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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Three Takeaways

While not the first time in history, COVID-19 broke the barrier between the realms of science and politics. The pandemic, along with the accompanying...

Tarrant Finally Uses Cite and Release

Tarrant County officials recently announced that local law enforcement can participate in a program that was authorized in 2007 by state lawmakers. Known as...

Councilmember Fulfills Pledge to Seek Trial for Dean

Calls for justice for Atatiana Jefferson have increasingly focused on the lack of a trial date for the man who murdered her nearly two years...

Delta Force

We had just parked the car, and, as usual, I strapped on my mask to enter the restaurant. Once my family and I reached...

How Fresh Are Men Really?

Hold onto your cancel culture gentlemen, we’re under fire again. Wait. Using the term “gentlemen” isn’t OK anymore, either? Well. Gentle people with penises,...

Not Comfortable Yet

After over a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that much of society is pining to get back to normal. Texas lifted its...

A Real Alamo

I get it. As a native Texan, I feel your pain. I, too, was weaned on comic book versions of the Alamo and the Texian War...

Gridlock

I’m sitting in the dark every night and sweating to the oldies because I don’t want to burden the grid. The grid that failed us...

A Trek through Trump Country

Heading to Kerrville for a COVID-delayed 90th birthday celebration of my one and only’s father, I was looking forward to wildflowers dotting the fields...

Thinking Critically about Racism in Texas

“A must-attend event!” reads a recent Facebook post by Granbury school district trustee Dr. Paula McDonald. The topic? Critical Race Theory (CRT), the concept that developed...