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

Israel has only itself to blame

| |Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010

The intractable push for more settlements is undermining U.S. support for Netanyahu.Read more

Sharing the American dream, one house at a time

| |Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010

A trailer house in a small "village" on a Pecan Plantation ranch is what Patricia Mosqueda calls home.Read more

Fort Worth Boy Scout troop celebrates 90 years of shaping tomorrow's leaders

| |Saturday, Mar. 06, 2010

Last week, I made it a point to drive down two streets in Fort Worth's old Meadowbrook neighborhood.Read more

UNT regents make a drastic mistake in letting Bataille leave

| |Tuesday, Mar. 02, 2010

The president's sudden departure is a setback for the gains being made by the Denton university.Read more

The enemy within: America's greater danger

| |Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

America's greater danger has always come from Americans, not foreign provocateurs.Read more

When religious zeal displaces the truth in history books

| |Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

When a religious tradition took hold doesn't minimize its importance in a believer's life.Read more

In war, casualties are more than numbers; they have names

| |Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

"Collateral damage" is a sanitized way of describing civilian deaths.Read more

Will the next generation be the truly colorblind one?

| |Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010

By understanding the inequities of the past, Fort Worth students provide glimmers of hope that their future -- and the nation's -- will be better.Read more

Lessons to be learned for Mama's tea party

| |Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010

America would benefit if Sister Sarah would host a stay-at-home social for the Tea Partiers.Read more

A Fort Worth man's story of perseverance, service and satisfaction

| |Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010

A happy childhood and a helping hand mark the life of a grateful man.Read more