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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In Fort Worth, MedStar won't send an ambulance when a taxi will do

| |Saturday, May. 19, 2012

A nurse will help arrange a doctor's appointment if a 911 caller needs it.Read more

Conservative -- but how, exactly?

| |Thursday, May. 17, 2012

The rise of Tea Party splinter groups has further muddied the waters.Read more

District 33 candidate goes to work on area's sacred cows

| |Saturday, May. 12, 2012

Who needs GM or American? Not Domingo Garcia.Read more

Fighting a firebrand with fire in Texas House race

| |Thursday, May. 10, 2012

Lon Burnam has met his rhetorical match.Read more

The hunt is on for Bigfoot in Texas

| |Tuesday, May. 08, 2012

If the Lake Worth Monster ever comes back, he'd better lie low.Read more

Arlington City Council races can make democracy delicious

| |Saturday, May. 05, 2012

Vote buying? Not exactly.Read more

Dallas Stars should consider moving to Fort Worth

| |Thursday, May. 03, 2012

Heading west might just be the right move for the pro hockey team.Read more

Is it about history, or is it about politics?

| |Wednesday, May. 02, 2012

This is no way to promote preservation.Read more

Arlington residents trying to turn whine into water

| |Saturday, Apr. 28, 2012

A vocal minority in Arlington again finds something to bother itself about.Read more

Texas GOP might be losing Hispanic vote

| |Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012

Two years and one misfired presidential campaign ago, Texas Republicans said they could keep power for decades by winning 40 percent of the Hispanic vote.Read more