you...
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...
The Speaker in Winter
Mornings begin with a trip to his spacious office and compiling a list of things to do. Days are spent knocking things off the...
’Tis of Us
If you are reading this on the Fourth of July, rest easy in the knowledge that, somewhere in North Texas, Static, like normal people,...
Oh, for a Reality-based President
On a September evening in 1956, Marian Keech, a middle-aged woman living in the American Midwest, claimed she received a message from a planet...
Air Ball
Two years ago, when Fort Worth city officials decided to rob Peter to pay Paul, minor-league-sports-wise, there were plenty of signs that it was...
‘Tis of Us
If you are reading this on the Fourth of July, rest easy in the knowledge that, somewhere in North Texas, Static, like normal people,...
Shaky Foundation
In Lydia Gonzalez’ house on Fort Worth’s old South Side, leaky pipes rotted the floor under her bathtub, and the whole bathroom had to...
Politics and Power
I started my first business in the obscure solar electric installation field in 1993. Over the years, I have witnessed the gradual decrease in...
Tempest in a Bass Pot
The demonstration over comedian D. L. Hughley’s appearance at Bass Performance Hall last weekend could produce another protest, this one involving legendary comedian/actor Bill...