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R.I.P., Bill Paxton
The Oscar ceremony is known, among other things, for its annual montage of film-industry professionals who died during the previous 12 months. This past...
Dust Storm
Like a plant-based burger or ERCOT’s latest failure to manage our power grid, the truth can be hard to swallow. I’m generally a lie-to-me-if-you-love-me...
Sooner or Later
Tech Triumphs
The Frogs dropped a heartbreaker last Thursday to Texas Tech 14-17. Same story, different game. TCU’s turnover issues remain. Shawn Robinson gave the...
Giving Up with the Joneses
It’s been roughly a week since the Cowboys stumbled, bloodied and broken, into Soldier Field for Thursday Night Football, gathering force for a final...
Stockyards Showa
You know those scenes in Godzilla movies where hundreds of people run screaming in terror from the monster? Imagine instead they’re running in celebration...
A Waking Nightmare
In 2015, there were 2,800 gun-related deaths in Texas. Even so, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas ranked 23rd in...
Wide-Open Wildcards
Though capped by a pair of AFC snoozers, the NFL’s Wildcard Weekend began with four straight one-score thrillers, demonstrating just how close the teams...
Writing to Live
“The writing was my safe space,” shared one of my former students, Selena Park. “It was healing for me.”
Park was one of 19 students...
TGI Frida
Around 11 p.m. on a recent Friday at The Urban Cowboy Saloon just east of downtown, a woman in a poofy blonde wig peeked...
Sports Rush: Wade Reflects on Dirk and His Fellow Hall of...
If your Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremony happened in two days, would you find yourself a bundle of nerves? If soon-to-be...
