Sports! Knees! Murder!
The NFL playoffs began this past weekend and were as lackluster as you probably imagined though not nearly as lackluster and bone-dry boring as...
Bye Bye, Asperger’s: Now What’s Wrong With Me?
Have you heard? Everyone’s favorite vague but strangely appealing diagnosis, Asperger’s Syndrome, is going away in May: The upcoming new edition of the American...
HEB Schools Mean Business
Looking for signs of progress? Look no further than the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. The suddenly forward-thinking District introduced Hindi, the official language of...
HIV Infection as Aggravated Assault? It’s Complicated
Tarrant County courts aren’t earning a stellar reputation when it comes to handling complex consensual sex cases. Last year there was the Kennedale High School...
Houston, We’ve Got A License Plate
Somebody with a fancy sports car and a lot of money holds the record for spending the most money in Texas for a specialty...
Frack Me Elmo
CBS Sunday Morning recently filed this piece on fracking, and it’s about as hard-hitting as a segment on Sesame Street. As you read or...
Good Legislation Fends Off Fiscal Cliff
The headline's description isn't a joke. The newly passed fiscal cliff bill must be good because everybody thinks it sucks.
The talking heads, financial columnists,...
Cowboys’ D: Trampled Under Foot
Yes, boneheaded plays and mistakes are killers. Missed game-winning field goals, unconscionably dumb penalties in crucial situations, interceptions –– they’re all horrible but do...
Good Service? Shinjuku Station
My wife Dana is a strict vegetarian, and no matter where we are on the globe –– Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Arlington –– eating...
Snoop Throws Dallas Cowboys A Bone; Fiona Apple Who?
Here's a Snoop Lion photo we didn't have room for in this week's cover story ("Happy New Year From Sierra Blanca...But Leave Your Weed At...