Say Neigh to Equine Suffering
There was a time in Texas when horses meant the difference between life and death for people. Horses carried riders, pulled plows, and hauled...
Remedial Reading for Mayors
Last week, Fort Worth fired its man in charge of handling funds for inner-city housing - mostly money from the U.S. Department of Housing...
The Boys in Brown Are Back
The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town. Only this ain’t Thin Lizzy we’re talking about. It’s the boys in...
Stalking Horse
Big bucks spent in political races don’t always win the day. Just ask Carlos Vasquez. The current school board member recently ran in the...
We Hardly Knew Ye
Texas governors have been buried from the staid old building of the First United Methodist Church in Austin across the street from the Texas...
Dump the Dumping
It's tough being an environmentalist in Texas - not as bad as being a snowball in hell, but perhaps akin to rolling a very...
Laundry Day
The four-year saga of former Arlington Heights assistant principal Joe Palazzolo looks to be coming to an end. A jury could reach a verdict...
The Order of the Red Suspender
"Politically Incorrect - And Damn Proud of It," reads a sign hanging in Chuck Silcox's business office on Camp Bowie Boulevard. Static, who is...
Lock-Step Leadership
By the time the dust cleared last week, Fort Worth city leaders had re-injected a modicum of humanity into a municipal budget that had...
Eye of the Beholder
There is growing demand for police departments across the country to outfit officers and patrol cars with cameras. Much of this demand is due...
