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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Hardball
At 10:30 on a blisteringly cold morning, when most 14-year-olds are just rolling out of bed, the Tigers of the Texas Select League are...
Justice’s Low Tire
The highlight of the meeting was supposed to be a speech by former Tarrant County prosecutor Terri Moore, who recently joined the Dallas County...
Ding, Dong, the Bell is Dead
The Texas Rangers' three-year tradition (which is long for them) of ringing a 15-foot-high bell whenever a home run is hit has come to...
