Bud Kennedy is a homegrown Fort Worth guy who started out covering high school football here when he was 16. He went away to the Fort Worth Press and newspapers in Austin and Dallas, then came home in 1981. Since 1987, he's written more than 1,000 weekly dining columns and more than 3,000 news and politics columns. If you don't like what he says about politics, read him on barbecue.
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Our museum lantern towers over their presidential one
| |Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
What's more, the lantern at the new Museum of Science and History is finished.Read more
Bud Kennedy: Fort Worth is violating Open Records Act
| |Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
Fort Worth may be unaware that it’s illegal to ask for the personal information of those requesting records.Read more
Horned Frog history is a required subject in Texas
| |Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
When is a frog not a frog? When it’s purple and it plays football in Fort Worth.Read more
Fort Worth celebrated Nov. 11, 1919, in rowdy fashion
| |Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
You might say that Fort Worth observed the original Veterans Day in the "Fort Worth way."Read more
Heroic officer says policewoman at Fort Hood 'erased a lot of prejudice'
| |Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009
Ray Martinez helped end Charles Whitman's sniper spree at the UT Tower in Austin 43 years ago.Read more
Bud Kennedy: Party purity is a losing ticket for GOP
| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009
"True conservatives" alienate mainstream voters, even in GOP strongholds.Read more
Figures on child hunger are appalling, but some people don’t care
| |Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009
A Texas activist offers a piece of his mind on the topic of food stamps.Read more
Chisholm Trail's history being rewritten, and it's time to draw the line
| Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
Saginaw is one of several cities stringing hokum and hype together to claim a share of cowboy history.Read more
Time for UTA, UNT and Tech to get mad and get even
| |Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
A political e-mail making the rounds basically calls Texas Tech, UNT and UT-Arlington stupid.Read more
'Secession is a pathetic idea’ -- then and now
| |Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
The Clark family gathers to remember an ancestor who died in the 'Great Hanging at Gainesville.'Read more
Most-read stories
- Fire may not harm 'sweeps' rating, KXAS official says
- Texas marriages in legal limbo due to 2005 error, Democrat says
- Tom Hicks trying to hang onto the Texas Rangers
- Some local women and doctors say they will ignore new recommendations on mammograms and self-exams
- Man executed after Perry rejects parole board's clemency recommendation
Cheap and Chic: Gift sets offer an opportunity to get a little something for yourself
Who says you can't treat yourself when gifting others? Check out these beauty sets to do just that.
Oprah Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011
Fighting tears, Oprah Winfrey says her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season.
