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Omigod — Obama
Holy crap! We're going to have a black president!
If my dad wasn't already dead, that would kill him. (You guessed it: He was extremely...
One Down
The Tarrant County College District crossed a key threshold this week in the lengthy process of getting permission from the federal government to build...
Tolls for Thee
Static suffers acid reflux every time highway planners try to cram mega-toll roads down Texans' throats. Empathy wells up when ranchers and farmers talk...
Air Apparent
Sometimes you can look at an unpopular law and say, OK, I disagree with that, but I understand why it was passed.
Some statutes...
This Ain’t Their Best Rodeo
About an hour and a half before he is to pop his light frame onto the back of a 1,500-pound bull, Kyle Miller stretches...
The Pros of Parking
The Weekly's Jan. 9 cover story ("What 'Free' Parking?") on the downtown parking additions made possible with tax-increment financing almost entirely dismissed what that...
Circular Track
Lyrics to an old Johnny Cash song run through my brain with every trip to my mailbox.
Wanted man in Mississippi / Wanted man in...
Big Rig, No Cattle
Anyone who does big bidness in Cowtown knows two important rules: Stick your hand out when the city council is writing tax-break checks, and...
UFO U-Turn
Before Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out in 1977, Steven Spielberg & Co. sponsored an art contest for kids across the country....
Downwind of a Windfall
Generally speaking, when small environmental groups take on gigantic corporations, it usually doesn't end well for the little guy - or the environment, for...
