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Truman Talks: “Where You From?”
I’m English – a stranger in a strange land. I have a range of responses, both verbal and facial, to my first utterance to...
Truman Talks: Immigration
Words matter. Immigrant. Alien. Immigrant alien. Non-immigrant alien. Common terms on government forms –– oh! The seemingly endless forms, as opaque and linguistically abstract...
Ready Player One: Game Nights
Back in the 1980s, Steven Spielberg said that video games would become art the day they made someone cry. I think that already happened...
Stars: Fading or Twinkling?
Before Friday night’s game, the Dallas Stars honored former player Jamie Langenbrunner as part of their celebration of the 25th anniversary of the team’s...
Gerrymandering Texas-Style
Gerrymandering is the widespread political practice of manipulating voting district boundaries to gain a political advantage, specifically in elections, by maximizing the number of...
Back in the Big Time
He Got Game, Can’t Hardly Wait, and Hope Floats –– are they the feelings of TCU men’s basketball players and fans? Perhaps, but they’re...
Divisive on Dreamers
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is the kind of gathering that makes this writer feel compelled to quip that it is a...
Fort Worth Web-Slinger
About a year ago, Cameron Bennett’s dream of becoming a real-life comic-book hero came true. On his way to see the local premiere of...
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...
Like Ringing a Bell
Anyone wishing to see the actual guitar that Robert Johnson was playing when he sold his soul to the devil might be disappointed. Or...
