The Year in Local Politics
Setting aside the fact that our founding fathers were largely OK with owning humans and barring women from voting, the United States was founded...
It’s a Wonderful Lie
You won’t find many pictures of Lenora Ivie Frago, even on the internet. It’s mostly the same photo of an attractive young woman of...
Hope or Hate for Hanukkah?
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is less a holiday and more the commemoration of a victory by Jews in 138 BCE against a larger...
Holiday Crush
The premiere of Zodiac Crush was treated as a star-studded affair. When show hosts Mike Anthony and Rachel Black stepped out of the limo,...
It’s the Most Wonderful Tiiiime of the Yeeeear
Christmas is gonna be a little lowkey around Chez Mariani this year, not because we’re more broke than usual — like you, we’re not...
Doing Good
Not Shark Tank
Understanding people. That’s what Dunnu Devulapally said is his real skillset. The founder of the mental health-minded nonprofit NRVE (pronounced “nerve”) said businesses...
Auditing Citizens’ Rights
Lupe asked me to meet her early at Tarrant County Jail. Her incarcerated boyfriend is allowed only two visitors a day, she said, so...
Turkey Awards 2022
Bless Us, O Lord, and These Thy Grifts
We’re not saying we don’t make mistakes. We do. Then we apologize, write a correction if necessary,...
Mo’ Beto Blues
I shrugged off the first one. I also ignored the second and the third. And the fourth and the fifth. And even the 10th...
He Lives!
People who work day-to-day, blue-collar, service jobs intersect most of our lives all the time, but we don’t give many if any of them...
