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Grandma and the Tramp Stamp
Being the father of a teenage daughter these days is fraught with all sorts of wonderment and melancholy and insanity. We have a nice...
Light the Sparkler
Recent rains — even though they didn’t wipe out the drought or refill area lakes — have certainly been good news for farmers, ranchers,...
Ricky Bobby’s Guide to Life (Or At Least the Movies)
One of the things that makes movie-going such an enjoyably unpredictable business is that every once in a while, a lowbrow comedy tells us...
’Tis the Season … to Be Careful
The funeral procession for Fort Worth Police Officer Dwayne Freeto made its way last week down streets near Fort Worth Weekly's office, reminding Static...
An Open Letter to Mistletoe Heights
I live in West Meadowbrook, not Mistletoe Heights, but I am certain that we share many of the same values and concerns for our...
Como’s Cookin’
Back in 1978, Louise King looked out the window of her Como home and noticed some city workers doing repairs on her street. It...
Christmas at Carswell
Kathleen Rumpf is back, fasting, praying, and generally making herself a pain in the rump once again for the folks who run the Carswell...
A Como Farewell
And so, after all these years, it's my last Christmas in Como.
This 100-year-old neighborhood, built as a servant city on the virgin prairie back...
No Buck Left Behind
All kinds of government workers get refresher courses and mid-career training from time to time, via in-house classes or professional seminars.
But a new...
Taking Lumps over Coal
Environmentalists protesting the pollution potential of industrial plants — electric generating stations, cement kilns, whatever — aren't that unusual these days.
So when several...
