JPS Under Microscope
Some local business owners are saying that JPS Health Network doesn’t want to work with minority-owned businesses.
“JPS spends millions of dollars monthly on all...
Conserving Compassion
Back in the 1990s when George W. Bush was governor, he made “faith-based initiatives” and “compassionate conservatism” his buzzwords for welfare reform. The buzzwords...
Cruzifying Keystone Facts
Bless his heart, Ted Cruz didn’t get the memo. Again.
That would be the memo — the extensive reporting, in fact — shooting holes in...
Voter Up
Static loves the smell of democracy in the morning. On Nov. 5, Texas will be holding elections on nine proposed constitutional amendments. For the...
Resurrecting The Promise
The musical Cats ran for 18 years on Broadway (1982 to 2000), but that’s kitty litter compared to The Promise, now in its 25th...
Candy Clark Day
Fort Worth Weekly’s story on Candy Clark (“Graffiti Artist,” July 3, 2013) included a quote from her brother, William, lamenting that the American Graffit...
Big D’s Big Plan
Dallas doesn’t generally follow in Cowtown’s hoofprints. When it comes to gas drilling, the city’s Plan Commission was smart enough to look our way...
Separation of Church and Trail
A granite monument sporting an engraved Bible scripture was recently installed on public property near Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, and some folks aren’t happy...
Troll-free Tellygram
The racist, name-calling, confrontational, and sensationalistic comments sometimes left by trolls at the bottom of online newspaper stories are no longer welcome at the...
Another Round to TransCanada
Static’s first thought on hearing that a Texas appeals court had ruled against Julia Trigg Crawford in her family’s ongoing legal battle with TransCanada...
