Police Group Snubs Meeting with Protesters
Members of the Fort Worth Black Law Enforcement Officers Association may be confused about why they canceled Saturday’s meeting with local protest leaders. That...
Fear of “Frivolous” COVID Lawsuits Misplaced?
In last week’s Static, Annie Spilman of the National Federation of Independent Business unleashed more emotional adjectives — “greedy” and “opportunistic” trial lawyers and...
Plea for Business Protection from COVID Lawsuits
Over the past few weeks, a number of judges and mayors throughout the state have issued orders saying that businesses can be held responsible for...
COVID-19 Surges, Guidelines Go Unfollowed
We have a lot of hospital beds but no vaccine. So. Business as usual.
That’s the message from Gov. Greg Abbott as cases of COVID-19 in Texas...
Bartleby Is Dead
Though we had worked for the same company for two years, I didn’t know him very well. He kept to himself. I don’t know...
Westside Rise
Last March’s sharp economic downturn left Willie Rankin and the 35 volunteers of LVTRise with an urgent new mission: helping to feed a growing unemployed Westside...
Evictions Allowed to Resume
Despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic and the havoc it has wreaked on the Texas economy, the Texas Supreme Court recently ordered that tenant eviction...
N9500: Mr. Clean
As the coronavirus crisis was ramping up in mid-March, John Tepper remembered watching the news from his Carrollton home and wondering how hospitals were going...
Packing the Basement
Thanks to social media, other news outlets, and undoubtedly me, The Basement Bar is sure to be packed whenever Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas bars are...
Colonial Set for Early June
All eyes will soon be on Fort Worth. From June 8 to 14, the Colonial Country Club will host the world’s first major sporting event...
