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No Accounting for (No) Ethics
I recently had occasion to help a 78-year-old friend attempt to straighten out a problem with one of her credit cards. She lives on...
Shock to the Heart
When this story went to press, Steve Steen was still alive. But with a heart that's functioning at roughly 10 percent of normal capacity,...
Can They Make It Look Like a Giant Drilling Rig?
Rather than hawking home furnishings, Pier 1 Imports should specialize in real estate flipping and taxpayer skinning. The company built its $90-million, 20-story headquarters...
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...
Forgetting his (Geek) Roots
Whenever I think about how technological innovations have changed the journalism business, I think of Moses and the Ten Commandments. When God had Moses...
Carrying Folks to Care
Things are tough all over for poor people in Arlington - no public transit, city policies seemingly aimed at keeping low-cost housing out of...
Well Connected
Static so likes to see its colleagues succeed - especially when Fort Worth Weekly helped give them a little push along the road. The...
The East Side Comes Out Swingin’
Towering trees are among the many things that attracted Wanda Conlin to the Meadowbrook neighborhood in East Fort Worth five decades ago.
She adores them,...
Bush-Boarding
So George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would outlaw the practice of waterboarding. Hold that thought for a moment.
Two stories come immediately to...
Paying for Abuse
On Oct. 25, 2005, Patsy Keifer, a homemaker from Cleburne, was picked up on suspicion of driving while under the influence and brought to...
