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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White skips primary talk and guns straight for Perry

| |Monday, Feb. 08, 2010

Meanwhile, Shami seemed to launch his campaign against himself.Read more

Well, one team in Super Bowl has Dallas ties

| |Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010

The hapless, bankrupt, short-lived 1952 Dallas Texans went on to find success elsewhere.Read more

From a government office, a tweet that said too much

| |Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010

New-media campaign exuberance collides with ethical concerns.Read more

Tale about Rogers' nose is flat wrong

| |Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010

It came to be that way because of visitors' rubs, not workers' error.Read more

Gubernatorial candidates need schooling about crucial issue

| |Friday, Jan. 29, 2010

Education again got short shrift in a GOP gubernatorial debate.Read more

North Texas police chiefs are rethinking the use of motorcycles

| |Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

"People don’t see you when you’re on a motorcycle," says a Flower Mound officer who was injured in a wreck in 2007.Read more

Nothing beats Texas primaries for entertainment value

| |Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

State politics are guaranteed to make you smile and scratch your head in disbelief.Read more

A reason to celebrate for all those who love tamales

| Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010

Fina's Tamales was on the brink of closing until city officials relented.Read more

$5 parking at Will Rogers center may be hard on not-so-big spenders, vendors

| |Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010

Tenants are told that all must pay to help finance parking garage.Read more

Long-shot Fort Worth Democrat has 'anointed one’ in his sights

| |Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

Felix Alvarado has no money and no name recognition, but he has high hopes for the Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary.Read more