Writing a Wrong
Question: What do United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald have in common? Answer: Public relations nightmares that became...
What’s it Worth to Save Dalworthington?
The politics of water can be … er … pretty dry stuff, unless of course you’re talking about the Tarrant Regional Water District, in...
Best Table in Town
"Food insecurity" is bureaucratese for "hungry." Not the "Oh, it's 1 p.m. and I haven't had lunch yet" hungry, or the "Damn, I'm on...
Pill Popper Party Pooper
You might find it unsettling if a cop pulled you over for speeding and said, “May I see your driver’s license and registration, and...
Textbook Examples of Racism
“Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts,” Kurt Vonnegut once wrote. “What they subvert is the notion that things have to be the way...
Nine Lives for the Trans-Texas Corridor?
As predicted months ago by Static, the Trans-Texas Corridor has more lives than a cat and simply refuses to go away. Governor Slick Rick...
Boycott Texas!
Boycott its blue cities, its red rural towns, its tony exurbs. Don’t choose Texas for your vacations, staycations, or conventions. Don’t worry. The Riverwalk will...
Fewer Free Rides
In years past, the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office has interpreted state law regarding bond forfeiture in a way that some people say...
Snidely Abbott
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, leaders of several indigenous groups in Canada announced that investigators utilizing ground-penetrating radar had located the bodies of at...
Ethics for Me and You
It seemed insignificant on the surface, just 11 little words on a piece of paper. But the sheesh hit the fan after Fort Worth...