Gas-Gobblers
Holidays promote a plethora of bad puns among writers and those who pitch stories to writers, so Static was neither surprised nor particularly amused...
Boxers for a Cause
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of months, you probably know that Fort Worth City Council member Joel Burns...
From the Mouths …
When Fort Worth Weekly’s multitalented freelancer Caroline Collier wrote about the spike in Ecstasy use among local high school students last month (“A Kandi-Coated...
Onward (Yikes) Democracy
The rain and cold didn’t keep them away. The fact that it was a midterm election didn’t stop them. Not even the mind-numbing confusion...
Starting with the Weekly
Fort Worth Weekly’s numerous stories during the early days of natural gas exploration in the Barnett Shale played a prominent role in research by...
Radical Idea: Informed Voting
Early voting has started with a bang for the Nov. 2 elections. And while the contest for governor certainly has the most entertainment value,...
History For Sale
Let the drooling begin among Fort Worth history buffs. Amon G. Carter’s personal poker table is one of the prized items with early Fort...
Cultural Congestion
Amid some strange comments from the city council about modern streetcar lines not being “culturally” compatible with Fort Worth, the city’s streetcar consultant this...
Clean as … Coal?
One of the major arguments of those who push for wide-open gas drilling rules in this state is that natural gas is the “clean”...
Adios to an Art Collector …
Stockyards businessman and art collector A.C. “Ace” Cook died Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 74. And, as was his...
