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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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

Near stadium, Cowboys have a new rival: Satan

| |Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

So says a nursing home chaplain concerned about an "occultic landmark" close to the stadium.Read more

If this is as good as it gets, why even have an election?

| |Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

As a wannabe nation, Texas looks more like the next banana republic.Read more

What light rail can and can't do

| Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

Trips to Dallas were a success, except when tens of thousands tried to ride.Read more

Itching for a fight, Republicans take aim at themselves

| Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

Local Reps. Vicki Truitt and Todd Smith are caught in the party’s crossfire.Read more