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That Hemphill Life
Hemphill Street runs north to south through Fort Worth, weaving through neighborhoods on its journey between I-30 and I-20. I-35 roars along a few blocks to the east....
Takin’ Care of Business
Two weeks. That’s how long we’ve been waiting for a response from Jody Johnson about emails that may show fellow government employees working on his...
Local Elections Cheat Sheet
If times were simpler, ballot choices would be public referenda on taxation, government policies, and spending priorities. And while those issues largely remain at...
Blessed Are the Bigoted?
According to Instagram, Landon Schott, the lead pastor at Mercy Culture Church, has no problem outing himself as a conspiracy nut in public or...
Memo to the Texas Taliban
I received a message a couple of days ago from a local critic, and it made me smile.
it’s a shame no one has not...
Immortalizing the Not-So-Nice
Recently deceased art and culture critic Dave Hickey had a thing or two to say about the art world. Run by a class of...
50 Shades of Public Corruption
It’s election season in Tarrant County, which can only mean one thing — a surge of shameless fear-mongering and baseless assumptions of moral superiority...
News Roundup
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” — Elie Wiesel
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Causation in Conroe
A good friend emailed me this past Sunday morning and asked me why Donald Trump spoke in Conroe, Texas, the day before.
I didn’t know....
No Way Out
For the past few months, I have received near daily letters from Ronnie Turner, a Black man in his late 50s who claims that...
