Coming to Terms
So now Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is calling for Texas governors to serve no more than two full four-year terms.
We heard that call...
Growing Up Before Ground Zero
When I was a child, I had no idea what I was. My family didn’t have cable TV for a long time. Once we...
Equity and Philanthropy
Last month, 40 billionaires from around the United States announced that they had signed “The Giving Pledgecis,” an initiative started by Warren Buffett and...
Bigots’ Last Stand
So, a couple of weeks back, I’m sitting at the Lowdon Track and Field Complex at Texas Christian University watching my daughter and her...
All the Way Out
A recent Fort Worth Weekly cover story (“Rebels in the Palace,” July 7, 2010) explained how Tarrant County College’s prospects seem to be improving....
Not for the Faint of Heart
If redistricting weren’t so serious, it would be funny. As Forrest Gump’s momma says about life in the 1994 movie, “It’s like a box...
Guns, Government, and Elvis
Until a few weeks ago, you could usually tell when Elvis was in the building by the number of brown-uniformed Department of Public Safety...
Man in the Middle
In an increasingly partisan state, it’s increasingly hard to be the man in the middle. That’s the tightrope that Texas House Speaker Joe Straus...
Of Bongs and BP
These days it seems like you can’t throw a rock in Aledo without hitting a proponent of free markets, laissez faire, and the notion...
Why So Serious?
Surely there can be few things less useful than a World Map of Happiness. If you live in one of the unhappy places, there...
