Bob Ray Sanders is often criticized for writing about things he could not have experienced because, some readers say, "he can't be that old." The truth is Bob Ray has been a professional journalist for 40 years and in three media: newspaper, television and radio. A Fort Worth native who knows and cares about his community, and those with whom he shares this planet, this is a columnist who is not afraid to speak out on behalf of downtrodden people or the abused Earth.
E-mail: bobray@star-telegram.com
A vet who needs help, not prison time
| |Saturday, May. 26, 2012
When does free speech become a terroristic threat?Read more
Fort Worth's Opal Lee stands ready to track down the Tiger
| |Tuesday, May. 22, 2012
When Opal Lee is on a mission, she doesn't take no for an answer.Read more
Politics of race produce black-Hispanic rift in North Texas
| |Saturday, May. 12, 2012
School board antics, congressional district race test whether coalitions can exist between Latinos and African-Americans.Read more
UT Arlington senior defies the odds after growing up without a father
| |Tuesday, May. 08, 2012
Charles "Eddie" Beckwith was 15 months old when his father left. The last time he saw his dad was at age 7.Read more
Former hard-core juvenile offenders want to help North Texas kids from following in their footsteps
| |Saturday, May. 05, 2012
Last weekend, I was surrounded by five ex-offenders, all admittedly former "hard-core juvenile" criminals who had been locked up for a total of 70 years.Read more
Texas' delaying tactics not good for voter ID law
| |Saturday, Apr. 28, 2012
What do lawmakers have to hide by not turning over all the evidence requested by the Justice Department?Read more
Why are oil prices falling?
| |Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012
Last week I paid 10-cents-a-gallon less for gasoline than I did the week before, at the same service station. While $3.79 seemed a bargain, it did cause me to wonder.Read more
Secret Service scandal not new
| |Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012
As President Kennedy slept in Fort Worth, many agents were out on the town.Read more
Connecting with students at Little Rock Central High
| |Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2012
Its civil-rights legacy won't be forgotten by its current students, but they're focused on the future.Read more
Time to end death penalty in Texas
| |Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012
Other states are ending capital punishment. Texas should, too.Read more
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Mark Davis returning to DFW radio on KSKY
The conservative radio talk show host, who was taken off the air in early April by WBAP after 18 years, will return to the air June 4.
