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Doggin’ the Cats
Baseball is as American as apple pie, assuming the pie is stuffed with ster-oids, amphetamines, and gold-digging groupies in addition to apples. But how...
Smoke, Mirrors, Votes
Did you know that during the March 7 primaries, a miracle occurred in Tarrant County? A record 158,000-plus citizens voted. Unfortunately, 100,000 of those...
Cell-Blocked
For Tarrant County Commissioner J.D. Johnson, receiving about $15,700 in campaign contributions from one group over the last three and a half years ain’t...
An Uncertain Future
For Mahmoud Alafyouny, the North Texas man whom the government branded and jailed as a terrorist, freedom apparently has become just another word for...
That’s My Job
For a gringo working in the Fort Worth construction industry, sometimes it's hard not to feel embattled by the legions of Mexican immigrants who...
Pitfalls and Predators
In the wee hours of the morning, she sat before her computer doing something that would mortify her parents. She pecked her way to...
Two Flat Tires
In 1999, Fort Worth city staffers and the North Central Texas Council of Governments put together the Fort Worth Bicycle Blueprint, a 300-mile sprawl...
Heavy Breathing
There may well have been Junes just as sizzling in Cowtown before this, but for damn sure there haven't been any years on record...
Blabosphere
In this era of corporate media, watered-down news, and pompous pundits, blogs offered a chance to deliver democracy back to journalism. The internet gave...
The Panther Awakes
This year is all about change. First off, that sleeping panther. If he had any remaining hope of snoozing on a downtown street, we’re...
