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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A day after Oklahoma’s disaster, some Tea Partiers’ top concern is the IRS
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
Some Tea Party leaders asked for prayers instead of IRS protest, but one Tea Party chose to picket
Rocked by hail, Granbury church finds hope
| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013
Calvary Church was studying the “Great Hailstorm” in Revelation when the message was pounded home.
Even for Texas, Billie Sol Estes was a big talker, a big dealer and a big storyteller
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Estes turned a childhood sheep herd into a fortune -- but then banks pulled back the wool
City, school and water races turned into proxy fights
| |Saturday, May. 11, 2013
Rep Kay Granger-backed water directors keep 2 of 3 seats; Domingo Garcia-backed school trustees slip back to June runoffs.
When is a cheerleader not a cheerleader? Hardin County can’t make up its mind
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
Kountze cheerleaders are free to wave Bible verses on the sidelines. But a Silsbee cheerleader was punished for her silence.
Fort Worth school, water elections a tale of two cities -- and cash
| |Tuesday, May. 07, 2013
Dallas campaign donations are defended as backing property rights and the “little guy.”
Cinco de Mayo celebrates Texans, Tejanos — and freedom
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
A Texas-born general and one of our own heroes helped Mexico turn back the French.
A gesture to heaven turns into a lesson for Texas track team
| |Friday, May. 03, 2013
Disqualification is religious bigotry to some, but track coaches say it’s all in the rules
Less is more in the Texas Legislature--and better for Texas
| |Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2013
The Legislature isn’t doing a whole lot — but needs to tend to water resources.
Fort Worth school board race proof of change in Texas politics
| |Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013
Three younger Hispanics wage a vigorous campaign.
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