Credit, Due
All those kudos for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's recent six-part series on the county's only charity hospital, John Peter Smith, and its multiple failures...
Heart-Stopping Humor
It had to be the best quote of the last week, perhaps of the year thus far. The occasion was the annual dinner of...
Death Lives On
When John Holbrook put together a photo essay of Texas death row inmates for Fort Worth Weekly in 2008, he probably little suspected that...
McFrack Attack
Earlier this week the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines that set limits on how much diesel fuel can be used in fracking fluids....
Hazel’s Dance with Death
At this very minute, a rogue army of tiny worms dressed in camouflage and smoking unfiltered Pall Malls is no doubt planning a midnight...
Say Neigh to Equine Suffering
There was a time in Texas when horses meant the difference between life and death for people. Horses carried riders, pulled plows, and hauled...
Bio-Flop
Poor Ed. It's not always been easy - or profitable - for this city's favorite billionaire to play God.
According to last Sunday's New York...
Burnt Orange You Ashamed?
You have to credit the University of Texas at Austin for being consistent — consistently sleazy. In June 2011, the school’s website described how...
Poole’s Rush In
Fort Worth-based Range Resources is like most gas drillers in the Barnett Shale. They brag a lot about being environmentally friendly and eager to...
This Tree Is Your Tree, This Tree Is My Tree
When a small group of people began protesting construction of the southern leg of the Keystone Pipeline — which will carry dangerous Canadian tar...