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Losing Our (American) Way
The other day I heard on the radio an industrial-edged remake (by a band called Dissturbed) of the 1986 Genesis pop hit, "Land of...
The Tempest and the Teapot
A series of incendiary e-mail letters written by Tarrant County District Clerk Tom Wilder to longtime criminal District Court Judge Sharen Wilson last month...
Ahead of the (Criminal) Curve
The modesty of Tarrant County residents is known far and wide, but gosh, sometimes you just have to toot your own horn - especially...
The Dems Dig Out
It may still be too early to sing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but some Tarrant County Democrats are daring to hum it under...
The Narrow News of Sports
The wide world of sports is more diverse and less overwhelmingly male than ever, but you wouldn't know it from reading the sports sections...
Abuse of Plain English
A Nov. 14 "pre-council" meeting at Fort Worth city hall would make an interesting case study for a semantics class.
Assistant City Manager Joe...
Drilling Through Peace and Property
Carl Fors wanted out. The noise and vibration from the gas well behind his house were enough to make the plates in his cupboard...
Bluing from the Bench
If you want to get into a nasty fight in these parts, mention that Dallas and Fort Worth don't seem that different. Some old-timers...
Labor Dispute
Everyone checks out everyone else very intently at Fort Worth’s Day Labor Center.
Walk into the waiting room and sign in looking for work, and...
The Gasfather
A one-page memo went out from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief to neighborhood groups last month seeking nominations for the city’s ethics review committee....
