Afghanistan: Back to the front for the Weekly
expectation ek-spek-tay'-shun noun. A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future : Reality had not lived up to...
Recruiting Tolerance
On my way to work a while back I saw a solitary picketer at the corner of Camp Bowie Boulevard and Cherry Lane. He...
The War on Sunshine
A war against open government is being fought in Texas. Cities and public officials — including some in Arlington and Hurst — are using...
Rick Perry’s coyote story might land him next to Wile E.
You gotta love the guv. Especially if you’re a newsperson. Just when thing get dull, up pops Rick Perry, with those cowboy boots headed...
A Hole for Riverside Park
A cruise down Scenic Drive in Riverside, just northeast of downtown Fort Worth, is a lesson in failed government. The road itself is actually...
Hicks’ Reign Has Been a Loser for Texas Rangers.
This was supposed to be a decent year for the Texas Rangers. Team president Nolan Ryan said during spring training that they would win...
Passion Play
When student directors at Tarleton State University decided to stage a production of the play Corpus Christi, depicting a gay Jesus-like character named Joshua,...
We Are the Beasts
In many ways, Hunter Layland was like any other freshman boy in the Metroplex. He played football, spent time with his friends, and tried...
Gateway to Violence
In the late ’90s, for a national magazine story on the issue of somehow making marijuana legal, I interviewed then-drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey....
Unhealthy Rhetoric
When the healthcare reform bill passed the U.S. House last week by a vote of 220 to 211, it wasn’t hard to find things...
