When Editorial Director Jill "J.R." Labbe was hired by the Star-Telegram in 1992, she was the first full-time female editorial writer in the newspaper's history. If her bosses were looking for someone who could bring a softer, gentler touch to the Editorial Board, they picked the wrong gal. Labbe focuses on everything from military and defense issues to foreign affairs, with Texas politics and religion thrown in. She’s as comfortable shooting off a 9mm semiauto as she is firing off opinions.
E-mail: jrlabbe@star-telegram.com
Public-private partnership may not work for Fort Worth's public safety center
| |Monday, Mar. 26, 2012
Public-private partnerships -- P3s for short -- are all the rage these days, mainly because government is cash poor and the private sector has the scratch needed to front the costs of infrastructure development.Read more
Santorum not alone in needing a history lesson on Puerto Rico
| |Monday, Mar. 19, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's brief island hop to Puerto Rico last week didn't turn out well for the former Pennsylvania senator.Read more
Civility, consistency drive decision to sub 'Doonesbury'
| |Monday, Mar. 12, 2012
The reason for not printing the strip has nothing to do with left- or right-wing politics. It has everything to do with civility and consistency.Read more
Police cellphone-tracking system deserves public scrutiny
| |Monday, Feb. 27, 2012
The Fort Worth Police Department and the City Council find themselves at the center of a controversy over a decision to spend $184,319 on a cellphone-tracking system similar to what has been used for years by the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service.Read more
2012 Community Columnist Panel debuts Monday with the first of 13 writers
| |Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011
Since 2004, the Star-Telegram's opinion pages have included offerings from area residents who self-nominate to be part of the annual Community Columnist Panel.Read more
