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Why is the Dallas Morning News public editor?
June 19, 2024
Throwing your reporters under the bus is not gonna save your newsroom.
Horns Up, Horns Down for this week
June 9, 2024
Vol. 2, No. 2: Oh no.
The America First movement has taken root in Fort Worth
June 7, 2024
On the plus side: Their rodeo was sad and lame.
Who won the eclipse?
April 20, 2024
I can't wait to do this again in 2317.
I regret to inform you that I've found the world's worst rodeo
April 17, 2024
And it's in Fort Worth.
Throwing shoes at Jordan Peterson
April 10, 2024
This is why we can't have wonderfully hideous things
Please just look at a map
April 4, 2024
It does actually matter where the Juneteenth museum is supposed to be.
The vibes theory of city culture
March 28, 2024
Who calls Fort Worth "the new Austin"? Literally like one guy.
The media we deserve
March 27, 2024
Dr. Phil is here in Fort Worth, whether I like it or not.
This is the only important news of 2024
March 13, 2024
Have you heard about the eclipse? Oh, you have? Are you sure? Shall I tell you again?
How I finally made peace with a stupid slogan
March 6, 2024
It could be so much worse
Local woman cosplays as empathetic reporter
February 28, 2024
The result is unconvincing
'This is not an endorsement'
February 22, 2024
Mercy Culture has once again anointed its candidates for the upcoming election.
We don't need to rely on billionaires for cool things
February 18, 2024
A short rant about Ed Bass and the Caravan of Dreams
The rise and fall of the Fort Worth Film Fiends
February 14, 2024
Plus some thoughts about the state of this newsletter.
Losing my mind at the stock show and rodeo
February 10, 2024
Wait which building is named for which dead rich guy?
God wants you to shoot hogs from a helicopter
February 8, 2024
Let's check on Mercy Culture real quick
In search of Fort Worth's lost art house cinema
February 3, 2024
What happened to the Borzoi Theater?
Is California ruining Fort Worth?
January 31, 2024
I regret that I have to answer this question.
The stock show parade can do better
January 14, 2024
This isn't a rant about Confederate flags.
Is this a punk ass pig which I see before me?
January 10, 2024
Fort Worth's radical remix of Shakespeare.
You should remember Fred Rouse today
December 12, 2023
He was lynched 102 years ago.
The odd history of the old Isis Theater
December 6, 2023
It sucked but in a cool way.
Where did it come from? Where did it go?
June 16, 2023
Investigating one of Fort Worth's least important mysteries.
The worst essay contest in American history
June 11, 2023
Fort Worth really loved 'The Birth of a Nation.'
Horns Up, Horns Down for this week in Fort Worth, Vol. 1, No. 2
April 14, 2023
Lost in Panther City is proudly endorsed by the community.
A short history of the long road to District 11
April 10, 2023
Part one of two: The structural racism of citywide voting.
Horns Up, Horns Down for this week in Fort Worth, Vol. 1, No. 1
March 31, 2023
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I didn't expect civic boosterism to be this shallow
March 19, 2023
Visit Fort Worth's hollow remake of "The Unexpected City" discards everything that made the original interesting.
In case you didn't know it Fort Worth is cold
February 2, 2023
Images of the ice-enslaved Metroplex.
It just sounds like cruelty to me
January 9, 2023
The regular razing of tent cities and homeless encampments is a slow-burning news story in Fort Worth.
The buried history of Fort Worth's labor struggles
December 11, 2022
Organized labor is mostly written about as a footnote to the city's past — when it gets acknowledged at all.
How Fort Worth censored the first black movie star
November 21, 2022
In 1910, the city banned screenings of a fight between champion boxer Jack Johnson and a white challenger. Officials feared its 'evil effects.'
A short history of Fort Worth's split personality
November 13, 2022
"Cowboys and Culture" has always been a dubious marketing slogan.