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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...
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...
Save Our Wealth
Honey bees are disappearing. Nobody knows why. Perhaps another casualty of pollution and global warming.
You would think the recent announcement by the world's leading...
Rebuilding the Bank
A battered building, puny bank account, tarnished reputation, and a volatile and wily former employee still running around creating havoc are all hefty obstacles...
Flattened by a (Two-Party) Mack Truck
As if our governor wasn't already having a bad hair day last week, just as the Weekly was putting to bed its latest story...
Mineral-Rights Manna
So, you’ve won the lottery — not the biggest one, maybe, but juicy enough that if you’re already earning, say $50,000, that winning ticket...
Conduct Unbecoming
I've been struggling with how to say this, but there's just no civil way to put it. Uncle Sam is a hypocritical, chauvinist pig.
That,...
Brake Lights
The Trans-Texas Corridor, the Goliath of Texas road projects, is taking a real bruising from the slingshot crowd these days, with so many Davids...
His Trousers Should Have Been Toast
Debbie Russell, who runs the ACLU's Texas hotline for Taser victims, was shocked - no pun intended - to receive an e-mail from TASER...
Shaping a Future for the Fort
Fernando Costa is a familiar sight at Fort Worth City Council meetings, giving presentations on one aspect or another of the city’s past, present,...
