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The Manipulated Mob
Goethe used to say that whenever he heard the word "democracy," he reached for his revolver. When I was a younger idealist, I couldn't...
Decision: Deported
When he finally returned home, Mahmoud Alafyouny's life fell into a predictable routine. During the days, he held down a job at a North...
Rollin’ on the River
The travel and expense policy for the Tarrant Regional Water District is simple. It says that the district will pay for business-related meals only...
Crispy City
When I moved into the Monticello neighborhood about five years ago, I asked one of my neighbors why there were no Fort Worth public...
Blue-Sky Dreamin’
Environmental activist Jarid Manos comes across as naïve at times, with pie-in-the-sky ideas about saving thousands of acres of Fort Worth prairie in an...
Single-Family Affair
Ethics, like beauty, seems to be in the eye of the beholder at Fort Worth city hall these days.
Did Mayor Mike Moncrief violate the...
Fo’ Shizzle, Pardner
Longhorn cattle amble up and down red brick streets under the watchful eyes of drovers. The world’s largest honkytonk is here. Fake gunslinger shootouts....
A Matter of Life
Two years ago, in August, 2004, the board of the John Peter Smith Hospital system took a step that set it apart from public...
Shine On
Fort Worth Weekly fans, break out the cheap beer and leftover pretzels. Officers, holster your Tasers. College administrators, clean up your act. Citizens -...
Six-Year Sentence of Frustration
It’s been six years since Tedricke Gardner was fired from Tarrant County Juvenile Services for allegedly abandoning his job, and he’s still waiting for...
