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The War to Lose the Peace
“A weathered hand reached out from the closet and grabbed my forearm. ... ‘The children die. ... We need ... clean water. ... Get...
Stabbing Themselves
"Maybe we pulled some wrong bullets out of the scabbard," State Rep. Wayne Christian told members of the Allied Communities of Tarrant and other...
Moncrief’s in Charge
On the last day of January, the Fort Worth Convention Center plays host to a small crowd of basketball fans — official attendance 1,007,...
No Freedom from Religion
Thank God I'm not an atheist; if I were, I'd surely go crazy within the Arlington public school system.
It's spring now, and butterflies, caterpillars,...
Here, the Sidewalks End
For two years, Mike Wyss has been a member of the Fort Worth Mayor’s Council on Persons with Disabilities. Wyss, 47, has cerebral palsy,...
Capitol Contentions
Did State Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat, insult two Fort Worth-area black ministers last week? That's what the ministers are saying, while Whitmire's...
Perilous Profits
Ah, for the good old days in the springtime of the Barnett Shale boom, when the words “royalty check” were enough to get homeowners...
What Now, Cowtown?
A couple of months ago, I was having a beer at one of my Westside watering holes when the conversation turned to the new...
Taken for a Ride
Tom and Lela Woods looked at the pictures of gorgeous views and fancy resorts on a travel agency’s web site and started dreaming about...
E-Clean
St. Patrick's Day was almost two weeks ago, but Tarrant County commissioners just got around to flashing their green - this week they passed...
