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...
Tax Tittilation
What is it about tax collection that attracts what our grandmother used to call “colorful characters?” The resignation of Ron Wright (“Whence Red Light...
Whence Red-Light Cameras if Wright Replaces Barton?
Who would have thought Joe Barton getting all spanky-monkey on the internet would come back to bite us in the ass? We reported earlier...
More Presents
For as long as I can remember, which is more than 60 years, I’ve been both excited and disappointed when Christmas rolls around. As...
The World According to Greg
Some writers use similar themes and symbols in their writing. For instance, John Irving used to include a bear and a rape in most...
Tarrant County Freeze Out
This summer, a five-member majority of the Fort Worth City Council refused to join every other large Texas city in challenging SB 4. The...
Star-T: Wishy-Washy on Gun Control
Well, at least we still have Bud Kennedy.
He’s one Star-Telegram columnist who isn’t afraid to say the right thing. Unlike the rest of the...
Azle Annexation Anger
City leaders in Azle are learning the hard way what Weatherford City Councilmembers discovered recently. Trying to annex property these days is like telling...
Motels’ Role in Trafficking
Not long after the publication of “Caught in a Trap,” Linda Blackwell Simmons’ Aug 30 cover story about sex trafficking in Tarrant County, we...
Trump’s Dream an Immigrant’s Nightmare
If the president gets his immigration wish list, tens of thousands of undocumented workers in Fort Worth will become targets for deportation. Not the...
